Jews in Old Postcards and Prints

The book is now in print and will be shipped in the second half of December 2024.

From London to Casablanca—A History

of Jews in Europe and around

the Mediterranean in Old Postcards and Prints.

Jews in Old Postcards and Prints, a collection of vintage postcards and antique prints annotated by Lars Fischer. The book sheds a thoughtful light on the history of Jews in Europe and around the Mediterranean, mainly in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and invites readers to reflect on the ways in which both Jews and non-Jews used postcards and prints to portray Jews, their communities, culture and institutions. Above all, the book celebrates the vibrancy and diversity of Jewish life and culture in the “golden age” of the postcard, of a world largely extinguished by the Shoah and the expulsion of Jews from Northern Africa.. 

Contents:

WESTERN EUROPE

British Isles - 27 images
Scandinavia - 4 images
Netherlands - 18 images
Belgium - 15 images
France - 102 images
Switzerland - 20 images
Iberia and Italy - 6 images

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

Imperial Germany - 35 images
Imperial Russia - 19 images
Austria-Hungary - 23 images
Ottoman Territories in Europe - 16 images

THE YISHUV

Jewish Life in Eretz Yisrael - 25 images

NORTH AFRICA

Egypt - 6 images
Libya - 2 images
Tunisia - 12 images
Algeria - 24 images
Morocco - 27 images

Compiled and annotated by Lars Fischer