September 2006
Jüdischer Verlag, a division of Suhrkamp Verlag

A major exhibition organized by the Jewish Museum Berlin in cooperation with the Haus der Geschichte in Bonn deals with the escape, expulsion and new beginnings of German Jews after 1933. It is the first comprehensive show to examine the forced exodus of German Jews to over a hundred countries worldwide.  Like the exhibition itself, the richly illustrated catalog has a biographical focus. Where did the emigrants find refuge? Under what conditions? What was their life like in the countries that took them in?

The catalog documents a variety of biographies and escape routes. These took the emigrants from Germany to destinations as remote as Shanghai and the Dominican Republic - and in some cases brought them back to Germany again after 1945. Different aspects of emigration are explored, together with the emotional and geographical meaning of "home". Taking the perspective of the emigrants, a separate section introduces each of the over one hundred countries that served as way-stations or the emigrants’ final destinations. This historical atlas provides a unique glimpse at the worldwide diaspora of German Jews which started over seventy years ago.

Catalog for the exhibition organized by the Jewish Museum Berlin Foundation and the Haus der Geschichte Foundation, Bonn.
Schedule:
Jewish Museum Berlin: 28 September 2006 to 9 April 2007
Haus der Geschichte, Bonn: May 2007 to October 2007
Zeitgeschichtliches Forum, Leipzig: November 2007 to April 2008