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| 27. January 2026 14:00 TagungErinnerung im Wandel – Geschichten, die verbindenEin Symposium zur Erinnerungskultur in Debrecen (HU), Strasshof (AT) und Stadtallendorf (DE) anlässlich des Internationalen Holocaust Gedenktages 2026. In memoriam Éva Fahidi. Das Symposium widmet sich zeitgemäßen Formen der Holocaust-Erinnerung und dem Umgang mit gebrochenen Biograf...Weiterlesen... |
| 29. January 2026 18:30 Simon Wiesenthal LectureAndrea Löw: „Die erste Zeit der Befreiung war mir das Leben fast unerträglich.“ Deportierte Jüdinnen und Juden im Jahr 1945„Jetzt bin ich müde, so furchtbar abgekämpft, und doch sehe ich, daß ich weiter kämpfen muß, weil ich anfangen will zu leben – ja, mit 24 Jahren beginnt man zu leben. Wo fange ich an? Wo ist die Hand, die sich mir in Verständnis und Freundschaft entgegenstreckt und sagt: Komm?“ Dies s...Weiterlesen... |
| 17. February 2026 18:00 BuchpräsentationEdith Blaschitz und Martin Krenn (Hg.): Spuren lesbar machen. Das NS-Zwangslager im Granitwerk Roggendorf. Neue Formen der Geschichtsaufarbeitung zwischen Kunst und Wissenschaft, Studienverlag, Innsbruck, 2025 Das Buch präsentiert die Ergebnisse eines interdisziplinären Teams, das in den Jahren 2022 und 2023 die Geschichte nationalsozialistischer Zwangsarbeit im Granitwerk Roggendorf bei Pulkau erforschte und vor Ort sichtbar machte. Im Granitwerk wurden zwischen 1941 und 1945 Kriegsgefange...Weiterlesen... |
Library Terms of Use
Opening hours
Tuesday: 13:00-17:00
Thursday: 10:00-14:00
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Please bring an ID with you.
The reference library of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute (VWI) comprises over 18,000 media. Specifically, the collection contains print media, a audio-visual collection andOpen Access resources. Monographs, publication series and periodicals in printed form make up the majority of the collection, which consists of new acquisitions, permanent loans from the library holdings of the Simon Wiesenthal Archive (SWA) and, not least, donations in accordance with the library guidelines.
It is a reference and storage library, meaning that the collections can only be used on site in the library. Due to limited space there is no open access area. However, the required items are fetched immediately upon request.
The user/order form can be downloaded onto your computer to be filled out, printed, signed, and sent to the librarian by email, or it can be filled out on site. It is also possible to order scans free of charge (§42a UrhG ingF). Please note that this only applies to individual copies (meaning several pages, by no means entire works). Digital copies may only be used for research purposes.
User/order form (pdf)
Scan form (pdf)
The extant, ever-expanding collection of printed works can be searched via the online catalogue of the VWI.
If you would like to use our library, please contact us by telephone or email in order to arrange an appointment to take place during our opening hours.
The library reading room provides access to four modern laptop work spaces with free Wi-Fi. Library users may use the Bookeye® 4 V3 Kiosk Scanner free of charge, which was especially designed for self-service. Its unique design allows books to be scanned in their natural positions without causing damage to the binding. Printing is also available at a charge of 10 Cents per A4-page.
Library Regulations (PDF)
Contact:
Barbara Grzelak, BSc
Telephone: +43 1 890 15 14-300
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Library
The holdings of the library, together with those of the archive, form the documentation pillar of the VWI and thus represent the research infrastructure of the VWI.
Monographs, publication series and periodicals in printed form make up the majority of the collection, which consists of new acquisitions, permanent loans from the library holdings of the Simon Wiesenthal Archive (SWA) and, not least, donations. The selection, acquisition, cataloguing, preservation and provision of media is carried out in accordance with the library's collection guidelines and serves to fulfil internal and external research requirements as well as to prepare the Institute's educational tasks.
Due to the structural conditions, the library only has closed stacks. The holdings can be searched using the library's own online search engine; in addition, the entire, already catalogued holdings are integrated into the OBV (Austrian Library Network) search engine.
Users also have the option of using the Collections tool to conduct focussed research. New acquisitions, the library's audiovisual media, the already catalogued book holdings of the permanent loans from the Simon Wiesenthal Archive and open access resources can be searched specifically via the Collections and Sub-collections tabs of the online search engine.
