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Three Poems
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This is November Season of mills. Wind of the black early morning services. Cemetery And thousandnightliness Of the childish little candles, And their fear. Trudging now Through the…

Contributor:

Franz Werfel

Places:

Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1917

Subjects:

Adolescence, Community, Death, War, Sin

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
Juedisches Ceremonial (Jewish Ceremony): Death and Mourning
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This illustration depicting Jewish death and mourning rituals (a sick man on his deathbed, a body laid out for burial, and a funeral procession) appeared in the book, Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Jewish…

Contributor:

Paul Christian Kirchner

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Life cycle, Death, Mourning, Ritual & observance, Print

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Print of four scenes in quadrants with German headings on each: top left is sick man in bed, top right is sick man in bed surrounded by people with candles and books, bottom left is sick man lying on the floor, and bottom right is procession through city walls.
Süss Oppenheimer, a Jewish Tale
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Chapter 19 When Süss returned to his prison cell, he found his uncle waiting for him. In tears he fell into the arms of the dignified old man and told him everything that had happened to him. Rabbi…

Contributor:

Marcus Lehmann

Places:

Mainz, Germany

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Conversion, Christian-Jewish relations, Prayer, Death, Sin

Categories:

Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature