Printed in Rome, this book was once part of an Italian prince’s library. Years later it made its way to Argentina, and eventually to Israel. The tome is now over 550 years old…
All that Remains of “The Great Unknown”
When culture critic Carl Ehrenstein reviewed the 1927 film, “The Great Unknown,” he could not have known the fate that would befall the actors at the hands of the Nazis.
What Became of Two Jewish Thieves Caught in Frankfurt in 1714?
In August 2018, the National Library purchased a rare item at auction: an anti-Semitic pamphlet published circa 1714, that mocked two Jewish thieves who were publicly executed for their crimes.
The Jewish Lawyer Who Drafted the Constitution of the Weimar Republic
Hugo Preuss is still considered to be the “father” of the constitution of the Weimar Republic today.
Rare Items: A Glimpse into the Lives of Max Nordau and His Only Daughter, Maxa
A poem denouncing anti-Semitism, correspondence with Zionist leaders, and a ledger documenting important events at the Nordau household are just a few of the items in the collection.
“Now I think that Kafka himself is saying to me: ‘You have done enough’”
From Zurich to Tel Aviv: A journey tracing the legacy of the writer, composer and philosopher: Max Brod
The True Story Behind Harry Potter, Abraham the Jew and the Philosopher’s Stone
The true story of the mysterious owner of the Philosopher’s Stone…
“God! When Will You Put an End to this Miserable Life?”
What went through the head of a soldier forced against his will to fight in the First World War? How did he react when asked to simply kill his enemies and not take them captive? A glimpse into the diary of the Jewish soldier Karl Klein.
“If Judaism is a tragedy, let us live it” – Stefan Zweig’s Letters Revealed
26 letters and 6 postcards, previously unknown, all by Stefan Zweig, one of the greatest writers of the first half of the twentieth century, have been given to the National Library of Israel.
World War I
Some 100,000 Jewish soldiers fought in the ranks of the German army, approximately 12,000 of whom died on the battlefield
