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An extraordinary gift Last week, museum benefactor
symbol of hope and brotherly love” An extraordinary gift
The fifth episode in our blog series “Memories from the Life of Walter Frankenstein” Finally reunited after 19 months! —A summer 1947 photo of Leonie, Uri, and Michael Frankenstein makes clear how overjoyed the three were about Walter’s release. All three gaze relieved into the camera. At first, Walter moved into the one-room apartment in …
and Michael, Hadera, 1947; Jewish Museum Berlin, gift
The first episode in our blog series: “Memories from the Life of Walter Frankenstein” When I look at the picture of the infant in his baby carriage, it’s difficult for me to believe that it’s the same person who sat across from me just a few weeks ago in Stockholm at the age of nearly …
months, Flatow, February 1925; Jewish Museum Berlin, gift
The sixth and final installment in our blog series “Memories from the Life of Walter Frankenstein” To start from the beginning again: when I consider the path that Walter Frankenstein and his family took, I’m constantly astonished that they didn’t lose hope and always found new strength to confront the numerous changes in their lives. …
Stockholm), around 1956–1957; Jewish Museum Berlin, gift
The sixth and final installment in our blog series “Memories from the Life of Walter Frankenstein” To start from the beginning again: when I consider the path that Walter Frankenstein and his family took, I’m constantly astonished that they didn’t lose hope and always found new strength to confront the numerous changes in their lives. …
Stockholm), around 1956–1957; Jewish Museum Berlin, gift
An Early April Fool’s Joke from the Year 1931 Sometimes figuring out how to classify a document correctly according to its historical context can depend on just one tiny, even seemingly unrelated detail. I was reminded of this again while working on the inventory of a recent donation to our archive. With more than 3,000 …
Envelope posted 13 March 1931; Jewish Museum Berlin, Gift
German-Jewish emigrants from all over the world as well as gifts
(1924–1942), about 1936 © Jewish Museum Berlin, a gift
The fourth episode in our blog series “Memories from the Life of Walter Frankenstein” What were they to do now? Nothing was left of the Frankensteins’ old life. Their relatives and friends had been murdered, including Walter and Leonie’s mothers. All of Europe lay in ruins. The first step in the Frankensteins’ new life was …
around December 1945–May 1946; Jewish Museum Berlin, gift
Just over two years ago, I penned a blog text describing a Passover Haggada that I had purchased online. It caught my attention due to the lists of names written on the inside front and back covers of individuals who attended the Passover Seders over the course of seven years that were held in two …
and Johanna Stern, ca. 1903; Jewish Museum Berlin, gift
Fritz Scherk and the history of a family business in Berlin A beaming toddler sits naked on a lavishly laid birthday table, apparently having the time of his life. A photo like this could easily have been taken today, I thought, when I saw it in the diary that Ludwig and Alice Scherk kept for …
birthday, Berlin, May 26, 1920; Jewish Museum Berlin, gift
