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Internships
The Leo Baeck Institute London offers internships of varying length to students specialising in German-Jewish studies or a related field.
Coming this September at the LBI Film Club: Eva’s Promise
Everyone knows the story of Anne Frank – but few know about her stepsister, Eva Schloss, or the extraordinary promise she made to her brother, Heinz.
Edgar Feuchtwanger OBE, Historian and Long-Standing LBI London Board Member, Dies at 100
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Edgar Feuchtwanger OBE (1924–2025) at the age of 100.
What happened to 60,000 Jewish books looted by the Nazis?
On BBC World Service’s Weekend programme, Kinga Bloch spoke about the Library of Lost Books – a project by the Leo Baeck Institutes in London and Jerusalem to trace the fate of books taken from the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies in Berlin after its closure
New Publication: ‘Constructing Identity and Belonging in the Diaries and Memoirs of Kindertransport Refugees’
We’re delighted to share that our Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr Monja Stahlberger, has a new article in the Leo Baeck Institute Year Book:
Vacancy - EHRI-UK Project Assistant
Part-time role based remotely with some travel (UK and potentially abroad)2 or 2.5 days/week for 9 months with possibility of extensionResponsible to Director of EHRI-UK
Invitation for submissions to the 2027 Leo Baeck Institute Year Book Essay Prize in German-Jewish Studies
The Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of the History and Culture of German-speaking Jewry is inviting submissions for its 2027 Year Book Essay Prize. The Leo Baeck Institute Year Book is a fully refereed Oxford University Press journal covering all areas of history and culture.
Deutschlandfunk Feature on 70 Years of the Leo Baeck Institute
To mark 70 years of the Leo Baeck Institute, German broadcaster Deutschlandfunk has aired a special feature on its programme Schalom.

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