When architect Walter Gropius established in 1919 the Bauhaus art school in the city of Weimar, Germany, he had, it can be assumed, grand plans, but no way of predicting that the tradition born with the establishment of this school would change the face of the world of architecture and in the design of many useful products.
The Templers in the Land of Israel and Their Place in Local Society
In the late 1850s, this group, under the leadership of Christoph Hoffman, began exploring the possibility of living according to their spiritual-religious ideal not merely inside Germany, but in close proximity to the location of the Jewish Temple: in Jerusalem
The German Film “Dreyfus” and its Screening in Israel
What was special about this film that made its way from the studios in Berlin to the movie theaters in Eretz Israel?
Premiere Screening of the Early Thriller Film – The “Great Unknown”
From the end of the 1920s, the number of sound films (“talkies”) produced began to grow steadily, and within just a few years, silent films disappeared entirely
Harry Graf Kessler and the Biography of Walther Rathenau
The writing of a biography of this Jewish statesman, by a Christian, no less, cannot be taken for granted
From Ideology to Racism: Hitler’s Mein Kampf
The content of the book is well known for its blatant aggression against political enemies, democracy, and mainly, against what Hitler viewed as the “enemy race” of the German people: the Jews
The Nazi Period, World War II and the Holocaust
How did the Nazis, within a short time, destroy general conventions of the modern world pertaining to humanity, law and culture?
The Nazi Rise to Power Through the Eyes of Sebastian Haffner
Everything went “strictly by the book,” using means that were permitted by the constitution
The Aliyah of Central European Jews (the “Yekkim”) and the “German Immigrants’ Association News”
In the great frenzy that ensued, many Jews who lived on German territory understood that their lives and property were in imminent danger, and that they had to find alternatives to carry on living
“Transfer Agreement” and the Boycott of German Goods
Jewish organizations appealed to the public to forgo the purchase of goods from Germany
