06.2024

• Cornelia Aust, Difficult Finances: Excerpt from the Pinkas (Minute Book) of the Jewish Congregation of Frankfurt (Oder) 1767/1771, June 14, 2024.

12.2023

• Cornelia Aust, Between Jewish Identity and Belonging: Excerpt from the Statutes of the Jewish Congregation of Altona, Hamburg, Wandsbek (Dress Code), December 19, 2023.
• Frauke Steinhäuser, Beyond Role Clichés – Motorcycle Sportswoman and Journalist Hertha Herrmann, December 15, 2023.

11.2023

• Maximilian Ferst, Pine Trees by the Sea: Interiors as a Window into a Family History, November 15, 2023.

09.2023

• Hendrik Althoff, Flight and Plundering. The List of Moving Goods of Betty Levy, September 01, 2023.

12.2021

• Hendrik Althoff, Rothenbaumchaussee 38: The Treatment of Jewish Property in the Postwar Period, December 13, 2021.

10.2021

• Elke-Vera Kotowski, Scientific Networks – Arabist Hedwig Klein’s Attempt to Emigrate, October 27, 2021.

09.2021

• Dani Schrire, The First Ethnographic Questionnaire in Jewish Folklore-Studies, Sammlungen zur jüdischen Volkskunde, published Hamburg, November 1896, September 27, 2021.

07.2021

• Jannik Sachweh, Helen Rosenau, Aspiring Art Historian and Archaeologist, July 20, 2021.
• Erika Hirsch, “When it really mattered ...” - A Daughter’s Memories of Her Mother, July 15, 2021.

06.2021

• Doris Fischer-Radizi, The physician Rahel Liebeschütz-Plaut: The involuntary end of a scientific career, June 17, 2021.
• Alexandra Klei, Design plans for the Jewish retirement home, June 14, 2021.

05.2021

• Linde Apel, “This cannot end well.” Käthe Starke-Goldschmidt's Memories of Theresienstadt, May 12, 2021.

04.2021

• Daniela Reinhold, Paul Dessau’s “Hagadah.” A Passover Oratorio Reflecting Contemporary History, April 28, 2021.
• Inge Stephan, “tear down outdated […] views”. Agathe Lasch, an academic revolutionary, April 25, 2021.

03.2021

• Matthias Loeber, “Swept back into the unseen vastness of the sea” - Fritz Buff’s account of his voyage aboard the ST. LOUIS, May and June 1939, March 15, 2021.
• Ingeborg Grolle, Johanna Goldschmidt. “Our children are not here for us, we are here for them.” New educational ideals in the spirit of 1848, March 11, 2021.

01.2021

• Barbara Müller-Wesemann, Martha Glass. “Every day in Theresin is a gift”, January 31, 2021.
• Alexandra Klei, Local Remembrance. The Sephardic Synagogue on Altona’s Bäckerstraße, January 18, 2021.
• Clemens Maier-Wolthausen, Kindertransport and Jewish International Aid Networks, January 13, 2021.

12.2020

• Jasmin Centner, The Aftermath of Exile. Children’s Book Author Grete Berges Returns to Hamburg, December 22, 2020.
• Benjamin Kuntz, Eugen Fraenkel: Hamburg’s most important pathologist, December 21, 2020.

07.2020

• Bernhard Nette, The Role of the Hamburg-Bergedorf Tax Office [Finanzamt Hamburg-Bergedorf] and the Hamburg Exchange Control Office [Hamburger Devisenstelle] in the Twofold Plundering of the Jewish Lavy Family in 1938 and 1947–1951, July 01, 2020.

06.2020

• Sebastian Schirrmeister, Between “Theater Crisis” and the “Seizure of Power.” The Brief Appearance of the Little Playhouse [Kleines Schauspielhaus] of Friedrich Lobe (1932/1933), June 24, 2020.

04.2020

• Carolin Vogel, “We live upon the sea as if in another world.” An Addendum to Ida Dehmel’s Diary of her Round the World Trip aboard the “Reliance” 1936, April 14, 2020.
• Robert Jütte, Preparations for Passover during COVID-19, April 08, 2020.

03.2020

• Sabrina Schütz, The Local Chapter Hamburg-Altona as Part of the Zionist Movement in Germany, March 14, 2020.

02.2020

• Fabian Weber, “Folk Life in Palestine.” Otto Eberhard and the Christian Friends of Zionism, February 24, 2020.

11.2019

• Benjamin Baader, The Hamburg Verein für Kranken=Pflege and the modernization of Jewish voluntary societies in the early 19th century, November 19, 2019.

10.2019

• Sina Sauer, Administered Restitution. Expropriation and “Compensation”: The Case of Elsa Saenger, October 16, 2019.

07.2019

• Lisa Gerlach, “I know few people who seem so qualified to do so…” A Letter of Recommendation for Siegfried Landshut, July 29, 2019.
• Harro Jenss, The Extension Building (1928-1931) of the Israelite Hospital in Hamburg, July 22, 2019.
• Christian Küker, From Rumor to Contract: The Complaint of the Hamburg Parliament concerning Portuguese Jews of December 9, 1603, July 15, 2019.
• Maja Hultman, The Heinrich Barth Straße Synagogue and the Transnational Links between Stockholm and Hamburg, July 09, 2019.

04.2019

• Jörg Berkemann, The Act of Separation and the End of the Triple Congregation, April 08, 2019.

03.2019

• Christian Rogowski, Love for One’s Homeland and Longing for Recognition. Ludwig Berger’s Commemorative Speech on Johannes Brahms, March 29, 2019.

01.2019

• Harald Schmid, The November Pogroms and the Culture of Remembrance – the “Synagogue Monument” by Margrit Kahl, January 24, 2019.
• Robert Richter, State Funding for Jewish Prison Chaplains, January 21, 2019.

12.2018

• Jorun Poettering, The Portuguese-Jewish Community in Hamburg through the Lens of the Inquisition, December 10, 2018.
• Julie Grimmeisen, Haute Couture from Israel. Designer Galia Lahav and Hamburg’s Past as a Place for Jewish Fashion Houses, December 07, 2018.
• Claudia Prestel, “I Demand to See My Child.” – Unmarried Mothers, Reform School, and Self-Determination, December 05, 2018.

10.2018

• Achim Rohde, A Hamburg Koran and the Downgrading of the Hebraic in the Christian Theology of the 17th Century, October 21, 2018.
• Michael Nagel, Cheskel Zwi Klötzel, Moses Pipenbrink's Adventures. A Young Adult Novel between Urban Adventure and Zionist Utopia, October 01, 2018.

09.2018

• Anna von Villiez, The Ashkenazic Physician Simon Lefmans. Jewish Physician and Antisemitic Resistance, September 27, 2018.
• Christiane Hess, Experience Turned into Drawing? On the Motif of Closeness in Ágnes Lukács' Series of Lithographs, September 21, 2018.
• Ina Lorenz, The Case of the Jewish Cemetery in Ottensen, September 04, 2018.

08.2018

• David Birnbaum, Salomo Birnbaum's experiences at Hamburg University, August 22, 2018.
• Diana Matut, What happened in Hamburg. . .: A Western Yiddish Song about Polish Jews in 17th century Hamburg, August 20, 2018.
• Arno Herzig, Appeal for the Poor of the Triple Congregation (Altona-Hamburg-Wandsbek) of March 7,1789, August 15, 2018.

07.2018

• Lea Wohl von Haselberg, “Against Oblivion” – Cinematic Remembrance in “The Rose Garden”, July 20, 2018.
• Anna Koch, A Difficult Return: A letter from a Jewish remigrant to the head of the Hamburg Congregation, July 11, 2018.

06.2018

• Xin Tong, Around the Alster, Around the World – the Wolf Brothers in Exile in Shanghai, June 25, 2018.
• Constanze Kolbe, Ruben Maleachi’s Visit to the Portuguese Sephardi Synagogue in Hamburg and Sephardic-Ashkenazic Relations in Early Twentieth-Century Hamburg, June 12, 2018.
• Ina Lorenz, The Franz Rosenzweig Memorial Foundation, June 07, 2018.
• Björn Siegel, “It Cost Me 20 Years to Defeat Hitler.” Hamburg Shipping Company Owner Arnold Bernstein in the USA, June 05, 2018.
• Jörg Berkemann, The Number of Jews in Hamburg on April 30, 1945, June 01, 2018.

05.2018

• Rainer Liedtke, Debates concerning the Jewish Welfare System in the Era of Civil Equality, May 30, 2018.

04.2018

• Arno Herzig, Gabriel Riesser and the Emancipation Debate in Hamburg, April 06, 2018.

02.2018

• Joshua Teplitsky, Messianic Hope in Hamburg, 1666, February 13, 2018.
• Ivonne Meybohm, Founding of the Jewish Sports Club Bar Kochba, 1910, February 08, 2018.

01.2018

• Alexandra Klei, Hermann Zvi Guttmann and His Design for the New Synagogue at Hohe Weide, January 30, 2018.
• Rebekka Großmann, “Mother Borchardt” – a Jewish Shipping Company Owner, January 09, 2018.

12.2017

• Carsten Schapkow, Education and Reform. The Israelite Free School in the Context of Civic Emancipation, December 06, 2017.

10.2017

• Bonnie M. Harris, The Memoirs of Cantor Joseph Cysner. A rare testimonial of the Polenaktion, October 25, 2017.
• Rebekka Großmann, The Henry Jones Lodge. Jewish Self-confidence and the Path into the Modern Age, October 23, 2017.
• Monika Richarz, An Ashkenazic-Sephardic Marriage against the Father’s Will, October 19, 2017.
• Achim Rohde, Hebrew Language Studies between Christian Theology and the Enlightenment. The Academic High School in Hamburg, October 19, 2017.
• Michaela Giesing, Ida Ehre and Hamburg’s Kammerspiele Theater, October 16, 2017.

09.2017

• Silke Reuther, The Hall of Mirrors from Hamburg's Budge Palais, September 28, 2017.
• Nadja Hauptvogl, Tax Lists of the Early Modern Period: Insights Regarding Jewish Life in Pre-modern Hamburg, September 27, 2017.
• Philipp Lenhard, The Hamburg Temple Controversy. Continuity and a New Beginning in Dibere Haberith, September 21, 2017.
• Nadine Garling, Appointment of Chief Rabbi Anschel Stern of Hamburg to Honorary Membership in the Israelite congregation of Lübeck, September 07, 2017.

08.2017

• Anna Menny, Between Remembrance and a New Beginning – the Groundbreaking of the Synagogue at Hohe Weide on November 9, 1958, August 21, 2017.
• Angela Schwarz, The First Civic Foundation in Hamburg – Housing for Jews and Christians, August 15, 2017.
• Ingrid Lohmann, The Citizen of Jewish Faith as an Educational Ideal. Eduard Israel Kley’s Treatise on the Israelite Elementary School, August 09, 2017.
• Hans-Ulrich Wagner, Return in Uniform. Walter Albert Eberstadt and the Beginning of Radio Hamburg, August 07, 2017.
• Olaf Matthes, Christina Ewald, The Banning of Jews from Visiting Museums, August 02, 2017.

07.2017

• Stephanie Kowitz-Harms, The Reopening of the Joseph Carlebach School, July 25, 2017.
• Beate-Christine Fiedler, Family Names and Matters of Identity. Hans Julius Oppenheim’s Petition, July 05, 2017.
• Ina Lorenz, The Founding of a new Jewish Congregation in Hamburg (1945). The Twelve “Founding Fathers.”, July 05, 2017.
• Ina Lorenz, The Introduction of Women’s Right to Vote in Hamburg’s Jewish Congregation, July 05, 2017.

06.2017

• Monica Rüthers, Between Threat and Hope. Migration to the New World. Mary Antin’s Account, June 27, 2017.
• Barbara Müller-Wesemann, Self-Assertion and Spiritual Resistance. The History of the Jewish Community Center in Hamburg, June 08, 2017.

05.2017

• Hadassah Stichnothe, The Boys from the Gush. Transporting Zionist Values in Young Adult Literature, May 10, 2017.

04.2017

• Ulrich Wyrwa, Pub Conversations. Antisemitic Attitudes among Hamburg’s Craftsmen around 1900, April 12, 2017.

03.2017

• Johannes Czakai, Hamburg’s Jews Take Permanent Family Names, March 28, 2017.
• Dirk Brietzke, The Resolution by the Council and City Assembly on the Emancipation of Hamburg’s Jews Passed on February 21, 1849, March 24, 2017.
• Helga Krohn, A Contest as an Attempt to Revive Jewish Tradition, March 22, 2017.
• Annabelle Lienhart, The Funerary Monument for Dr. Gabriel Riesser at the Jewish Cemetery on Ilandkoppel / Hamburg Ohlsdorf, March 22, 2017.
• Moshe Zimmermann, The “Hep-Hep” Riots in Hamburg. Ludolf Holst’s Treatise “On the Relationship of the Jews to the Christians in Commercial Towns”, March 09, 2017.
• Sarah Panter, Transnational Networks and Questions of Belonging. An Exchange of Letters Between Jacob Schiff and Max Warburg During World War I., March 07, 2017.

02.2017

• Andreas Marquet, Exile and Exile Literature. Walter A. Berendsohn’s struggle to return to Hamburg University, February 22, 2017.
• Sarah Panter, In Search of Belonging. Jacob Sonderling’s “This is my Life”, February 20, 2017.
• Christiane Pritzlaff, The Admission of Baptized Students to the Talmud Torah School in Hamburg Beginning in Late 1938, February 13, 2017.
• Emily J. Levine, A Hamburg Friendship. Erwin Panofsky’s obituary on Aby Warburg, February 02, 2017.

01.2017

• Elisabeth Gallas, Jewish cultural assets in the postwar period. Hannah Arendt’s report on the situation in Hamburg, January 30, 2017.

12.2016

• Ina Lorenz, Soup Kitchen Collection. The Jewish Winter Relief in Hamburg, December 14, 2016.
• Maike Bruhns, Jewish Art? Anita Rée and “New Objectivity”, December 06, 2016.

09.2016

• Andrea Althaus, Linde Apel, Narrative Layers of History. The Oral History Interviews with Holocaust Survivor Esther Bauer, September 22, 2016.
• Frank Bajohr, The Zinnowitz Song: A Symbol of Resort Antisemitism, September 22, 2016.
• Avraham Barkai, Pavel Golubev, The Centralverein’s Opposition to National Socialism, September 22, 2016.
• Friedrich Battenberg, The General Privilege of 1641: An Important Step in the Formation of a Jewish Congregation in Altona, September 22, 2016.
• Werner Bergmann, Antisemitism and Persecution, September 22, 2016.
• Werner Bergmann, Antisemitism in the Postwar Period. The Case of Friedrich Nieland, September 22, 2016.
• Werner Bergmann, The Jew-Eater. A Response to Wilhelm Marr, September 22, 2016.
• Werner Bergmann, Wilhelm Marr’s A Mirror to the Jews, September 22, 2016.
• Lennart Bohne, “To Palestine!” Comments on the Oral History Video Interview with Rachel Dror, September 22, 2016.
• Jutta Braden, “The Jews’ Residence”: Orthodox Lutheran Attitudes towards the Coexistence of Jews and Christians, September 22, 2016.
• Jutta Braden, “The Rich Jew”: An Anti-Judaic Anecdote about the Religious Social Order in 17th century Hamburg, September 22, 2016.
• Andreas Brämer, Religion and Identity, September 22, 2016.
• Tobias Brinkmann, “On the Road with Ballin—Experiences Made by a Russian Emigrant”, September 22, 2016.
• Tobias Brinkmann, Migration, September 22, 2016.
• Beate-Christine Fiedler, Persecution and Marginalization of So-Called “Mixed-bloods”. The Case of Friedrich Wilhelm Lübbert, September 22, 2016.
• Stefanie Fischer, Family and Everyday Life, September 22, 2016.
• Magdalena Gehring, Modern Jewish Social Work. The Israelite-Humanitarian Women’s Association, September 22, 2016.
• Johannes Gerhardt, The Kaiser, Dignitaries, and the Press as Guests of Albert Ballin, September 22, 2016.
• Pavel Golubev, The Debate on Kosher Butchering in Hamburg. Discussions on Its Ban during the Weimar Republic, September 22, 2016.
• Ingeborg Grolle, Renaming of Hamburg Streets under National Socialism: Hallerstraße, September 22, 2016.
• Michael Grüttner, Radio Appeal for an Anti-Jewish Boycott, September 22, 2016.
• Michael Grüttner, The “Rulands-Eck.” Antisemitism in Cabaret, September 22, 2016.
• David Hamann, From Hamburg out into the World—Jewish Emigration and the Aid Organization of German Jews, September 22, 2016.
• Kirsten Heinsohn, Leisure and Sports, September 22, 2016.
• Rainer Hering, The Controversial Mission to the Jews. A 1964 Correspondence between Helmut Schmidt, Hamburg’s Senator for Interior Affairs, and Bishop Hans-Otto Wölber, September 22, 2016.
• Alice Jankowski, The Founding of the Jewish Library and Reading Room, September 22, 2016.
• Uffa Jensen, Economy and Occupational Patterns, September 22, 2016.
• Uffa Jensen, Law and Politics, September 22, 2016.
• Anthony Kauders, Arts and Culture, September 22, 2016.
• Ulrich Knufinke, “Neues Bauen” and Jewish Architecture. Photograph of the Temple on Oberstraße, September 22, 2016.
• Rainer Liedtke, Organizations and Institutions, September 22, 2016.
• Uwe Lohalm, “The Jews in the Army”—On the Origins and Pervasiveness of a Prejudice, September 22, 2016.
• Ingrid Lohmann, Education and Learning, September 22, 2016.
• Ina Lorenz, The Imperial Decree for Jews of 1710 (the so-called Judenreglement): a new formal guarantee of legal security for the Jews of Hamburg, September 22, 2016.
• Beate Meyer, Memory and Remembrance, September 22, 2016.
• Beate Meyer, The Stolpersteine of Brahmsallee 13: The Stories behind the Names and the Obstacles to Commemorating Them, September 22, 2016.
• Erik Petry, Jewish Martial Arts. Hamburg’s Sports Club “Schild”, September 22, 2016.
• Monika Preuß, Jitte Glückstadt’s Testament. The Soul’s Care and Salvation in the Early Modern Era, September 22, 2016.
• Dirk Rupnow, Continuities in a Historiography Overshadowed by Its National Socialist Past?, September 22, 2016.
• Miriam Rürup, Demographics and Social Structure, September 22, 2016.
• Stefanie Schüler-Springorum, Social Issues and Welfare, September 22, 2016.
• Michael Studemund-Halévy, Sephardic Jews in Hamburg, September 22, 2016.
• Lilian Türk, Scholarship, September 22, 2016.
• Martin Ulmer, “The Enemy is in the Country: The Jew.” Poster Stamps Printed by the Deutschvölkischen Schutz- und Trutz-Bundes [German Nationalist Protection and Defiance Federation], September 22, 2016.
• Anna von Villiez, The Disenfranchisement of Jewish Physicians in Hamburg during National Socialism, September 22, 2016.
• Sebastian Voigt, Social Democrat, Cooperative Member, and Jew. Joseph Berkowitz Kohn’s Activism in Late 19th Century Hamburg, September 22, 2016.

02.2016

• Ina Lorenz, Appeal to Create a Jewish Memorial Cemetery in Ohlsdorf, February 27, 2016.