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Shot by German Police in 1946
The Tragic Fate of Shmuel Dancyger Z. L. The family at the grave of Shmuel Dancyger; Jewish Museum Berlin, gift of Morris Dancyger During a visit to my hometown of Calgary Alberta, Canada in the summer...
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Names Come to Life
Emanuel and Johanna Stern, ca. 1903; Jewish Museum Berlin, gift of Alexander Summerville Just over two years ago, I penned a blog text describing a Passover Haggada that I had purchased online. It...
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Wire-frame geese and elevator signs
Object lessons on our museum’s history Trainee Lisa Renner performing inventory; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: David Studniberg I still remember my first day of work at the museum well, some months ago....
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The Restitution of the Banquet
– The Story of a Search This oil sketch entitled Das Gastmahl der Familie Mosse (The Mosse Family Banquet) was restituted to the community of heirs of Felicia Lachmann-Mosse; Photo: Jewish Museum...
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27th Federal Museum Trainees Conference
New program director of the Jewish Museum Berlin holds lecture for future museum generation 1) Dear Mrs. Meijer-van Mensch: over the last years you have worked for various institutions in different...
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“Faith isn’t something you can see from the outside.”
A Visit with Sister Katharina at Karmel Berlin Sister Katharina donated this veil to us for our exhibition; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Katharina Erbe. Covering one’s head has almost entirely...
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A Look at Jewish Life in Shanghai through Chinese Eyes
Ghetto Life and Beautiful Shoes Wei Zhang looking at shoes “made in China”, which are part of the Jewish Museum Berlin’s collection; permanent loan by Marion Schubert, née Salomon; Jewish Museum...
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When a Certificate Was Not Only a Piece of Paper
– How Jewish Memory Objects Preserve Chinese History Chinese marriage certificate for Irma Bielschowsky (1902–2000) and Albert Elias Less (1887–1952), 1944; Jewish Museum Berlin, gift of Gert and...
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“And next Sunday, no one will be thinking of the election anymore”
The 1930 German Federal Election Heinz Arzt reading the newspaper, 1920; Jewish Museum Berlin, gift of Hilde Pearton, née Bialostotzky Recently I was leafing through the inventory listing of a family...
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“We were being driven like hunted animals!”
Max Karp on his deportation from Berlin on October 28, 1938 “On 28.10 at 6 o’clock in Berlin we were taken from our beds and detained by the police. People from the neighborhoods of Mitte, northern...
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