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The Judengasse in Frankfurt, which was established in 1462, was the first ghetto in Europe and one of the most important centers of European Jewry until it was dissolved in 1796. This book accompanies the new permanent exhibition in the Judengasse Museum. It presents Jewish history and culture from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century. Featuring paintings, ritual objects, books and documents - and examining these in conjunction with archeological finds - it paints a rich portrait of everyday life in the Judengasse.
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Fritz Backhaus ist stellvertretender Direktor des Jüdischen Museums in Frankfurt und Herausgeber verschiedener Bücher, u. a. zu Ignaz Bubis und Leo Baeck.
Raphael Gross, Prof. Dr. phil., geboren 1966 in Zürich, studierte Geschichte in Zürich, Berlin, Cambridge, Bielefeld, Jerusalem und Essen. Seit 2001 ist er Direktor des Leo Baeck Instituts in London und leitet seit Februar 2006 zudem das Jüdische Museum in Frankfurt am Main sowie seit April 2007 das Fritz Bauer Institut. Er ist Honorarprofessor im Fachbereich Geschichte der Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main und Reader am Queen Mary College in London.
Zusammenfassung
The Judengasse in Frankfurt, which was established in 1462, was the first ghetto in Europe and one of the most important centers of European Jewry until it was dissolved in 1796. This book accompanies the new permanent exhibition in the Judengasse Museum. It presents Jewish history and culture from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century. Featuring paintings, ritual objects, books and documents – and examining these in conjunction with archeological finds – it paints a rich portrait of everyday life in the Judengasse.
