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A Polish Jew
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This depiction of a Polish Jew first appeared in a book, Neu-eröffnete Welt-Galleria (New Gallery of the World), published in Nuremberg in 1703. Its 101 plates by Caspar Luyken included portraits of…

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1703

Subjects:

Print, Antisemitism, Cities, Dress, Class

Categories:

Print & book culture
Print of man standing wearing wide-brimmed hat.
The Road into the Open
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“As you see me, I’m on my way to Corfu . . . for the present. The season begins before times become intolerable for me at the Ehrenberg house.” “No one is demanding,” replied Frau Ehrenberg gently,…

Contributor:

Arthur Schnitzler

Places:

Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)

Date:

1908

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Class, Jewish identity, Jerusalem, Zionism

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Fiction
Letter to the Envoy Keller
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His princely Eminence has been pleased in his benevolence, while I am still confined to bed because of my illness to reveal to me sufficient to let me know that the matter has met with difficulties…

Contributor:

Joseph Süss Oppenheimer

Places:

Stuttgart, Holy Roman Empire (Stuttgart, Germany)

Date:

1735

Subjects:

Christian-Jewish relations, Class, Monarchy, Antisemitism, Politics

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters