Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

Jews in Germany under Prussian Rule
(255 words)

Editor & Curator

Roland Klemig.

Imprint

Berlin, Germany, 1984. 130 pp., illustrations: 1 col., 150 b&w, 30.5 × 29 cm. English.

ISBN

3880530173

Location

Jewish Community Center Detroit-West Bloomfield, West Bloomfield, Mich., USA (3 March–7 April 1984)

Description

A traveling photographic exhibition from Berlin on the history of German Jewry, from the Middle Ages until the Holocaust. Chronological and thematic survey, with emphasis on the near-constant presence of antisemitism throughout the centuries. Brief texts on numerous topics, including the origins of Berlin Jewry, Tolerance and Privileges, the Enlightenment, Salons, Emancipation, the Textile Industry, German Zionism, Musicians, Artists and Architects, Sports, the Holocaust, etc. illustrated by more than 1000 photographs.

Description

This condensed catalog was produced for the exhibition’s tour in the United States. For a complete listing of the exhibition’s material and its extensive travel history in Germany and London, see #662

main keywords

ANTISEMITIC IMAGES/OBJECTS
GERMANY
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
PHOTOGRAPHS

minor keywords

Berlin
Historical photographs
Holocaust
Mendelssohn, Moses
Paintings
Portraits
Prayers for the sovereign
Prints
Salons
Soldiers (Jewish) & related objects
Synagoga & Ecclesia
Zionism

Other venues

Jewish Community Center of Greater Minneapolis (Sabes JCC), Minn., USA (21 April–28 May 1984); University of Pittsburgh, Pa., USA (3 June–5 July 1984); Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., USA (8 November–23 December 1984); University of Illinois at Chicago, Ill., USA (2 January–3 February 1985); Jewish Museum San Francisco, Calif., USA (9 May–15 August 1985); Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles, Calif., USA (5 October–26 December 1985); Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., USA (5 January–4 February 1986); Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., USA (2 April–30 May 1986); Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, Pa., USA (23 October–30 November 1986); New York Public Library, New York City, USA (25 June–30 August 1987)

Other edition

German edition #662

Cite this page
“Jews in Germany under Prussian Rule”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 30 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0805>
First published online: 2019



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