Geneviève Straus Sitting with Proust et al.

Photograph of a man in a long coat kneeling in front of a memorial wreath on a pedestal as crowd watches and photographers take photos.

West German Chancellor Willy Brandt Kneels in Front of the Jewish Heroes Monument Paying Tribute to Jews Killed by the Nazis during the 1943 Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto, December 7, 1970

German Chancellor Willie Brandt went down on his knees at the monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on a trip to Poland. He was there to sign the Treaty of Warsaw, a key element of his “Ostpolitik,”…

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Painting of woman sitting sideways on a chair, with arms draped over the chair back and facing viewer, wearing short-sleeved dress, pearls, sash, and a curly updo.

Portrait of Fanny von Arnstein

Fanny von Arnstein (née Itzig; 1758–1818) was born into a prominent Jewish banking family in Berlin and married a leading Viennese ﬁnancier. She entertained many luminaries at her famous salon. Having…

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Large symmetrical, rectangular building next to body of water.

The Largest Mill in the Orient (Postcard)

When the Allatini Mills building was built in 1898, it was considered the largest industrial building in the “Orient” (then the catch-all term for the non-European world east of Europe). The first…

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Geneviève Straus Sitting with Proust et al.

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