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1.   Moritz Steinschneider (n.d.)
Often referred to as the “father of Jewish bibliography,” Moritz Steinschneider was the first....
Moritz Steinschneider (n.d.)
2.   Jewish Hiking and Gym Club G.G.V. Gröpitzburg (1919)
Like the German youth movement [deutsche Jugendbewegung] which appeared at the end of the nineteenth century, the Jewish youth movement [jüdische Jugendbewegung] comprised numerous....
Jewish Hiking and Gym Club G.G.V. Gröpitzburg (1919)
3.   Mosse Residence Schenkendorf (n.d.)
Berlin publishing magnate Rudolf Mosse (1843-1920) bought the rural estate [Rittergut] of Schenkendorf....
Mosse Residence Schenkendorf (n.d.)
4.   Portrait of Franz Rosenzweig (1926)
Franz Rosenzweig was a historian and philosopher whose most famous work, Der Stern der Erlösung [The Star of Redemption], was a synthesis of philosophy and theology that he named the....
Portrait of Franz Rosenzweig (1926)
5.   Hans Kohn and Robert Weltsch in Berlin (September 1926)
Hans Kohn (1891-1971), a leading historian and scholar of modern nationalism, was a close friend of Robert Weltsch (1891-1982), co-founder of the Zionist student group, Bar-Kochba, and editor-in-chief....
Hans Kohn and Robert Weltsch in Berlin (September 1926)
6.   Special Edition of Der Jude in Honor of Martin Buber’s Fiftieth Birthday (1928)
Der Jude was co-founded in 1916 by Martin Buber and Salman Schocken as a monthly review of....
Special Edition of <i>Der Jude</i> in Honor of Martin Buber’s Fiftieth Birthday (1928)
7.   Jakob Wassermann (c. 1928); Title Page of his Autobiography My Path as German and Jew [Mein Weg als Deutscher und Jude] (1921)
Jakob Wassermann (1873-1934), was a writer, essayist, and theater critic who enjoyed both popular and critical acclaim. His circle of literary friendships included Arthur Schnitzler, Hugo von Hofmannsthal,....
Jakob Wassermann (c. 1928); Title Page of his Autobiography <I>My Path as German and Jew</i> [<I>Mein Weg als Deutscher und Jude</I>] (1921)
8.   Interior View of the New Hanover Synagogue (n.d.)
Designed in 1870 by Edwin Oppler, the Hannover Synagogue was part Rhenish Romantic cathedral and part Parisian neo-Romanesque church; it was the first large, free-standing synagogue in Germany. It....
Interior View of the New Hanover Synagogue (n.d.)
9.   Leo Baeck with his Wife Natalie on Vacation in the Ore Mountains [Erzgebirge] (1930)
Leo Baeck (1873-1956) was a prominent scholar and rabbi who served congregations in Oppeln, Düsseldorf, and Berlin, where he also taught at the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies [Hochschule....
Leo Baeck with his Wife Natalie on Vacation in the Ore Mountains [<I>Erzgebirge</i>] (1930)
10.   The Bar Kochba Berlin Team At The German Maccabee Championship Games in Hamburg (June 1930)
The formation of Jewish sports and gymnastics clubs in Germany at the turn of the twentieth century reflected both the political and cultural Zionism that sought to counter assimilationist tendencies,....
The Bar Kochba Berlin Team At The German Maccabee Championship Games in Hamburg (June 1930)
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