First World War
First World War
Medals, photos, documents, diaries, drawings, and many other objects (in German)
Online Collections
Iron Crosses in Kreuzberg
Curator Leonore Maier reports on the medal's special significance in the memories of German-Jewish families.
Blog
Blog Posts on the First World War
On photographs, Iron Crosses, and other objects from our collections
Blog
The First World War in Jewish Memory
Including many objects from private donations
Exhibition
3 Jul to 16 Nov 2014
Max Haller's Collection of Medals
During the First World War, the seaman fought for the Imperial German Navy.
From our Holdings
Forgotten Soldiers?
German Jews and the Legacies of the Great War. Program surrounding the special exhibition "The First World War in Jewish Memory"
Audio recording
3 September 2014
From idyllic landscape views to the trenches
Seeing the First World War through an army doctor’s photographs
Essay
2014
12 of 12,000
Fallen German-Jewish Soldiers in the First World War
Online Project
2016
The First World War in Jewish Memory
Series of eight short videos in which curators present holdings from our Archives.
Video Project
2015