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Keeping truth alive since 1933
Nazi Slave Labour: Perpetrators and Victims
Between 1939 and 1945, 20 million individuals were exploited as slave and forced labourers by the Nazi regime. This exhibition will explore how perpetrators profited off and exploited slave labourers, alongside the first-hand stories of the victims.
Our collections / New archive collections available to researchers online and in our Reading Room
Since launching our digital archive last year we have been constantly adding to and updating the site to make as many of our collections as possible available to researchers around the world.
Current opening hours and important visitor information
The Library is open Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm.
The Reading Room closes early on Fridays, at 1:30pm
The Library is closed on Bank Holidays.
Closure Notices
The Exhibition Gallery and the Reading Room will open later on Wednesday 15th July, at 11am.
The Exhibition Gallery and the Reading Room will open later on Thursday 23 July, at 11am.
The Exhibition Gallery and the Reading Room will open later on Monday 10 August, at 11am.
The Reading Room will be closed from Monday 17th to Friday 21st August.
Access
Our platform lift is not working reliably at this time. We are taking steps to remedy this as soon as possible.
If you have a query please email [email protected] or call 0207 636 7247.
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Getting here
The Wiener Holocaust Library
29 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DP
Underground: Russell Square, Goodge Street, King’s Cross, Euston, Tottenham Court Road.
Bus: 14, 1, 68, 91 to Russell Square, or 24, 29, 73 to Goodge Street or Tottenham Court Road.
Rail: Euston and King’s Cross.
Full visiting informationOpening times
Monday
10am – 5pm
Tuesday
10am – 5pm
Wednesday
10am – 5pm
Thursday
10am – 5pm
Friday
10am – 5pm (exhibition), 10am – 1:30pm (Reading Room)
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
Virtual and In-Person Events
Jul 7 / Book Talk – I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany, Samuel Huneke in conversation with William Jones and Rosie Ramsden
Join Samuel Clowes Huneke for a conversation about his new book I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany, in conversation with Dr Rosie Ramsden and Dr William Ross Jones.
Jul 11 / Recovery and Repair: The Search for the Missing After the Holocaust, one-day event at Windermere Library
A team from the Wiener Holocaust Library is visiting Windermere Library to offer a free event, exploring this complicated history and how the search for the missing continues today. Join us for this free event, hosted in conjunction with the Lake District Holocaust Project. We welcome historians, archivists, family historians, heritage practitioners, and anyone interested in Jewish and Holocaust history and its aftermath.
Jul 16 / Special Issue Launch: Queer Experiences in the Holocaust
Join us for the launch of a new Holocaust Studies special issue on queer experiences during the Holocaust at which we will hear from a panel of editors and contributors to the special issue including Helen Finch, Rosie Ramsden, Matt Smith, and William Jones.
Support Us / Become a Member
In recent years, demands upon the Library have increased as we face rising antisemitism, racism and Holocaust denial.
Becoming a member is a powerful way you can support us in working towards our wider mission. In return you can enjoy of our exclusive member benefits and know that you are playing a significant role in the future success of the Library.
Collections Catalogue / Visit the catalogue to start your research
Search across our documents, books, periodicals, pamphlets and more.
Visit Us / The Wolfson Reading Room
Anyone is welcome to visit and study our collections in the Wolfson Reading Room.
Wiener Digital Collections / Search our online archive
This year we launched a groundbreaking new digital archive putting our unique archive at the hands of researchers worldwide.
Discover / The Holocaust Explained
Our free educational resource is here to help you learn the essential facts of the Holocaust, its causes and its consequences.
Competition / The Ernst Fraenkel Prize
Our prestigious annual competition for academic manuscripts on the Holocaust is now open for submissions.
Research / International Tracing Service (ITS)
We’re proud to be the UK copyholder of this remarkable archive of over 30 million pages of Holocaust-era documents.
Events / Catch up on events at the Library online
Missed one of our events? Visit our YouTube channel for virtual events, book talks, curator talks and more.
Partnership Project / Reawakening Suppressed Music
Reawakening Suppressed Music is a three-year project dedicated to recording and sharing some of the silenced symphonic works written by Jewish composers who suffered under the Nazis.
