by Kevin Schlottmann, Levy Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History
The pamphlet “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” an anti-Semitic forgery that outlined alleged plans for Jewish world domination, appeared with disturbing regularity throughout the 20th century, and unfortunately is sometimes cited even today as an authentic document.
The work has been thoroughly debunked many times, perhaps most famously…
Fourth Day
Hanukkah Celebrations Outside of America
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
Above image: 1948. Text on back of photograph: Chanukka party, Jewish Gemeinde, Munich. Child lights candles. Chaplain Dicker, Munich, Germany. Mrs. Lilyan Zerrent, American dependent [?] wife of Captain S. Zerrent, 1372 Franklin Ave., Bronx, NY in the background. National Jewish Welfare Board Records…
First Day
Hanukkah 1916
Jewish soldiers at military Hanukkah celebration
World War I; Russia
c/o the Leo Baeck Institute
at the Center for Jewish History
Part 3 – LBI and the Day of Digital Archives
Weekend at Scharmützelsee – 1935
This is an example of an archival collection that takes on an entirely new meaning in the context of information provided by the donors. This footage of summer vacationers in Germany in the 1930s contains few clues about the identity of the subjects or their historical circumstances. In…