“German Jews Today” - a discussion from the 1960s
Panel discussion as part of the exhibition German Jews Today. Leonard Freed (in German)
At the beginning of the 1960s, Jewish life in the Federal Republic of Germany was anything but a matter of course. In his book Deutsche Juden heute (German Jews Today), published in 1965, the American photographer Leonard Freed captured insights into the everyday life of Jews in West Germany, from Düsseldorf to Frankfurt am Main and Munich.
Tue 18 Mar 2025, 7 pm
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
A year later, the World Jewish Congress in Brussels discussed the topic of Germans and Jews. Nahum Goldmann, Gershom Scholem, Golo Mann and Karl Jaspers were among the contributors. Both the photo series and the World Congress explore the question of the possibility of living as a Jew in Germany, and are thus part of a debate that continues to this day.
In discussion: Thomas Sparr (co-editor of Deutsche und Juden. Dokumentation einer Debatte), Theresia Ziehe (curator of photography, JMB) and others. Moderation: Daniel Wildmann (Program Director W. Michael Blumenthal Academy, JMB)
Leonard Freed, The youth group, Düsseldorf, 1961; Jewish Museum Berlin, accession 2008/305/26. Further information about this photo can be found in our online collections (in German)
Leonard Freed, The youth group, Düsseldorf, 1961; Jewish Museum Berlin, accession 2008/305/26. Further information about this photo can be found in our online collections (in German)
