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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This week's featured @ehri-project.eu podcast episode is 'A Sunflower for Simon' which explores Simon Wiesenthal’s book 'The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness' and public responses to its publication. Listen here www.ehri-project.eu/podcast-epis... & follow us for episodes.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Moadim L'simchah 🎉 With Sukkot still being celebrated, we're revisiting some of our favourite Collection Encounters. First up is Dock Worker IDs to the Battle of Cable Street with @tharchives.bsky.social Read the full blog here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/collect...
A quote saying "The Jewish story of the area is just embedded into our collection here"A London Dock workers' identity card with a picture of a man with a mustache attached.
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EHRI @ehri-project.eu · 29/09/2026
A 3-day EHRI seminar is taking place now at the beautiful former synagogue St. Pölten in Austria, organised by @ehri-de.bsky.social and EHRI-AT members. The keynote is by Rachel Pistol of @ehri-uk.bsky.social. A truly trans-national event! A report will follow. www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-seminar...
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
⏳ You have until Friday 2 October to apply for a EHRI-UK National Research Fellowship! Applicants are encouraged to consult the EHRI-UK Collections Map to find relevant archives at which to base their research. For more information and to apply visit www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell...
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Chag Sukkot Sameach 🎉 Sukkot begins at sunset tonight. This photograph from @jewishmuseumldn.bsky.social shows children at the Jewish orphanage at Norwood, seated at the table in their sukkah around 1955-58. Read more about the orphanage here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/stories/sukk... #Sukkot
A group of children sat around a table with two adults all raising a glass.
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
⏳You still have until 2 October to apply for a EHRI-UK National Research Fellowship! 📢 Find out more and apply here www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell...
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EHRI-UK Fellowships | EHRI-UK
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EHRI @ehri-project.eu · 22/09/2026
We have just sent the September issue of the EHRI-ERIC Newsletter, packed with stories and opportunities to engage and explore. Watch and read it by following this link: contact-manage.com/campaigns/g9...
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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Join us on 5 October at the Wiener Holocaust Library for a book talk with Charlie Scheidt and Kat Rohrer on their new book, Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust. 5 October 2026, 3:00–4:30pm, Wiener Holocaust Library. Full details: lbilondon.ac.uk/events/book-...
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Listen to our Director, Dr Rachel Pistol, talk to BBC's The History Hour about acts of resistance across Europe during the Second World War, including the work of Emanuel Ringelblum & the Oyneg Shabes Archive which preserved witness testimony in the Warsaw Ghetto. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct99lq
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Congratulations to our EHRI-UK Regional Placement student Harri Flynn on her recent blog 'Bringing Belsen Back to Banbury: Tony Ginger’s Photobook' featured on the @sofomuseum.bsky.social website. Read the article here: www.sofo.org.uk/bringing-bel...
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EHRI @ehri-project.eu · 16/09/2026
EHRI-UK | 📢Are you based at an institution in the UK and would like to carry out Holocaust-related research at an archive or institution also in the UK? Then apply for the 2026-27 @ehri-uk.bsky.social National Research Fellowships! Now open!➡️ www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-uk-nati...
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EHRI-UK National Research Fellowship Programme 2026-2027
Alert: these are the EHRI-UK fellowships, not to be confused with the EHRI-ERIC Conny Kristel Fellowships. EHRI-UK is pleased to announce the launch of the 2026-27 EHRI-UK National Research Fellowship...
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Listen to the new @ehri-project.eu podcast episode ‘Midnight in the Graveyard: Remembering the Mass Murder of Roma in Wartime Hungary’ to find out more about the Doboz massacre and the experiences of Roma in Hungary after the war. www.ehri-project.eu/podcast-epis...
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Join us on 1st October for the launch of Between Life and Death: Stories of Rescue during the Holocaust, an international exhibition presented by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity. Book your place now: holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/events/
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Archives: Events
Our learning programme is now free!*
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📣 Save the date! The 2026 Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture will take place once again at Gresham College, and will be delivered by esteemed historian Professor Zoë Waxman... buff.ly/xZtKmwR
A small red child's sandal lying amid a heap of worn, dusty adult shoes and boots at Auschwitz BirkenauProfessor Zoe Waxman
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A great series of events coming up from @bisa-bkk.bsky.social, including: 'German, Jewish, British? Histories of Exile and Emigration' by Jan Rüger @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, 4th November 6.30-8pm in person, register here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/german...
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German, Jewish, British? Histories of Exile and Emigration | Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🗝️ Are you taking part in this year's Open House Festival? Drop by the Library on Tuesday 15 September to see our exhibition, visit our Reading Room, and to speak to our knowledgeable staff about our vital work. You can add the Library as a stop via the Open City website buff.ly/c2qcBHM
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The Wiener Holocaust Library is one of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust. From 1939 to 1945, 20 million individuals were exploited as slave and forced labourers by the…
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🚨CFP: BIAJS Annual Conference at @universityofleeds.bsky.social, 28-30 June 2027 Submit proposals on the theme "Rethinking Pluralism and Peripheries in Jewish Studies” by 1 December! biajs.co.uk/2026/09/09/c...
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CfP for BIAJS Annual Conference 2027, ‘Rethinking Pluralism and Peripheries in Jewish Studies’
British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference Call for Proposals Conference Theme: “Rethinking Pluralism and Peripheries in Jewish Studies” Dates: 28th to 30th June, 2027 Venue…
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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Leo Baeck Institute London is seeking an experienced Librarian & Archivist to take responsibility for the development, organisation and accessibility of its specialist library and archival collections. More info and how to apply: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/vacancies/li...
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Job Vacancy: Librarian & Archivist | Leo Baeck Institute London
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We are pleased to announce the launch of the 2026-27 EHRI-UK National Research Fellowships! ⏳ Applications close on 2 October 2026. Further information, including details on how to apply, are available here www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell.... Please share widely within your research networks.
Graphic reads EHRI-UK National Research Fellowships 2026-2027 are now open
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Listen to the new @ehri-project.eu podcast episode which explores the story of Hans Braun, a German Sinto who survived Auschwitz-Birkenau & Flossenbürg concentration camps, and his role in the struggle for recognition of the status of Sinti and Roma victims of Nazi genocide. tinyurl.com/ye25ywf4
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Listen to this new episode of the @ehri-project.eu Podcast Series which tells the story of Pauline Eckstein, born in Seebronn, Germany, in 1886 to parents of Sinti background. While Pauline survived the the Sinti and Roma genocide, three of her daughters died in the camps. tinyurl.com/yn7ca2m9
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EHRI @ehri-project.eu · 25/08/2026
Are you working on preserving the memory of the Holocaust or genocide of the Roma? IHRA Grants offer up to €30,000 for international projects that counter distortion, preserve historical facts and foster international collaboration. Deadline: 27 Sep 2026. Q&A Webinar 10 Sep. bit.ly/2026IHRAGrant
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 2026 IHRA Grant Call: Information and Q&A. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The IHRA 2026 Grant Call is now open! To support you in completing an application, the IHRA Permanent Office is pleased to invite you to this information session and Q&A. You will have the opportun...
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
📣 Join us on 11 October for an online lecture with the winner of this year's Ernst Fraenkel Prize! Amber Nickell will be discussing her work, Brotherlands to Bloodlands: Ethnic Germans and Jews in Southern Ukraine, Late Tsarist to Postwar Free tickets: buff.ly/XcRQeBw
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This photograph of a wedding, at first glance, captures a moment of joy. However, behind it lies a far more complex and painful story of a Roma family whose lives were torn apart by war and deportations to Transnistria. Find out more in a new @ehri-project.eu podcast tinyurl.com/64hf277y
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EHRI @ehri-project.eu · 20/08/2026
EHRI is expanding! We are delighted to announce that in the first 6 months of this year, we have signed Partnership Agreements with @ushmm.bsky.social, the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies and the National Interuniversity Council of Argentina. www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-is-expa...
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EHRI Is Expanding: Partnership Agreements Signed with US Holocaust Memorial Museum and Fortunoff in the US and with the National Interuniversity Council of Argentina
New Fellowship and Research Opportunities In the first six months of 2026, EHRI has negotiated and signed agreements with three important stakeholders in the field of Holocaust research. This is good ...
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A new exhibition 'A Plea for Refuge: Letters from Vienna to Belfast, 1938-39' will open at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland during September 2026. For more information visit www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-plea-for...
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Listen to historian Danijel Vojak discuss the massacre of Roma and Sinti victims at Hrastina by local Croatian fascists, Ustašas, in a new episode of the @ehri-project.eu podcast seriesFor the Living and the Dead. Traces of the Holocaust . www.ehri-project.eu/podcast-epis...
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
You still have one week to apply for this @ehri-project.eu workshop on 'Documentation As Resistance: Methodologies for Reconstructing Early Postwar Transnational Jewish Knowledge Networks' taking place at @wienerlibrary.bsky.social 1-2 December 2026. For more information visit tinyurl.com/bdzzarke
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📣 Next month we host an online book talk in cooperation with the Melbourne Holocaust Museum Fiona Kelmann will be in conversation with Dr Simon Holloway about her new book Irmgard: The Girl from Dresden, A Memoir of Survival and Legacy buff.ly/7wRZDlF
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Shout out to our own @drpistol.bsky.social @ehri-uk.bsky.social, who teamed up with @britishlibrary.bsky.social last year on an essay and two videos on twentieth-century migration to Britain. Great to see these, plus their other teaching resources, now freely available at padlet.com/discovering_...
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Migration to Britain, 1900-1980: teaching resources
Explore these resources to learn more about migration to Britain from 1900 to 1980, including collection items, expert articles, a short animation and timeline. Some of these resources include content...
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EHRI @ehri-project.eu · 11/08/2026
Deadline: 16 Aug 2026! You can still apply for this EHRI 5-day seminar at Terezín Memorial, Czech Republic, 30 Nov-4 Dec, co-organised by EHRI-AT, @ehri-cz.bsky.social, @ehri-de.bsky.social, @ehri-hr.bsky.social, EHRI-RO, EHRI-PL, @ehri-uk.bsky.social. www.ehri-project.eu/call-for-app...
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This paper slip contains a declaration that a woman called Milica Glišić was removed from the 'Gypsy list'. Milica, a 25-year-old Roma with a young son, was interned in a Belgrade camp in 1941. The small note saved her life. Listen to the @ehri-project.eu podcast and learn more tinyurl.com/49yuuf2k
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Join us today at 13:00 UK time for a special @ehri-project.eu webinar to mark the launch of a new series of podcasts exploring the history of the persecution of Roma during the Second World War. 💻 Join via Zoom: zoom.us/j/9453731702...
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Save the date for a special @ehri-project.eu webinar to mark the launch of a new podcast series exploring the persecution of Roma during the Second World War. Join us on Wednesday 5 August at 13:00 UK time (14:00 CEST) via Zoom: zoom.us/j/9453731702...
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This week’s @ehri-project.eu podcast, 'Gita's Notes for Survival', features the story of Gita Rubanenko, a teenage girl who documented the Kovno Ghetto, the murder of her family, and her deportation to Stutthof concentration camp in her 'Knizhechka', a tiny memory booklet. tinyurl.com/3zccr9b8
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We are very pleased to announce that new collections descriptions for Holocaust-related material at @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social have been added to the @ehri-project.eu portal by our partners at The National Archives! Explore the new listings here: portal.ehri-project.eu/institutions...
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EHRI @ehri-project.eu · 23/07/2026
A new season of the EHRI #Podcast is launched soon! 7 new episodes on Roma and the Holocaust. For #Roma HMD on 2 Aug, we launch during a special webinar on Aug 5, 2pm CET with 3 podcast speakers present: Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, Milovan Pisarri and Karola Fings. www.ehri-project.eu/new-ehri-pod...
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Hartley Special Collections @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Phase two of the Schonfeld Archive project has recently come to a close. Learn about the sorts of material we treated, their challenges and the solutions we found in our latest blog buff.ly/FWhmER6
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Problem-solving at scale: Schonfeld Archive Project conservation phase two
Mould-contaminated material from Phase 2 of the Schonfeld Project (MS183/898/4). The Schonfeld Archive contains the papers of Rabbi Solomon Schonfeld, a figure renowned for his work in rescuing Jew…
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
In this week's featured @ehri-project.eu podcast, ‘A Paper Heart for Wanda’, we learn about Elisabeth Salomon, a prisoner of Belsen, who was brought on one of the ‘White Boats’ to Sweden, where she met Wanda Lanzer. www.ehri-project.eu/podcast-episode-paper-heart-for-wanda/
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Sundown this Wednesday until nightfall on Thursday marks Tisha B'Av, a solemn time for the Jewish community that commemorates tragedies throughout history from the destruction of the First Temple to the holocaust. 📷 Memorial prayer - London School of Jewish Studies
A small pamphlet titled Memorial Prayer for the victims of the mass massacres of jews in Nazi-occupied lands.
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EHRI @ehri-project.eu · 14/07/2026
📣 Call for Applications: EHRI Transnational Workshop | Documentation as Resistance: Methodologies for Reconstructing Early Postwar Transnational Jewish Knowledge Networks 📍 Wiener Holocaust Library, London 🗓️ 1-2 Dec 2026 ⏰ Apply by 24 Aug 2026 Details & how to apply:
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Call for Applications EHRI-ERIC Transnational Workshop | Documentation As Resistance: Methodologies for Reconstructing Early Postwar Transnational Jewish Knowledge Networks
Location of event: The Wiener Holocaust Library, London 29 Russell Square, UK Date: 1-2 December 2026 Deadline for Applications: 24 August 2026 Background The years immediately following the Holocaust...
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This week's featured @ehri-project.eu podcast, ‘A Girl and a Teddy Bear’, tells the story of Norbert Vos-Obstfeld, his family, and the Verhage family, who hid Norbert and his mother during the war. It features Veerle Vanden Daelen, Curator at Kazerne Dossin. www.ehri-project.eu/podcast-epis...
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EHRI @ehri-project.eu · 13/07/2026
🎙️ Join us for an EHRI Webinar focused on the history of the persecution of Roma during WWII! 🗓️ August 5, 2026 🕑 2:00 PM (CEST) 💻 Join via Zoom: zoom.us/j/9453731702... 📷 Roma and Serb prisoners marched to Jasenovac concentration camp, July 1942. Courtesy of USHMM, Photograph #85198. Public domain.
Black and white photo of Roma and Serb prisoners being marched to Jasenovac concentration camp, Yugoslavia, July 1942.
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Join Booker nominated novelist Rachel Seiffert in conversation with our Co-Director Dr Christine Schmidt as they discuss our current exhibition and Seiffert’s latest novel, Once the Deed is Done, shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026. Free tickets: buff.ly/hNxPctc
Promotional graphic for an exhibition and book talk: Once the Deed is Done by Rachel Seiffert in conversation with Dr Christine Schmidt, 14 Oct 6:30–8pm, free tickets; grainy black-and-white crowd photo background with a small book cover; hosted by The Wiener Holocaust Library.
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Apply for a position with the wonderful team at @ehri-project.eu based in Amsterdam. Please share within your networks.
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Book now to hear our Director @drpistol.bsky.social speak about Survival and Sanctuary: Refugee Domestic Workers in Pre-War Britain on Tuesday 14 July at 19:00 (BST). Visit the @gen2genuk.bsky.social website for more details and to book your ticket. www.generation2generation.org.uk?p=12756
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Happening this weekend! Don't your chance to discuss Holocaust-era family history research with our expert team at an event held with the Lake District Holocaust Project wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/recove...
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
📣 A call for applications is now open for an EHRI Transnational Workshop taking this December The workshop - Documentation as Resistance: Methodologies for Reconstructing Early Postwar Transnational Jewish Knowledge Networks - will take place at the Wiener Holocaust Library buff.ly/OwDg9Ae
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EHRI Transnational Workshop Call for Applications – Documentation as Resistance
A call for applications is now open for the EHRI Transnational Workshop taking place on 1-2 December 2026 at the Wiener Holocaust Library
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Have you explored our online archive? Wiener Digital Collections is our groundbreaking digital portal offering access to some of our most significant collections to researchers around the world. Start your search at whlcollections.org
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