World’s oldest Holocaust museum adds ‘Gaza’ abuse to London collection on 90th anniversary

Forerunner of Wiener Holocaust Library was founded in Amsterdam in 1934 in response to rise of antisemitism

In the basement of the world’s oldest archive of the Holocaust, located in a townhouse on Russell Square in London, the latest artefact to join the Wiener Holocaust Library’s collection leans against a wall.

It is a metal sign that had been attached to the building’s front railings until early November when it was brought downstairs after staff arriving at work found it daubed with the word “Gaza” in red paint.