Library of the Schocken Verlag, Berlin, 1933–1939; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Monika Sommerer
Preview and reading with Joshua Cohen
On the exhibition Inventories. The Legacy of Salman Schocken
The exhibition Inventories. The Legacy of Salman Schocken is made possible by the FRIENDS OF THE JMB. As a thank you, members can already discover it on the evening before the opening! The Jewish Museum Berlin (JMB) invited US author Joshua Cohen to explore the cultural legacy of the publisher and department-store entrepreneur Salman Schocken. Through books and objects from the JMB collections, Joshua Cohen comments on the history of Salman Schocken’s publishing house, which he takes as a vantage point for a present-day perspective on culture and capital, department stores and museums – and, not least, all manner of (re)acquisition and belonging.
Mon 19 May 2025, 5 pm
Where
Old Building, ground level, “Meeting Point” in the foyer
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
After an introduction by the curators Martina Lüdicke and Monika Sommerer, Joshua Cohen will read some of his texts from the exhibition. Books brought along can be signed by the author. Questions can be asked in German, but the author will answer in English.
Joshua Cohen; photo: Marion Ettlinger
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