Documents from the Wiener Holocaust Library

Refugee Map

Browse and search a selection of our rich collection of family papers, including diaries, photo albums, identity and emigration papers, Red Cross letters and recorded interviews.

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Photographs

Documentary images, snapshots, portraits, photo albums, and identity cards in the collection.

Memoirs

Biographical accounts from our collections, including excerpts from unpublished manuscripts.

Kindertransport

Between 1938 and 1939 some 10,000 children were sent without their parents from Nazi Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia to safety in Britain.

AJR Refugee Voices

Interviews with Holocaust survivors and refugees about their experiences in Nazi-occupied Europe and transitions to life in Britain.

Browse historical documents to learn about refugee stories

On the map, single pins represent Records. Each Record relates to a location and period within a refugee's journey. It can include documents, photographs, audio, videos and other archival material.

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