We have new books!

20. 05. 2025

Thanks to the generous support of various donors, we have been able to add new books to our library collection. Among them is a wide range of specialist literature in German, English and Czech that complements our existing collection.

We would like to present a few highlights to our readers here. The complete list of new additions can be found in the PDF document.

Osudy rodiny Roubíčkových na pozadí události holokaustu
Kateřina Nejedlá (author), published independently by the Institute of the Theresienstadt Initiative (2024), Czech

The book is dedicated to Martin, Tomáš and Doris Roubíček, whose fates it traces. It deals with the fate of all family members during the Second World War, with a focus on Martin Roubíček's stay in the Theresienstadt ghetto. The memories are supplemented by contemporary documents from archives and memory institutions.

‘It is the testimonies of the survivors that can convey the significance of the Shoah to the average person much better than cold facts, and that are more likely to move them.’ - Kateřina Nejedlá

A copy can also be purchased from us for 349 CZK per copy.

Digital Memory – Neue perspektiven für die Erinnerungsarbeit
Published by Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte zur Erinnerung an die Opfer der Ns-Verbrechen, published by Wallstein Verlag (2023), German

What opportunities and challenges do digital transformation processes offer for memorial work in the 21st century? This issue presents questions, approaches and concepts on this topic. The aim is to contribute to the active shaping of the new hybridity that is emerging from the interaction between memorial sites at historical locations of National Socialism and the digital worlds. The discussion covers both the framework conditions of the digital transformation process in the interplay between digital media and historical learning, and representations of the Holocaust in VR and computer game worlds. In addition, the issue presents concrete examples of applications from the field of memorial sites, such as crowdsourcing campaigns and a wide variety of interactive elements in exhibitions. From the (in)appropriateness of ‘selfies’ to the development of a participatory memory, the possibilities of social media are discussed, particularly in the field of education.

With contributions by Henning Borggräfe, Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Karola Fings, Swenja Granzow-Rauwald, Christian Günther, Natascha Höhn, Steffi de Jong, Juhi Kulshrestha, Thomas Lutz, Mykola Makhortykh, Alexandra Reuter, Jan Schenck, Pia Schlechter, Martina Staats, Roberto Ulloa, Aleksandra Urman and Felix Zimmermann.

The Mittens – The Personal History of Yvonne Koch
Yvonne Koch (author), published by Stiftung niedersächsischer Gedenkstätten (2020), English

A pair of colourful knitted wool mittens in the permanent exhibition of the Bergen-Belsen Memorial commemorate the story of Yvonne Koch, who was deported from Slovakia at the age of 10 in the autumn of 1944 and was liberated in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on 15 April 1945. Yvonne Koch recounts her own life story, Thomas Rahe explains the historical background, and Diana Gring discusses the significance of the mittens as an exhibit.

Wir und Österreich. Austria and us. 15 Stimmen – 15 voices
Published by the Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten and the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien (2023), German and English

In 2019, the Austrian Parliament made a landmark decision that made it easier for descendants of victims of National Socialism to regain Austrian citizenship (§58c of the Citizenship Act/StbG: “Declaration of citizenship by persons persecuted by the NS regime and their descendants”). Since then, thousands have re-established their connection to Austria. The artistically designed, bilingual (DE/EN) publication “Wir und Österreich – Austria and us”, a collaboration between the BMEIA and the Jewish Community Vienna (IKG Wien), illustrates the motives, hopes, dreams, expectations, and the emotional connection to Austria that led to the decision to regain Austrian citizenship based on §58c StbG, through fifteen specific cases, based on 15 interviews conducted worldwide.

You can find the complete list here.

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