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“Monumenta Judaica. 2000 Years of History and Culture of the Jews on the Rhine” (ger. Monumenta Judaica. 2000 Jahre Geschichte und Kultur der Juden am Rhein) was the first major exhibition on Jewish religion and art in the Rhineland area between Basel and Emmerich. The exhibition ran from 15 October 1963 to 15 March 1964 in the Kölnische Stadtmuseum (Cologne City Museum). With 2200 exhibits from 15 countries, the exhibition gave a comprehensive overview of the intellectual and communal life of the Jews on the Rhine between Basel and Emmerich over the course of 2000 years.[1]
The exhibits came from public libraries and museums in Washington, the Vatican, Moscow, London, Vienna, Copenhagen, Budapest and Amsterdam, and from German institutions. The Jewish museums in New York and Cincinnati did not participate, nor did the Schocken Collection in Israel.[2] Collections from private individuals were also featured in the exhibition, including the Judaica collection of Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer, the so-called ‘father of Swiss folklore’.[3] Monumenta Judaica inspired the founding of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland in 1966.[4]
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- ^ Wischnitzer, Rachel (1968). "Rezension zu: Garding, Maria (Hg.): Monumenta Judaica. Fazit, Köln 1965". Jewish Social Studies. 30 (1): 56.
- ^ Lubrich, Naomi (26 January 2023). "Tabea Buri on the collector Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer". Jewish Museum of Switzerland. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Jüdisches Museum der Schweiz". Swissjews.ch. Retrieved 21 November 2023.