Among the many art books in DigiBack are limited edition volumes containing most of the major works of the illustrators E.M. Lilien, Hugo Steiner-Prag, and Hermann Struck.
Expressionists – Ludwig Meidner
Exponents of German Expressionism, an early 20th century movement that shaped many other avant garde movements over the course of the century, and artists influenced by it are well-represented in DigiBaeck, from Ludwig Meidner to Peter Lipman-Wulf.
Impressionists – Max Liebermann and Lesser Ury
DigiBaeck includes many original works and rare prints of works by Max Liebermann an important German impressionist, and founder of the Berlin Secession. Lesser Ury (1861-1931), another Berlin impressionist who had a complicated relationship with Liebermann, is also represented in DigiBaeck.
Augenspiegel (Recommendation on whether to confiscate, destroy, and burn all Jewish books) (1511)
This early defense of religious tolerance was written by the Christian Hebraist Johannes Reuchlin in rebuttal of a widely discussed proposal to ban all Jewish books.
Holiday Closure: Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
Leo Baeck Institute is closed Monday October 8-9, 2012 in observance of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
Jüdisches Ceremoniel (1726)
Jüdisches Ceremoniel (1726), a beautifully illustrated description of Jewish religious ceremonies, rites of passage and feast days intended as a primer on Judaism for 18th century German audience. Its author, Paul Christian Kirchner, was a convert from Judaism who sought to persuade other Jews to follow his example and believed that an informed German public would be more effective at winning converts.
The Complete Horse Connoisseur (1764)
What is extraordinary about this veterinary work designed for equestrians, “Der Vollkommene Pferdekenner”, is the “Anhang” or Appendix, which consists of 36 pages of Hebrew words and phrases which were used by Jewish horse-traders, transliterated into Gothic letters and provided with German definitions. It was intended to give German horse buyers an extra edge in negotiations in an era when many horse dealers were Jewish.
World War I
Photographs and diaries kept by German-Jewish soldiers in the German Army in WWI that depict the Eastern front in stunning and graphic detail.
Mendelssohn Family
Collections representing four generations of the Mendelssohn family, the quintessential German-Jewish dynasty. These range from personal effects and correspondence of the patriarch, enlightenment philosopher Moses Mendelssohn to letters written by his grandson, the composer Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
Memoirs, Diaries, Scrapbooks, and Correspondence
Digibaeck includes thousands of unpublished memoirs that chronicle Jewish life in Germany and in emigration. These documents offer first-hand accounts of experiences as diverse as the revolutions of 1848, emigration to Shanghai, the Kindertransport, and the participation of German Jews in the American civil rights movement of the 1960′s.
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