Opportunity to explore the search for the Holocaust missing

MNH event to highlight Jewish internees' 'search for answers' after war spent on Island

The global effort to find missing people after the Holocaust will be the focus of a series of talks and a temporary exhibition held at the Manx Museum tomorrow (30 November).

Fate Unknown: The Search for the Missing after the Holocaust' will see UK-based experts visit the Island. 

They include Dr Christine Schmidt, Deputy Director and Head of Research at The Wiener Holocaust Library in London, Elise Bath a Holocaust Researcher from the International Tracing Service (ITS) and Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History at Royal Holloway University of London.

The Wiener Holocaust Library is home to the UK’s ITS digital archive which holds millions of documents related to the Holocaust and Nazi era. 

The archive preserves the shared past of victims and survivors of the Holocaust and helps support family research of Nazi persecution.

The work of the ITS will be explored at the free event and connections made to the many Jewish refugees that were held as internees here.

Manx National Heritage Archivist Wendy Thirkettle told Manx Radio the day will help people reflect on the Island's worldwide impact:

You can find the full schedule of events, and book your space for free, here.