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Façades for the International Commission
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In the Terezin concentration camp, before a visit by the International Red Cross and the Danish Red Cross in 1944, the Nazis created an elaborate ruse, designed to convince the delegation that the…

Contributor:

Bedrich Fritta

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Date:

1943–1944

Subjects:

Jewish quarters, Genocide, Nazis, Holocaust

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Sketch of storefronts next to a pile of corpses and brick wall and a couple is kissing against a wall in left foreground.
Torah Curtain
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This Torah curtain was donated to the Altneuschul (Staranova Synagogue) in Prague in 1602 by Natan ben Issachar (called Karpel Zaks), and Hadassi bat Moses, who commissioned it, as attested to by its…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czechoslovakia)

Date:

1602

Subjects:

Ritual object, Textiles, Synagogue, Aesthetics, Cities

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects
Embroidered curtain of columns with crowns on left and right sides and decorative floral motifs throughout, and Hebrew text in top center.
Celebratory Processional in Prague to Honor Joseph II
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A month after the birth of future Emperor Joseph II (March 13, 1741), the Jews of Prague held a festive procession in honor of the happy event. The procession, which was planned and led by the…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czechoslovakia)

Date:

1741

Subjects:

Print, Art, Cities, Dress, Class

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art, History
Print of long procession of people on horses and on foot carrying banners and trumpets, from one archway down and across the page to another archway, with German heading and text below.