The word “genocide” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 3 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “genocide” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3.
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Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide is the world's oldest institution devoted to the study of the Holocaust , its causes and legacies. Founded in 1933 as an information bureau that informed Jewish communities and governments worldwide about the persecution of the Jews under the Nazis, it was transformed into a research institute and public access library after the end of World War II . The official name of the institution is "The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide" and is now situated in Russell Square , London . The Wiener Library website Wiener Library relocates Nazi archive to new premises1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Wiener Library is the world's oldest institution devoted to the study of the Holocaust , its causes and legacies. Founded in 1933 as an information bureau that informed Jewish communities and governments worldwide about the persecution of the Jews under the Nazis, it was transformed into a research institute and public access library after the end of World War II . The official name of the institution is now the "Institute of Contemporary History and Wiener Library, Ltd."
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Institution in England Book shelves in the reading room The Wall of Honour on the first floor The Wiener Holocaust Library ( ) is the world's oldest institution devoted to the study of the Holocaust , its causes and legacies. Founded in 1933 as an information bureau that informed Jewish communities and governments worldwide about the persecution of the Jews under the Nazis , it was transformed into a research institute and public access library after the end of World War II and is situated in Russell Square , London. In 2017, and following a campaign by Dan Plesch, (director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London ) and other researchers, directed at the UN, the library published an online and searchable version of the catalogue of the archive of the UN War Crimes Commission .It is also home to the UK’s digital copy of the International Tracing Service archive, the physical copy of which is held in the Arolsen Archives – International Center on Nazi Persecution in Bad Arolsen, Germany.The Wiener Holocaust Library .The Independent . 21 April 2017 ."Opening of UN files on Holocaust will 'rewrite chapters of history' " . the Guardian .
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Institution in England Not to be confused with Wiener Library for the Study of the Nazi Era and the Holocaust . Book shelves in the reading room The Wall of Honour on the first floor The Wiener Holocaust Library ( ) is the world's oldest institution devoted to the study of the Holocaust , its causes and legacies. Founded in 1933 as an information bureau that informed Jewish communities and governments worldwide about the persecution of the Jews under the Nazis , it was transformed into a research institute and public access library after the end of World War II and is situated in Russell Square , London. In 2017, and following a campaign by Dan Plesch , (director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London ) and other researchers, directed at the UN, the library published an online and searchable version of the catalogue of the archive of the UN War Crimes Commission . It is also home to the UK's digital copy of the International Tracing Service archive, the physical copy of which is held in the Arolsen Archives – International Center on Nazi Persecution in Bad Arolsen, Germany. The Wiener Holocaust Library . The Independent . 21 April 2017 . "Opening of UN files on Holocaust will 'rewrite chapters of history' " . the Guardian .
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Institution in London Not to be confused with Wiener Library for the Study of the Nazi Era and the Holocaust . Book shelves in the reading room The Wall of Honour on the first floor The Wiener Holocaust Library ( German pronunciation: [ˈviːnɐ] ) is the world's oldest institution devoted to the study of the Holocaust , its causes and legacies. Founded in 1933 as an information bureau that informed Jewish communities and governments worldwide about the persecution of the Jews under the Nazis , it was transformed into a research institute and public access library after the end of World War II and is situated in Russell Square , London. In 2017, and following a campaign by Daniel Plesch (director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London ) and other researchers, directed at the UN, the library published an online and searchable version of the catalogue of the archive of the UN War Crimes Commission . It is also home to the UK's digital copy of the International Tracing Service archive, the physical copy of which is held in the Arolsen Archives – International Center on Nazi Persecution in Bad Arolsen, Germany. The Wiener Holocaust Library . The Independent . 21 April 2017 . "Opening of UN files on Holocaust will 'rewrite chapters of history' " . the Guardian .
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