| Editor |
David Altshuler. |
| Collection |
Jewish Museum in Prague. |
| Sponsor |
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). |
| Imprint |
Washington, D.C., USA, 1983. 288 pp., illustrations: 78 col., 157 b&w, 26.1 × 20.5 cm. English. |
| ISBN |
0671494481 |
| Location |
Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Institution (9 November 1983–1 January 1984) |
| Description |
The history, material culture, art and legacy of Czech Jewry. Most of the collection on display had been confiscated by the Nazis during the Holocaust and housed in Prague. The catalog’s five essays address: the history of the Collection and the Prague Jewish Museum (Linda Altshuler and Anna Cohn), the History of Czech Jewry (Hillel Kieval), Community Life (Vivian B. Mann), Family and Home (Mann), and Holocaust and Beyond (Altschuler and Cohn). 298 items. |
| main keywords |
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS |
| minor keywords |
Besamim |
| Related ephemera |
Exhibition leaflet with significant explanatory text, produced for the Detroit showing, 12 pp., 10 col., 3 b&w illus., 23.2 × 9.3 cm; Advanced ticket order form for the exhibition’s showing in Detroit, leaflet, 4 pp., 21.5 × 9.3 cm. |
| Other venues |
Detroit Institute of Arts, USA (13 March–5 May 1985); Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (15 May–20 August 1990); Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia (1998) |
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