«His goal was to assimilate Jews with non-Jews»
A Decree, a Donation and Four Questions on Jewish Surnames
Category: Sammlung
«My goal is to restore the window, yet reveal its history.»
Friederike Szlosze on conserving a stained-glass window from Biel
«Jewish settlers invested in tree planting»
Netta Cohen on Zionist Attitudes towards Climate
The Basel Trial of the «Protocols of the Elders of Zion»
The History of a Book in Our Collection
«The department stores were veritable dream worlds.»
Angela Bhend on Jewish founders of Department Stores in Switzerland
«To renew the old world – that is the collector’s deepest desire.»
The Scholar Michele Klein on Collecting Judaica
«I’m curious about unusual design.»
Dinah Ehrenfreund on Bernhard Friedländer
«A reserved man, an unwavering artist.»
Gisela Zürrer on the Artist Walter Haymann
«Forgeries have misled Judaica scholars»
Six Questions to Christina Meri
«Refugees were forced to do hard, physical labour»
Barbara Häne sheds light on a photo album from wartime Switzerland
«Today, we’d call them ‹woke›»
Naomi Lubrich on Historical Fashion Prints
«Biel was a socialist, migrant, working-class city.»
Dina Epelbaum on the Jewish community in Biel
«Our generation needs to un-collect.»
Five Questions to Carmen Simon
«Wimples are great for telling stories»
Seven questions to Dinah Ehrenfreund
«He was drawn to Jewish folklore.»
Tabea Buri on the collector Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer
