From the partners’ collections: Goetz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
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Description: Limited edition of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Goetz von Berlichingen, illustrated with woodcuts by Bruno Goldschmitt (1881-1925), a German-Jewish artist from Nuremberg.
Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
Creator: Goldschmitt, Bruno, 1881-1925
Object Origin: Hellerau bei Dresden, 1923
Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=797483
by Kevin Schlottmann, Levy Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History
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Excerpt from Genealogy of the Benda family (AR 10226), Leo Baeck Institute
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written on White Sulphur Springs stationery
by Kevin Schlottmann, Levy Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History
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