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Eleven hand-made, diverse puppets.

Small Puppets – Strong Women

Community Project accompanying the exhibition Defiance: Jewish Women and Design in the Modern Era (in German)

The  Small Puppets – Strong Women workshop brought together women from different backgrounds. They created heroine dolls of their mothers, aunts and other relatives, and told stories about the struggles they faced in their lives.

The workshop is part of the community program accompa­nying the exhibition Defiance: Jewish Women and Design in the Modern Era.

Montage of a historic photo featuring a woman in a workshop and an object image.

Defiance: Jewish Women and Design in the Modern Era

Exhibition Webpage
Defiance: Jewish Women and Design in the Modern Era (11 Jul to 23 Nov 2025): visual and auditive insights into the exhibition themes and information in German Sign Language
Publications
Exhibition catalog: 2025, in German
Digital Content
Jewish Women and Design in the Modern Era: All biographies at a glance
Jewish Places: Information on the designers’ work and study locations on our interactive map
Puppet Show, Menu Card, Children's Book: Digital copies accompanying the exhibition (in German)
Paper doll based on a costume design by Dodo (1907–1998): Do it yourself – create your own movable paper doll!
Fashion paper doll based on designs by Irene Saltern (1911–2005): Do it yourself – dress your own fashion paper doll!
Beaded bracelet based on a design by Emma Trietsch (1876–1933): Do it yourself – make your own thread bracelet!
Do you know Eva Samuel?: How the research for the exhibition took off
Current page: Small Puppets – Strong Women: community project accompanying the exhibition (in German)
Objects from the exhibition in our collection online: Description in German
Guided Tours
Public Tour in German: tour with fixed dates
Public Tour in English: tour with fixed dates
Public Tour in Hebrew – tour with fixed dates
Guided Tour & Brunch: tour with fixed dates
Bookable Tour for Groups and Schools: Tour by appointment
Accompanying Events
Exhibition Opening: Thu, 10 Jul 2025, 7 pm (exhibition open to visitors from 5 pm)
Pioneering women of the 1920s – artistic research from the Modeschule Berlin at the JMB: Public presenation, Thu 17 Jul 2025, 2pm
Summer Party at the JMB with free admission, workshops and more: Sun, 20 Jul 2025, 2 pm
Creative Love! Long Night of Museums: Sun, 30 Aug 2025, starting 6 pm
Studio Talk I: Mon 29 Sep 2025, 6.30 pm
Studio Talk II: 15 Oct 2025 (more info to follow)
Studio Talk III: 5 Nov 2025 (more info to follow)
See also
Jewish Women Ceramists from Germany after 1933: Online feature on Google Arts & Culture, in German

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