Judengasse
Lithographic and lithographic printing house - Uri Levi
The Lithographische Kunstanstalt und Steindruckerei was founded in 1852 by Baruch Levi at Leonhardsplatz. From 1861 the nephew Uri Levi and then from 1910 Rudolf Levi continued to run the company.
City walk Scheunenviertel (Berlin)
Around the Barn Quarter - An Eastern European Jewish Workers* History
Yelizavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyj)
Yelisavetgrad (now Kropyvnytskyy, Ukraine) was a city in the southwestern part of the Russian Empire, where there was a large Jewish population. In 1881, a pogrom occurred here, triggering first a wave of anti-Jewish violence, and then a large wave of emigration from Eastern Europe. The history of Jewish life in Yelizavetgrad reflects the developments of Judaism in Eastern Europe in the course of the 20th century.
The Great Choral Synagogue (Yelizavetgrad/Kropyvnytskyj)
The large choral synagogue was built in what was then Yelizavetgrad in 1853. During the pogrom in April 1881 it became one of the sites of anti-Jewish riots. Shortly after the violence broke out, a crowd gathered in front of the synagogue. According to rumors that spread quickly through the city, shots were fired from there. This is how the correspondent of the newspaper Rassvet described the events at the synagogue.
"From the synagogue, it is said, some shots were fired, and this broke the camel's back. The crowd rushed at the synagogue with all its might and took it by storm."
Cleveland
Like many other U.S. cities, Cleveland, Ohio has a long and diverse Jewish history. The first Jews emigrated to the United States from Germany in the 19th century. They arrived mainly in the cities of the American East Coast. Either they started a new life there or they continued on to the Midwest to cities like Cleveland, Chicago or Minneapolis.
City walk Leer (East Frisia)
We begin the tour on the traces of Jewish life in the city of Leer here in Heisfelder Straße 44, at the place where the large synagogue used to be. The first record of Jewish life in the town of Leer dates from 1611, and it is highly probable that the required number for a minyan (ten male worshippers) was first reached in 1650, which can thus be regarded as the founding year of the community. The Jewish community in Leer was the third largest in East Frisia. They still exist, the traces in the city that bear witness to Jewish life, but one has to look for them.
Samuel Steinfeld
Born in Breslau, Samuel Steinfeld began working as a vegetable wholesaler in Deblin, Poland. During the German occupation, his closest relatives were murdered. After the war, he stayed in Berlin and Dresden, trying to establish an economic existence. What we know about him comes mostly from his estate, which is in the archive of the Jewish Museum Berlin.
Martin Friedländer
Martin Friedländer was born in Berlin, the son of a Jewish merchant, followed a similar professional path as his father from 1934 onwards and began a commercial career in the clothing industry. Because he physically attacked a Gestapo informer who had betrayed his sister s hiding place, he was arrested in 1943, tortured, and obliged to do forced labor in railroad construction and garbage collection s. While one of his sisters and her child did not survive the Holocaust, Friedländer was liberated from Auschwitz.
City walk Luxembourg City
Du rejet à l'intégration - From rejection to integration