| Translated title | Moses Mendelssohn. Friends, Foes & Family |
| Editors |
Eva-Maria Thimme, Chanah Schütz, Hermann Simon. |
| Curator |
Eva-Maria Thimme. |
| Imprint |
Berlin, Germany, 2012. 103 pp., illustrations: 51 col., 40 b&w, 23 × 16.5 cm. German, with some essays also in English. |
| ISBN |
9783955650384 |
| Location |
Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin—Centrum Judaicum (25 November 2012–7 April 2013) |
| Description |
Moses Mendelssohn’s personality and impact, presented through historical documents, portraits, books and ceremonial objects. Foreword by Hermann Simon. Catalog in five main sections, each with individual essays: Family and Profession, Friends, Adversaries and Enemies, the Jewish Community of Berlin, and Rudolph Henneberg’s series of patriotic wall paintings “Allegorischer Brautzug”, in which Mendelssohn appears as patriarch. Final essay discusses Jewish ceremonial objects from Mendelssohn’s time, including two synagogue candelabras from the “Alte Synagoge” in the Heidereutergasse (Chana Schütz, in German only). No itemized listing. |
| main keywords |
BERLIN |
| minor keywords |
Antisemitic images/objects |
