Diaspora

During Hermann Burchardt’s travels to Yemen in 1901, he came upon one of the most isolated and forgotten communities of the Jewish people. The photographs he sent home caused a sensation throughout the whole of European Jewry.

Rathenau was a classic example of a German Jew who tried to become integrated into society-at-large, and even contributed to the strengthening of nationalist views

Abraham Adolf Fraenkel, a doctor of mathematics, served in the German army during the Great War and organized a Passover Seder for his fellow Jewish soldiers.

Almost all of the large countries involved in the war appealed to their citizens to help achieve victory by donating their private money through the purchase of the bonds.

In 1886, a young man named Albert Ballin (1857-1918) of Jewish origins joined the company. Ballin had inherited from his father an emigration agency that operated in Hamburg. The agency helped European emigrants obtain tickets for sailing from the various European ports to America.

Hermann Struck volunteered to serve his German homeland during WWI. He returned from the front with 400 sketches and prints which offered a glimpse of the atrocities of war, of its hostages, and of the lives of Eastern Europe’s Jews

Despite all of the difficulties faced by young democratic Germany, its parliamentary method was quite well-developed

Jewish lawyer Hugo Preuss’ contribution was so great that today he is considered the “father” of the constitution of the Weimar Republic

The placard states that this day was “the great day of the German people” and emphasizes that “every vote counts.”

The first Jewish journal devoted to art