Institute of Contemporary History and Wiener Library
4 Devonshire Street
London W1W 5BH
(020) 76367247
WEB SITE
As above. The nearest underground stations are Great Portland Street and Regents Park. The following buses stop close by: C2, 18, 27, 30, 88, 135
Please check the web site for up to date information.
| Monday - Friday | 1000 - 1730 |
The Library is closed on bank holidays and between Christmas and New Year.
ACCESS
Open to the general public. First-time visitors have to bring a letter of introduction and some form of picture ID. There is a membership fee for borrowing books.
From the street via three steps
For full details of admission check here
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Kat Hübschmann
STAFF AVAILABILITY
The Reading Room is always staffed during opening hours.
Catalogues for books and pamphlets, periodicals and document descriptions are available online.
Own scheme
60,000 books and pamphlets, 1,300 document collections, 10,000 photographs, 200 current periodicals, AV-material.
Subjects covered include the Holocaust, the Third Reich, Fascism (including British Fascism), Neo-Fascism, Anti-Semitism, and modern German-Jewish History
The earliest collection of eyewitness accounts from the Holocaust. Unpublished memoirs .Coin-operated photocopier, microfilm reader-printers, video-viewing facilities.
The Wiener Library also organises regular lectures and conferences.
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