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“In the quarry, children freeze in the rusty air”

Speech by Ruth Klüger on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January 2016

Blog
Jan 27 2018

Woman with long black hair and dark jacket looks friendly into the camera.

Holocaust Commemoration in Ukraine from Soviet Times to the Present Day

Interview with Anna Medvedovska, historian, Institute for Holocaust Studies in Dnipro

Interview
2023

Varieté. Inmitten eines Hofes eine provisorisch beleuchtete Bühne und Artist*innen. Rundum herbeikommende Zuschauer*innen

Bedřich Fritta

Drawings from the Theresienstadt Ghetto

Exhibition
17 May to 29 Sep 2013 and
28 Feb to 4 May 2014

A desperate letter to their son in Sweden

“As long as we are still here, we will write to you every third day.”

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Loneliness by Felix Nussbaum

The painter strikingly portrays his plight as one of the persecuted.

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Frieda Neuber's Leather Pouch

The story of a failed emigration

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Red Cross Letter to Emmy Warschauer

Proof of life in 25 words or less

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Movie poster (detail) for “Murder by Signature”

Murder by Signature (1961)

A film from the Artur Brauner Collection at our library

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Scene from the movie “Man and Beast”

Man and Beast (1963)

A film from the Artur Brauner Collection at our library

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Movie poster for “You Are Free, Dr. Korczak”

You Are Free, Dr. Korczak (1974)

A film from the Artur Brauner Collection at our library

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Scene from the movie “Babiy Yar: The Forgotten Crime”

Babiy Yar: The Forgotten Crime (2003)

A film from the Artur Brauner Collection at our library

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No Compromises! The Art of Boris Lurie

A retrospective

Exhibition
26 Feb to 31 Jul 2016

The Holocaust and the Problem of Visual Representation

Audio recording of the talk by Peter Weibel, in German

Audio Recording
30 May 2016

Painted in words. The portrait of a lost time

Reading and talk with Samuel Bak, in German

Audio Recording
10 Oct 2007

The Realignment of “Education after Auschwitz” in Immigration Society

Book presentation and panel discussion marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, in German

Audio Recording
27 Jan 2015

The Story of Uri Kozower

Uri and his family were among the last people to be murdered in Auschwitz’s gas chambers

Essay
Jan 2014

Black and white photograph with children in concentration camp clothes in Auschwitz standing behind barbed wire fence

On International and Other Remembrance Days

Mirjam Wenzel about 27 January an other remembrance days for the Holocaust

Essay
2015