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German-Jewish Childhood in the Stacks

Documents of Jewish childhoods in Germany

Jüdischer Kinderkalender
Many German-Jewish children's books were influenced by the rise in Zionism. Pictured here is an illustration from Jüdischer Kinderkalender, c. 1928. LBI Library, r 162.
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Children studying outdoors
Children studying outdoors at a German "Waldschule" directed by the Jewish educator Toni Lessler. Part of: Private Waldschule Grunewald, Hagenstrasse 56. LBI Photos, ALB-OS 2.
Bunte Luftballons
Cover of Bunte Luftballons by Ellinor and Lottie Gorn, c. 1928. LBI Library, r 162.
F 16454 _ childrens home
Children reading in the Ahawah Children's Home in Berlin, c. 1937 or 1938. Part of the Ahawah Children's Home Collection, AR 6427. LBI Photos, F 16454.
Spielzeug
Illustration by Walter Trier from Spielzeug, a book about toys. Berlin, approximately 1920. Trier (1890-1951), who was best known for illustrating Erich Kästner's Emil and the Detectives, fled the National Socialist regime and continued his career as an artist in England and Canada. LBI Library, r (q) 43.
Live Animal Kiddie Cut Outs
Hungarian-born artist Emery Gondor's Live Animal Kiddie Cut Outs designed from his book of paper cut outs, 1942 . LBI Art & Objects, call number 2002.169.
Cover of Mirjams Wundergarten
Setta Cohn-Richter's book Mirjams Wundergarten (Miriam's wonder garden) is about the adventures of a young Jewish girl and her toys. The story integrates the change of seasons in the garden with the Jewish holidays. LBI Library, r 695.

From primers to alphabet books, browse the history of German-Jewish childhoods through children's books in LBI's Library collection as well as objects, photos, and documents in LBI's archival and art collection. Highlights include children's literature from the Haskalah to picture books written during the rise of Zionism.

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Alef-Bet
Learn your Alef-Bet
Lesebuch für die jüdische Jugend der deutschen Schulen im Königreiche Böhmen
Inventing German-Jewish Children's Literature - Part 1
Eugenie Werthauer's Freitagabend und andere Erzählungen
Inventing German-Jewish Children's Literature - Part 2
F 3031 Hanna Samson with her first school class
Getting Schooled