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This print depicting the Jewish cemetery of Fürth, Germany, is from the beginning of the eighteenth century, a period of prosperity for the city’s Jewish community. There were between 350 and 400…
Contributor:
Johannes Alexander Böner
Places:
Fürth, Holy Roman Empire (Fürth, Germany)
Date:
1705
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This illustration from a book of prayers for the Jewish Gravediggers Society depicts the cycle of life. Figures of men and women in pairs ascend and descend the staircase, progressing from youth to…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1740
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This etching depicts a body being brought for burial in the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish cemetery at Ouderkerk, the oldest Jewish cemetery (est. 1614) in the Netherlands, located on the Amstel River.
Contributor:
Romeyn de Hooghe
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1675–ca. 1695