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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.
The Jewish Woman
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I am a stranger. Since no one dares approach me I would be girded with towers That wear their steep and stone-gray caps Aloft in clouds. The brazen key you will not find That locks the musty…

Contributor:

Gertrud Kolmar

Places:

Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1932

Subjects:

Life cycle, Women, Jewish identity, Death

Categories:

Literature, Poetry