The Wiener Holocaust Library is one of the world's leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust and Nazi era. Formed in 1933, the Library's unique collection of over one million items includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs and eyewitness testimony.

The Wiener Holocaust Library’s mission is:

• to serve scholars, professional researchers, the media and the public as a library of record;
• to engage people of all ages and backgrounds in understanding the Holocaust and its historical context through an active educational programme;
• to be a living memorial to the evils of the past by ensuring that the Library’s collections are put at the service of the future;
• to oppose antisemitism and other forms of prejudice and intolerance.