Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek.

Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek, Georg Heuberger.

Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1988. 237 pp., illustrations: 105 col., 78 b&w, 29.3 × 21.2 cm. German.

Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt (9 November 1988–12 February 1989)

The inaugural exhibition of the Jewish Museum of Frankfurt, bringing together objects that survived from the pre-war Frankfurt Jewish antiquities museum. Three main essays: “Zur Geschichte des Museums Jüdischer Altertümer in Frankfurt am Main 1922–1938” [On the History of the Museum of Jewish Antiquities in Frankfurt am Main 1922–1938] (Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek and Anne-Margret Kiessl), “Zur Rolle der ‘Jewish Cultural Reconstruction’ nach 1945” [The Roll of the “Jewish Cultural Reconstruction” after 1945] (George Heuberger), and “Das Goldene Zeitalter jüdischer Zeremonialkunst in Frankfurt” [The Golden Age of Jewish Ceremonial Art in Frankfurt] (Vivian B. Mann). Detailed descriptive entries. 50 items.

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
FRANKFURT AM MAIN
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
MUSEUM JÜDISCHER ALTERTÜMER, FRANKFURT AM MAIN, HISTORY OF
PHOTOGRAPHS
RESTITUTION OF ART/BOOKS
TORAH ORNAMENTS

Amulets
Besamim
Candlesticks/Candelabra
Ceremonial objects, restoration
Germany
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hanukkah lamps
Havdalah sets/compendia
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 15th C
Historical photographs
Judaica exhibitions, pre-World War II (photographs of)
Keter Torah
Kiddush cups
Kristallnacht
Levite sets
Looting of art/books
Matzah rolling pins/scorers
Pesach plates, 3-tiered
Prints, synagogues
Rimmonim
Scrolls of Esther, cases
Seals/Stamps, kosher certification
Shabbat lamps
Tass
Torah binders
Torah mantles
Yad