H-DIARIES

H-Diaries explores Holocaust diaries written across Europe, tracing personal voices of persecution, survival, and memory. The project brings together researchers from Germany and France to study these testimonies as historical and cultural documents.

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News

A Research Visit to the Bergen-Belsen Memorial Archive

Bergen-Belsen Memorial Stone

In September 2026 Juliane Niklas visited the Bergen-Belsen Memorial Archive to do research on diaries.

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Blog

Finding Erna – the search for an anonymous author of a Holocaust diary

Luise Nippert workin at the IfZ

Luise Nippert's fascinating story of discovering the author of an anonymous Holocaust diary in the USHMM collection.

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Archival Research

July 2026

Wiener Holocaust Library

Andrea Löw and Juliane Niklas focused on identifying diaries at the Center for Research on Antisemitism in Berlin.

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Call for Diaries

Please contact us if you have any information about a Holocaust Diary by a Jewish writer in a private or archival collection during persecution.
Contact us via Mail: hdiaries.fral@gmail.com

Diary of Berthold Rudner

The following archives served as a starting point for our research:

  • Jewish Historical Institute (ŻIH)
  • Mémorial de la Shoah
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Yad Vashem
  • Ghetto Fighter's House
  • Wiener Holocaust Library

Events

No upcoming events at the moment. The new webinar will start in January 2027.

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