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Rabbis of Schwerin to Moses Mendelssohn
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Schwerin, 18 May 1772 15 Iyar 5532 to the Jewish counting To the man possessed of abundant dominion, wisdom, and understanding, renowned for his knowledge, whose name is spoken of in the far-flung…

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Rabbis of Schwerin

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Schwerin, Kingdom of Prussia (Schwerin, Germany)
Berlin, Germany

Date:

1772

Subjects:

Government, Death, Burial, Halakhah, Medicine

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Letters, Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts
Triumph des Jahres 1813 (Triumph of the Year 1813)
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This caricature by the Henschel brothers celebrates the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig in December 1813. This battle, the final in Napoleon’s “German Campaign,” is also known as the…

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Gebrüder Henschel

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1813

Subjects:

Government, Death, Print, Portrait, Ashkenazi

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Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Print & Book Culture
Profile hand-colored etching of man, with line drawings of bodies on his face, wearing a hat in the shape of crow, and shirt and epaulets in the shape of a map with hand outstretched over it.