{"id":111508,"date":"2017-11-28T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-08T11:11:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:11:10","slug":"passover-in-berlin-1946-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/28\/passover-in-berlin-1946-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Passover in Berlin, 1946"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sometimes context makes all the difference. These photographs show Passover at home and at the synagogue– in Berlin, 1946. <\/div>\n
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(note: the captions incorrectly say 1945; this of course can’t be accurate because the war hadn’t ended yet. Fortunately one of the photographs below includes a list of dates, confirming 1946). <\/div>\n
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Passover seder at home. Source<\/a><\/div>\n
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A man named Gunther Ruschin holds a book of questions and answers about the Exodus. His concentration camp tattoo is visible on his arm. Source<\/a><\/div>\n
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Tasting of bitter herbs during the Passover seder. Source<\/a><\/div>\n
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A girl asks her elders ritual questions during the Passover seder. Source<\/a><\/div>\n
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The exterior of a Berlin synagogue. Source<\/a><\/div>\n
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A woman and her child read the blackboard outside the synagogue. (includes the string of dates, April 1946). Source<\/a><\/div>\n
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People praying at the synagogue during Passover. Source<\/a><\/div>\n
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Men of the congregation, all Holocaust survivors. Source<\/a><\/div>\n
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Torah scrolls being read to the congregation. Source<\/a><\/div>\n
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Three leading representatives of the Berlin Jewish community. Source<\/a><\/div>\n
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Chief Cantor Ruschin holding Torah scrolls to the congregation. Source<\/a><\/div>\n
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Gunter Ruschin– partially seen above holding a book– at the synagogue. Source<\/a><\/div>\n
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Sometimes context makes all the difference. These photographs show Passover at home and at the synagogue– in Berlin, 1946.  (note: the captions incorrectly say 1945; this of course can’t be accurate because the war hadn’t ended yet. Fortunately one of the photographs below includes a list of dates, confirming 1946).  Passover seder at home. Source […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t