| The Wiener Holocaust Library | |
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| 51°31′18″N 0°07′41″W / 51.52161°N 0.12800°W | |
| Location | 29 Russell Square London, WC1B, United Kingdom |
| Established | 1933 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, pamphlets, serials, photographs, family papers, films & documentaries |
| Size | 70,000 books and pamphlets[1] 2,000 document collections[1] 45,000 photographs[1] 3,000 periodical series[1] |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Open to anyone |
| Other information | |
| Director | Dr Toby Simpson (director) |
| Website | [1] |
The Wiener Holocaust Library (German pronunciation: [ˈviːnɐ] ) is the world's oldest institution devoted to the study of the Holocaust, its causes and legacies. Founded in 1933 as an information bureau that informed Jewish communities and governments worldwide about the persecution of the Jews under the Nazis, it was transformed into a research institute and public access library after the end of World War II and is situated in Russell Square, London.[2]
In 2017, and following a campaign by Daniel Plesch (director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London) and other researchers, directed at the UN,[3] the library published an online and searchable version of the catalogue of the archive of the UN War Crimes Commission.[4] It is also home to the UK's digital copy of the International Tracing Service archive, the physical copy of which is held in the Arolsen Archives – International Center on Nazi Persecution in Bad Arolsen, Germany.[5]
- ^ a b c d "Collections". The Wiener Holocaust Library. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Cacciottolo, Mario (1 December 2011). "Wiener Library relocates Nazi archive to new premises". BBC. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Library to release tranch of Holocaust documents for first time". The Independent. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ Bowcott, Owen (17 April 2017). "Opening of UN files on Holocaust will 'rewrite chapters of history'". the Guardian.
- ^ "International Holocaust Archive to be available in the UK for the first time". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 December 2019.