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An Archive of Jewish Life: Mainz Jewish Library
There are many reasons to consider Mainz Jewish Library a rare jewel. Uniquely reflecting centuries of Jewish community life
Andreas Lehnardt


Tolstoy in German, Goethe in Russian – the Isaak Olschanski Library
The holdings of Cologne’s Jewish Community Library amount today to some 16,000 volumes, largely in Russian but also with a considerable...
Constanze Baumgart


Library in Transit: Offenbach Archival Depot 1946-1949
In the short time in which it existed, the Archival Depot established in 1946 by the American Military Government in Offenbach...
Elisabeth Gallas


Reading in All Directions – Library of the Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zurich
What is a Jewish library? Many people first think of the religious connotations of the word “Jewish,” but the library of the Israelitische..
Kerstin A. Paul


The world through Jewish eyes – the Jewish Library, Hanover
Famous Israeli writers like Mira Magén or Eshkol Nevo have held readings here. Just ten years old, the library of Hanover’s Liberal Jewish
Kay Schweigmann-Greve