Christine Schmidt

EHRI-PL Call for Papers | International #Conference “Documenting the Holocaust: #Testimonies as Historical Evidence”
Date: June 16–17, 2026 | Location: The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, Poland | Language: English | Deadline for applications: March 31, 2026

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Thrilled to see our beautiful book, Holocaust Letters, out soon from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social! With huge thanks to my amazing co-editors @sandralipner.bsky.social @charlieknight.bsky.social & Clara Dijkstra. Launching soon @wienerlibrary.bsky.social: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/book-l...

Over the next week we'll be featuring articles from @ehri-project.eu document blog. Today's blog is by @ceschmidt.bsky.social Acting Co-Director of @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and is a great resource for researchers & students using Holocaust testimony blog.ehri-project.eu/2019/04/17/h... #HMD2026

I was honoured to chair this wonderful discussion last night between Debórah and Dan. A mentor and friend, Debórah encouraged us to reconsider seriously the role of the irrational and unpredictable in making sense of the past. Grateful to have her contributions to this conference!

We’re sharing impressions from our three days of gathering together for the @bcflconference.bsky.social conference at this dedicated account. @wienerlibrary.bsky.social is proud to co-host this dynamic international conference!

And we begin! Acting Co-Director of the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Dr @ceschmidt.bsky.social giving the first opening remarks, followed shortly by Professor David Feldman, Director of @bisa-bkk.bsky.social !

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So honoured to give the opening keynote on @wienerlibrary.bsky.social testimony collections, past & present, with Dr Rebecca Jinks for the Collecting the Holocaust Conference in Stockholm. A stimulating and challenging programme made even better with dear friends. Thank you to the organisers!

Thank you to everyone who attended the launch of our latest exhibition! Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust is now open to the public, Monday to Friday, 10am - 5pm, with free entry.

Find out more about the launch via @jewishnews.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/wiener-holoc...

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Thank you, @ankahajkova.bsky.social! Really enjoyed the long chat with Bea @theajruk.bsky.social and Natalia about Eva Reichmann’s postwar work for @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and her German Jewish networks in exile. With thanks to @lbilondon.bsky.social for this event and to everyone for coming!

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Eva G. Reichmann and Holocaust Scholarship German-British Jewish scholar, Dr Eva Gabriele Reichmann made significant contributions to the postwar historiography of the Holocaust, well before ‘Holocaust studies’ was established as a field. She ...

I am so pleased the important work on Eva Reichmann by my friend Christine @ceschmidt.bsky.social is now coming out. Reichmann was the grande dame of the early Holocaust studies and her biography has been long overdue.
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A photograph of the exhibition gallery at the Wiener Holocaust Library with the Finding Ivy exhibition in situ

A photograph of the exhibition gallery at the Wiener Holocaust Library with the Finding Ivy exhibition in situ

A photograph of the exhibition gallery at the Wiener Holocaust Library with the Finding Ivy exhibition in situ

A black and white photograph of the Angerer family, on display in the Wiener Holocaust LIbrary's current exhibition

On display now until 5 November, Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life....

This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 ‘euthanasia’ programme.

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The Wiener Holocaust Library stands in solidarity with Britain’s Jewish community after yesterday's horrific attack targeting Jews on Yom Kippur. Our thoughts are with the families of Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation & all who have been affected by these events.

Thank you very much to @uolsbc.bsky.social @svenjabethke.bsky.social, Paul Moore, Bright Chimezda, and Jaspreet Singh for being such wonderful hosts and to all who came out to see the exhibition last week. First time in Leicester! And hope to return @hgrporg.bsky.social @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social

To great effect!!

I can confirm that yours is excellent!

We have a cover! Coming in March 2026: our edited volume on the experiences of older Jews during the Holocaust. And in November 2025 @wienerlibrary.bsky.social - a temporary exhibition on the same topic. Stay tuned…

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Text: '17 September, Recovery and Repair: Supporting Jewish Family Histories of the Holocaust in Britain, International Tracing Team Outreach in Birmingham; 18 September, Fate Unknown: The Search for the Missing after the Holocaust - Exhibition Display and Curators' talk in Leicester' on a yellow background.

Upcoming Event! Co-curators of the 'Fate Unknown' exhibition Christine Schmidt @wienerlibrary.bsky.social + Dan Stone @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social + expert researchers will discuss the ITS archive in Birmingham on 17 Sep and Leicester on 18 Sep.
Birmingham: bit.ly/3Um2CtN
Leicester: bit.ly/4lmMOSw

Last evening event until September! Thank you to @helencfinch.bsky.social @ankahajkova.bsky.social and to all who attended for a smart, illuminating evening on German-Jewish writers after the Holocaust @wienerlibrary.bsky.social

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