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

Juden in Ostpreußen
(145 words)

Translated titleJews in East Prussia
Author & Curator

Ronny Kabus.

Imprint

Lüneburg, Germany, 1998. 202 pp., illustrations: 47 col., 208 b&w, 20.5 × 21.5 cm. German.

ISBN

3880428883

Location

Ostpreußisches Landesmuseum (21 November 1998–28 March 1999)

Description

Prussian Jewish history presented in six chronological sections. Each section with brief introduction and presentation of exhibits according to individual topics. Ceremonial objects appear in the context of Königsberg Jewry (pp. 16–18) and an explication of Jewish festivals (pp. 37–43). Synagogues and cemeteries pictured throughout. Descriptive entries. No itemized listing.

main keywords

CEMETERIES
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
KÖNIGSBERG
PHOTOGRAPHS
PORTRAITS
PRUSSIA
SYNAGOGUES

minor keywords

Antisemitic images/objects
Besamim
Cemeteries, Germany
Cemeteries, Prussia
Coins
Etrog containers
Germany
Hevra Kadisha utensils
Holocaust
Kiddush cups
Portraits, husband-wife pendants
Prints, Jewish figures
Shechita knives
Soldiers (Jewish) & related objects
Synagogues, Germany
Synagogues, Prussia
Tass
Tombstones, Germany
Tzedakah boxes/containers

Related ephemera

Exhibition leaflet for showing in Lüneberg, 6 pp., 6 col. illus., 21 × 10.5 cm; Exhibition flyer for showing in Ellingen, 2 pp., 2 b&w illus., 21 × 10.2 cm.

Other venue

Kulturzentrum Ostpreußen, Ellingen, Germany (11 December 1999–12 March 2000)

Cite this page
“Juden in Ostpreußen”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 28 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1524>
First published online: 2019



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