Welcome to Documenting the Holocaust

This resource offers an insight into the ways in which we can use archived documents to develop our understanding of the Holocaust and modern-day genocides. Documenting the Holocaust features videos of Wiener Library Director Ben Barkow explaining the importance and relevance of key assets within the Library’s collection. Find out more about this resource.

The Wiener Library is one of the world's leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust and Nazi era. Formed in 1933, its unique collection of over one million items includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs and eyewitness testimony. The Library is dedicated to supporting research, learning, teaching and advocacy about the Holocaust and genocide, as well as their causes and consequences.

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