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Photography
From private family recordings to art photographs: Browse online in our collections (in German)
Online Collections
Articles by our Curator of Photography
Theresia Ziehe on the stories behind individual photographs, photography projects, and pleasant encounters with donors
Blog
The Sukkah
A Fleeting House for a Jewish Festival
Exhibition
4 Nov 2010 to 27 Feb 2011
Yael Bartana – Redemption Now
An expansive presentation of works by the contemporary artist
Exhibition
4 Jun to 21 Nov 2021
Photographic Collection
Art photography, historical press images and family photos, documenting the museum’s work
All About ...
This Place
This photo exhibition explores the complexity of Israel and the West Bank.
Exhibition
7 Jun 2019 to 19 Apr 2020
How German is it?
30 Artists’ Notion of Home
Exhibition
16 Sep 2011 to 29 Jan 2012
Russians Jews Germans
Photographs by Michael Kerstgens from 1992 to the Present
Exhibition
20 Apr to 26 Aug 2012
Russians Jews Germans
Publication accompanying the exhibition Russians Jews Germans. Photographs by Michael Kerstgens from 1992 to the Present
Publication
2012
Roman Vishniac’s Berlin
Catalog for the exhibition about the photographer’s early work with photos of Berlin
Publication
2005
In an Instant
Photographs by Fred Stein
Exhibition
22 Nov 2013 to 4 May 2014
It must schwing
Blue Note – Photography by Francis Wolff and Jimmy Katz
Exhibition
30 Oct 2009 to 7 Feb 2010
Conversation with the Artist Thomas Struth
With Thomas Struth (photographer) and Theresia Ziehe (curator of photography), related to the exhibition This Place, in German
Video Recording
5 Dec 2019
Photographic Testimony
On the history of the Herbert Sonnenfeld collection
Essay
2014
Salvaged from the Trash
The Photo Albums of the Artist Olga Irén Fröhlich
Essay
2015
Frédéric Brenner – ZERHEILT: HEALED TO PIECES
Photo exhibition
Exhibition
3 Sep 2021 to 24 Apr 2022
Disposable Eyes
Featuring two photo projects: Promised Land and The Pen-Pal Project
Exhibition
25 Oct 2002 bis 26 Jan 2003
“Ma première photo”
Ilse Bing, Self-portrait, Frankfurt am Main, 1913, purchased 2015
20 years, 21 objects
2021
From idyllic landscape views to the trenches
Seeing the First World War through an army doctor’s photographs
Essay
2014
Triumph of Survival
Cilly Kugelmann on a photo that visualizes the victory over the Nazis
Commentary
May 2020
Memories from the Life of Walter Frankenstein
With many photographs from the Walter and Leonie Frankenstein Collection
Online Feature
2017/18
Veiled
Exhibition on religious clothing in the Diaspora Garden
Exhibition
1 Jun to 1 Sep 2017
Selected Objects: Photographic Collection (6)
Photographic Collection
From an early promotional photograph by Yva to documentation of Jewish life in Germany before and after the Shoah, discover selected objects from our Photographic Collection and the stories behind them.
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"Amor Skin"
The vintage print is an example of early promotional photography. Using multiple exposures, the photographer Yva was able to produce unreal and dreamlike images.
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“White Weeks” at the Ury Department Store
With a brightly lit façade, the Ury brothers promoted “White Weeks” to their customers in February 1930. The promotional campaign testified to their modern business practices and their resulting success.
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Hugo Spiegel as Champion Shot
The photograph by Leonard Freed depicts the father of Paul Spiegel, who would later be president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. The Holocaust survivor was probably the first Jewish champion marksman in Germany.
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Synagogue in the Jewish Retreat Center in Lehnitz
The synagogue was one of the last in Germany to be dedicated before the Second World War. For many, the retreat center became a place where Jews could assert their identity and culture in a hostile environment.
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Rededication of the Synagogue at the Jewish Hospital
One year after the end of the Second World War, in 1946, the synagogue at the Jewish hospital on Iranische Strasse in the Berlin district of Wedding was rededicated. Gradually, it became the center of community work in Berlin.
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Sally Israel in a Bavarian Costume
Three vacationers in folk costumes gather around the Berlin businessman for a souvenir photo from Bad Reichenhall. The spa town had been a prime destination for Jewish vacationers since the mid-nineteenth century.