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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online

Collection of different items, including photos, letters and pamphlets
Each year the library receives about 50 collections, which can range from a few letters donated by individuals to entire archives. Photograph: Wiener Holocaust Library Collections

One of the world’s largest Holocaust archives is accessible online for the first time after a three-year digitisation of much of the collection.

Announced on Holocaust Memorial Day, the Wiener Holocaust Library’s new online platform includes more than 150,000 items collected over nine decades. Users can view letters, pamphlets and photographs that record the rise of fascism in Britain and Europe.

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