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Cabinets Full of Photographs, Contact Sheets, and Letters
My Week of Intensive Research into Fred Stein’s Archives Contact sheet Brooklyn Bridge© Estate of Fred Stein, photo: Theresia Ziehe In June of 2012 I had the opportunity to delve into the estate of...
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In the Beginning Was … Scripture
An Interview with Cilly Kugelmann about the Exhibition “The Creation of the World: Illustrated Manuscripts from the Braginsky Collection” Mirjam Wenzel: At the forthcoming exhibition, the Jewish Museum...
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In World War I
The Festival of Liberation at the Front Yesterday evening, Monday, 14 April 2014, was the start of the eight-day Passover festivities. These kick off each year with the first Seder, the name of which...
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Lolek and Bolek
Photograph from World War II. The sellers priced it at 3000 euros. The financial crisis of 2007 had an impact both on the countries of Western and Eastern Europe. The złoty may still glitter but it has...
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Practicing Our Storytelling Skills
Preparing for the Educational Program on the Exhibition “The Creation of the World” Detail from a Megilla (Esther scroll), 1750-1800, Alsace © Braginsky Collection, Zurich, photo: Ardon Bar-Hama As a...
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Jewish Script and Love By Contract
Schoolchildren on a guided tour of the exhibition “The Creation of the World”© Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Nadja Rentzsch “I know!” shouts Tamo* (aged 10): “It’s Jewish writing!” “It’s called...
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Modern Poetry Encounters an Object of History
The Jewish Museum Hosts “Lyrix” At the invitation of German Cultural Radio, schoolchildren appeared at the Jewish Museum Berlin on 13 June 2014 to write poetry with professionals from the literature...
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Small, Yet Packs a Punch…
Or: How 300 Artifacts from our Collection Were Turned into a Cabinet Exhibition about the First World War Objects from our collections in the exhibition “The First World War in Jewish Memory”© Jewish...
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“Now we’ll follow the intrepid path that Lassalle led us to!”
“Enthüllungen über das tragische Lebensende Lassalles” (An Exposé of the Tragic Death of Lassalle) by Bernhard Becker © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Leonore Maier 150 years ago today – on the last day...
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Peddlers with Caftans, Sidelocks – and Umbrellas: Images of Jews around 1900
In Germany, you cannot rely on the weather being consistently sunny, even in the summertime. In the fall at the latest – dare we think of it already? – we will need to shake open our umbrellas again....
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From poster stamps to animal card collections: on small collectors and big...
“Poster stamps?” A short pause, a puzzled look. “And… what are poster stamps?” This was more or less the reaction of every one of my friends and acquaintances when I told them these last months about...
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“A symbol of hope and brotherly love”
An extraordinary gift Medallion with the image of a saint © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Jörg Waßmer, gift of Fred Kranz Last week, museum benefactor Fred Kranz accepted our invitation to participate...
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The Jewish Cultural Center in Berlin, 1990 – 2010
Hanukkah Candleholder at the 15th Hanukkah Ball of the Jewish Cultural Center, Berlin 12.12.2004 © Photo: Igor Chalmiev, gift of the Jewish Cultural Center to the Jewish Museum Berlin 25 years ago...
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From the ceramic jug to the Pineapple Goblet: Working with archival items
View of Jewish Musem-Berlin storage,© Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Jens Ziehe It’s cold. The neon light casts a harsh glare. A gray cabinet stands next to another along white walls. The room feels...
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Leo Prochownik
Five stamp-sized advertisements for the company Otto Klausner GmbH, Berlin, ca. 1910-1914. Gift of Peter-Hannes Lehmann Like every museum, we have some objects in our collection that are always on...
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“The Maccabiah Is a Strong Symbol Against Anti-Semitism”
The 14th European Maccabi Games (EMG) are taking place in Berlin from 27 July until 5 August 2015. More than 2,000 Jewish athletes from 36 countries will compete in 19 sports from football to fencing...
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“I was never disengaged”
A Conversation with Rachel Heuberger on the Biblical Story of the Binding of Isaac and the Exhibition “Obedience” Still from a film in the installation “Obedience” © S. Boddeke & P. Greenaway,...
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The Art Vending Machine Gets an Extended Run with “Glass Interiors” by Daniel...
Daniel Wiesenfeld at work. The freshly baked glass plates cool off in the oven, 2015 © Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Anna Golus The last few weeks, while people everywhere were sizzling in the summer...
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Fleeing – Then and Now
An Internet Harvest for the Day of the Refugee “Refugees”, color woodcut by Jakob Steinhardt, 1946, purchased with funds from the German Class Lottery Foundation. You can find this and other related...
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Contraband on Display
View of the cabinet exhibition “In a foreign country. Publications from the Displaced Persons Camps” in the basement of the Libeskind Building.© Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Jens Ziehe In our cabinet...
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