On April 19th, 1943, the eve of Passover, Nazi forces began to deport the residents of the ghetto to concentration camps.
However, they were met with a resistance that lasted almost a month. It was the largest single Jewish revolt during the Holocaust, inspiring others to resist too.
This box, on display in Imperial War Museum London‘s Holocaust Galleries, contained part of the Ringelblum Archive - documents and testimonies from those living in the Warsaw ghetto collected at the time.
Read more about it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/on...
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This month's blog focuses on the recently catalogued papers of Nina Drucker, a budding Jewish radio broadcaster and psychiatric social worker. @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @seethetreasures.bsky.social specialcollectionsuniversityofsouthampton.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/a...
The second Challenging Conversations video is now available to watch. This discussion focuses on Jewish communal life and what established community organisations and grassroots movements can learn from each other.
Watch it here: rothschildfoundation.eu/challenging-...
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New upcoming exhibition from @wienerlibrary.bsky.social
www.jhse.org/event-detail...
⭐️ The Jews of Suffolk ⭐️
Tue 21 Apr, 19:30
on Zoom
Jewish life in Suffolk explored through the lived experiences of individuals and families, looking at how small provincial communities were formed, sustained, and understood.
£5 - Members free
Book ⬇️
Tonight and tomorrow mark Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day 🔯
This interview from AJRefugee Voices speaks to Natalia Karp, a pianist who promised to play for her friend after their imprisonment at Lichtewerden camp.
Listen here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/th...
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📷 Rembrandt sketch of Menasseh Ben Israel • Jewish Museum London
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A detailed pencil drawing of a 17th-century man dressed in black with a beard and a large hat.
This sketch by Rembrandt, held by Jewish Museum London, is of Rabbi Menasseh Ben Israel.
Read about his 1655 petition to Oliver Cromwell asking to readmit Jews to Britain and allow them to worship: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/me...
Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Shemini (שְּׁמִינִי) with this lion with a gentle face. #ParashahPictures
Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.64r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
A woman sits smiling in front of a computer in an office setting.
BALH are recruiting!
Are you passionate about Local History? Join our team as a freelance Projects Manager!
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/projects-man...
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When the Italians capitulated in 1943, Edgar Dreyfus and his family went into hiding in Pau and later walked to Spain.
Read more at www.refugeemap.org/map/reco...
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social #Humap
Chag Pesach Sameach 🎉 Passover begins this week, when Jewish people take part in the seder, reading their Haggadah, which sets out the order for the meal.
Read about six Haggadahs from our network's collections here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/pesach-...
#Passover #JewishFestivals
Gabor takes a closer look at archives that document Jewish life and history which are at risk of being neglected, lost or destroyed. He asks his guests to consider the various threats to these archives and the ability of archivists to work in the most challenging of circumstances.
This is hosted by Dr Gabor Kadar, Director of Yerusha and the Endangered Jewish Community Archives Project at the Foundation joined by Dr Zsuzsanna Toronyi, Director, The Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives and Dr David Fishman, Professor of Jewish History, Jewish Theological Seminary (New York).
Challenging Conversations is a new video series from Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe, presented by the team and featuring subject specialists.
Watch the first episode, Endangered Jewish Community Archives, here: rothschildfoundation.eu/challenging-...
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Have you caught up on our latest Archivist in the Spotlight blog yet?
Join Cassy Sacher, Senior Librarian @leobaeckcollege.bsky.social on the journey of creating their new reading room.
Read it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/archivi...
#ICYMI #Archives #JewishCulture #Libraries #Blog
Her work is influenced by her belief in both Jewish and Buddhist religions. It incorporates gorgeous colours, intricate textiles and a Pre-Raphaelite style attention to detail. This example from Ben Uri Gallery shows her use of symbolism and naïve style in capturing an everyday scene.
#JewishArt
A brightly coloured and complexly patterned painting showing a mother in a park with her two children.
Tomorrow (21 March) marks the birthday of artist, Dora Holzhandler. Born 1928 in Paris to a Polish-Jewish family, they moved to the UK in 1934.
Find out more here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/mo...
📷 Mother and Children in Holland Park by Dora Holzhandler • Ben Uri Archive
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How might we use digital technologies to connect places and stories connected to specific dates in Holocaust history? Register for our forthcoming design sprint at the UK's National Holocaust Museum (September 2026) www.digitalmemorylab...
Our Memorial Gestures Residency Programme is back offering 5 funded residency opportunities! Apply until April 7th, 10AM (GMT).
Check out our website for more information:
holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/events/
In this 2021 blog, Heritage Consultant Rachel Howse Binnington explains how to sort through family papers you may have found in a clear-out, how best to take care of them and where to find help.
Read it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/what-to...
#FamilyArchives #SpringCleaning #Archives
Image of three stained glass windows with the text "I want this new library to be a place where people feel welcome to explore, touch, question, and wonder"
In our latest blog, Cassy Sachar, Senior Librarian at @leobaeckcollege.bsky.social, introduces their brand new reading room, what it means for learning and their archive collections.
Read it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/archivi...
#Archives #Libraries #JewishHistory #JewishCulture
📣 Join us for the 6th Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture!
Taking place at Gresham College, historian Professor Mary Fulbrook will discuss experiences of hiding and help during the Holocaust, highlighting the significance of surrounding societies for the survival of Jews
Chag Purim Sameach 🎉
The story is told in the Book of Esther. This Esther scroll is held by @thejohnrylands.bsky.social and we first saw it on a visit in 2023. It's since been restored even more.
Read our Collection Encounter here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/collect...
#Purim #Archives
From family photographs to interviews, it tells stories of childhood, migration, exile, and resettlement. It brings to life the vibrant Jewish communities left behind and the rich culture and tradition of Sephardi/Mizrahi Jews from countries including Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Iran.
Sephardi Voices UK is a collection, accessed through @britishlibrary.bsky.social, that's focused on Middle Eastern Jewry, and Holocaust testimonies.
Find out more here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/archives/sep...
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Here's my new blog post about Jewish dance cards and a recent UCL bicentennial event where we learned Edwardian ballroom dances from a Jewish dance card in @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social to the same tunes that were performed in 1909. #UCL200
In partnership with @uclhjs.bsky.social and the UCL IJS.
PhDs and ECRs are invited to join our next PhD and a Cup of Tea Online seminar!
📍 Jewish slave labour and the SS concentration camp system through a spatial lens - Part of our latest series, Spatial Histories of the Holocaust
📅 March 10, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
💻 Online
Book now:
Included on the panel is Hari Jonkers, Archivist and Senior Leadership Team member at @holocaustnorth.bsky.social, who we spoke to during our visit to the centre last year. Read more about her work and the collections here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/collect...
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