| Translated title | Jewish Childhood as Reflected in Jewish Children’s Books |
| Editors |
Helge-Ulrike Hyams, Klaus Klattenhoff, Klaus Ritter, Friedrich Wissmann. |
| Imprint |
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2001. Two vols: 352 pp., 230 pp., illustrations: 34 col., ca. 120 b&w, 26 × 20 cm. German. |
| ISBN |
3814207653 |
| Location |
Museum Judengasse Frankfurt (7 March–13 May 2001) |
| Description |
Expanded version of an exhibition exploring Jewish childhood experience in Germany through various types of books and literature intended for children. The original single-volume catalog [#1528] is here divided into two volumes: vol. 1 with essays, and vol. 2 with an annotated bibliography for the books exhibited. 28 essays, five of them new: Klezmer music and Yiddish nursery rhymes (Wolfgang Martin Stroh), the Hebrew paradigm of the pedagog (Ralf Koerrenz), Anne Frank (Laureen Nussbaum), children’s reactions to antisemitism in Germany before 1933 (Helge-Ulrike Hyams), and Zionist children’s and youth literature (Annegret Völpel). 416 items. |
| main keywords |
ANTISEMITIC IMAGES/OBJECTSFRANK, ANNECHILDREN’S BOOKSERETZ ISRAELGERMANYHAGGADOTPRINTED BOOKSYIDDISH LITERATUREZIONISM |
| minor keywords |
Bar/Bat MitzvahGermanyHolocaustMusicOppenheim, Moritz DanielPaintings, Jewish customs & ceremoniesPrints |
| Related ephemera |
Flyer for a book reading by Joseph Koopman in conjunction with the exhibition, 21 × 14.8 cm; Invitation to exhibition opening, leaflet, 4 pp., 2 col. illus., 21 × 10.5 cm. |
| Other venue |
Stadtmuseum Oldenburg, Germany (8 November–6 December 1998) |
| Catalog from other venue |