Emmy Roth, coffee and tea set, Berlin 1931; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Jens Ziehe
Defiance. Jewish Women and Design in the Modern Era
Catalog Accompanying the Exhibition (in German)
This elaborately designed volume provides insights into the creative power and lives of over 60 women - including those whose names have been largely forgotten until today.
New educational opportunities in the Weimar Republic gave Jewish women the chance to work in artistic fields of their own choosing. Many of them became successful – although female designers were never given the same recognition as their male colleagues. National Socialism and its systematic persecution and murder of Jews destroyed the lives and careers of these women. Some managed to escape, but only very few succeeded in making a new start as a designer. Almost all of them have remained neglected in German art and cultural history to this day.
The cataloge will be published in July 2025.
Details
- Widerstände. Jüdische Designerinnen der Moderne
320 pages, 250 illustrations in color
paperback with flaps, 21 x 26 cm
Hirmer Verlag
München 2025
ISBN: 978-3-7356-1014-0 (in German only) - Editor Michal Friedlander, Jewish Museum Berlin
- Including an essay by the editor
- Design team mao, Berlin
- Price 39,90 €
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