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Leonard Freed - WEST GERMANY. German Jews Today.
WEST GERMANY. Dusseldorf. 1961. A Jewish bar mitzvah.
WEST GERMANY. Westerwald. 1961. Jewish children at a vacation home.
WEST GERMANY. Worms. 1961. A Jewish cemetery from the Middle Ages.
WEST GERMANY. Frankfurt. 1961. A German woman lights Friday night candles with her two children as she converts to the Jewish faith.
WEST GERMANY. Frankfurt. 1961. Evening Jewish services in a synagogue in Frankfurt am Main.
WEST GERMANY. 1961. Walter SELIGMANN, an insurance inspector who lives in Mainz.
WEST GERMANY. 1961. Walter SELIGMANN, an insurance inspector who lives in Mainz.
Dusseldorf, classes for Jewish children given in the local Community Center.
Worms, the oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe, it was destroyed by the Nazis because of its historical importance.
Frankfurt,The traditional "sabbath" Friday night family religious ceremonies, the husband is at the Synagogue and at nightfall the mother lights the candles acc
Children from the Jewish community visit a castle on the Rhine River.
Dusseldorf, the exterior of the newly built Synagogue.
Mainz, laying the cornerstone for a new synagogue.
WEST GERMANY. 1961. Prof Ludwig MARCUSE, theater critic and writer.
Frankfurt, religious education classes in the Jewish community school.
Frankfurt, the old Jewish cemetery, these are the gravestones of members of the Rothschild family.
WEST GERMANY. Dusseldorf. 1961. This grandfather sits with his granddaughter in the festivities hall of the Jewish Association of Dusseldorf.
Members of the Jewish Association in Cologne, gather in the social club for Simchat Thora Ball.
Worms, the celebrations for the rebuilding of the Synagogue attended by the Burgomeister and invited guests from many Lande.Many of the people had not seen one
Jewish children at social group of Cologne Synagogue.
Mr Streigold sells newspapers on the corner of the Konigs Allee in Dusseldorf, his wife also sells newspapers, they arrived a few years ago from Israel.
Frankfurt, the morning prayers by members of the Jewish community.
Dusseldorf, The 13 year old Joachim BARDACH receiving gifts and good wishes from his mother and aunts, to celebrate his "barmizwah" (coming of age) according to
Willy HAAS, journalist and writer, born in 1891 in Prague.During war years he escaped to india and helped in the Indian film industry, in 1947 he returned to Eu
This young couple live in Dusseldorf where their son was born.The husband was born in Tchekoslovakia and immigrated to Israel to learn architecture and finished
Frankfurt, morning prayers for members of the Jewish community.
Mainz, The local Chief of Police being welcomed in the Jewish community house.
WEST GERMANY. Dusseldorf. 1961. This girl works for her father's sports association in Dusseldorf, and originally comes from Israel. The young man spent the war
Ernst DEUTSCH is a stage actor who was born in 1896 in Prague.He started his theatrical career in Vienna, in 1917 he moved to Berlin, later toured Europe and re...
GERMANY. Frankfurt. 1961. A Jewish 'kosher' butcher's shop, the main supplier for the local Jewish community. The meat is slaughtered according to religious tr
1961. GERMANY.
Young Jewish children at summer camp in Westerewald, they have classes on hebrew traditions.
Frankfurt, the Friday evening (sabbath) religious ceremony in a Jewish family home, when candles are lit and prayers are said. The Mother is a converted Jew.
Jakob HOROWITZ works as a stone cutter in the family business with his father, his mother and brother and sister all died in Auschwitz. He makes tombstones fo
The Textile manufacturer Arno LUSTIGER was born in Poland,and came to Germany from Israel where he lives with his wife at Frankfurt am Main.He is seen here at a
At a Jewish 'summer camp' Jewish children learn about the friday evening (Sabbath) religious services and the other Jewish traditions.
Frankfurt, a poor Jewish family recently arrived into Germany, in search of work.They have no money for lighting in their home and are obliged to use candles.
Frankfurt, the Saturday evening (sabbath) religious service in the new Jewish community.
Dusseldorf, a Jewish school for the teaching in Hebrew and to the German Jewish community children.
Prof Dr Alfred KANTOROWICZ was born in 1899 in Berlin,Spending most of his life as critic and later professor of literature,also a member of the Communist Party...
Dusseldorf, Jewish children have classes in the Jewish community center.
Jewish children in a Jewish summer camp.
Dr Herbert LEWIN, professor of medecine, in his final years he practised at the Womens Clinic at Offenbach/Main and is a leading figure in the Jewish Associatio
Munsterland, a Jewish man becomes the President of a small town shooting club.
WEST GERMANY. 1961. Walter SELIGMANN, an insurance inspector who lives in Mainz.
Berlin. 1961. Marriage ceremony in the Berlin Synagogue, the prayer shawl of the husband is placed over the bride's side.
Frankfurt, the morning prayer for members of the Jewish community.
Young Jewish children learning traditional Hora dances, part of the Cologne Synagogue social activities.
WEST GERMANY. West Berlin. 1961. Jewish old-peoples home.
WEST GERMANY. Frankfurt. 1961. Neighbours fight on the stairway of an apartment building.
WEST GERMANY. Frankfurt am Main. 1961. In a synagogue, a worshipper shows portraits of his family killed in the concentration camps.
Young Jewish boys at their traditional Sunday gathering in Dusseldorf.
Therese GIEHSE, stage actress, born in 1898 in Munich.Spent her life in touring groups and in pre war Zurcher Schauspielhaus, she returned to Germany in 1945 an
Mainz, this woman who was born in Poland and was a member of the Auschwitz concentration camp, remained in Germany after the liberation of the camps. On her arm
Children from a Jewish community, visit a castle along the Rhine River.
Frankfurt, old grave stones of unknown Jewish people in the Jewish cemetery.
At a Jewish 'summer camp' Jewish children learn about the friday evening (Sabbath) religious services and the other Jewish traditions.
WEST GERMANY. 1961. Dusseldorf, the Rabbi of the local Jewish community talking with members of his congregation.
Frankfurt, A street in the Jewish community area, on the corner of the street is their 'kosher' butchers shop.
WEST GREMANY. Frankfurt. 1961. A worshiper in a synogogue in Frankfurt am Main holds photos of relatives who died in concentration camps.
WEST GERMANY. Frankfurt. 1961. Neighbours fight on the stairway of an apartment building.
Dusseldorf,The Jewish school for children of the local Jewish school where the children are taught in Hebrew and German.
Ida EHRE, stage actress.born in 1945 in Austria,pre theater experience in Konigsberg and Mannheim,and later the Lessing Theater in Berlin, and in 1945 joined th
Dusseldorf, the coming of age 'barmizwah' celebrations for a 13 year old boy being celebrated by members of the Jewish community and his family.
Frankfurt, prayers by members of the local Jewish community.
WEST GERMANY. Dusseldorf. 1961. This girl works for her father's sports association in Dusseldorf, and originally comes from Israel. The young man spent the war
WEST GERMANY. Munich. 1961. Fritz KORTNER, German-Jewish actor and stage director.
Dusseldorf, a girl for the Jewish community.
Cologne synagogue, the organist and choir leader.
Arthur BRAUNER, a film producer with his family.Born in 1918 in Lodz, Poland. During the war was deported to a KZ in East Poland, and after war returned to Berl
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