We are pleased to share our latest Snapshot of German-Jewish History and Culture: The Wait and the Fight: Creation of the Jewish Brigade, 1939-1944,…

On 10 May 1933, student groups across Germany organised the public burning of thousands of books deemed ‘un-German’. The campaign targeted works by Jewish authors, political dissidents, and intellectuals whose ideas the National Socialist state considered a threat.

The birth anniversary of Sophie Scholl on 9 May offers an opportunity to examine individual conscience and intellectual resistance during the National Socialist period.

The Leo Baeck Institute London observes VE Day, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe.

LBI London intern Katharina Hadassah Wendl has published an article exploring the work of a 1920s Neo-Orthodox woman.