Magenza. 1000 Years of Jewish History in Mainz

Catalogue – Permanent Exhibition at Stadthistorisches Museum Mainz, edited by Hedwig Brüchert on behalf of Förderverein Stadthistorisches Museum Mainz e.V.

Mainz 2015 (Schriftenreihe des Stadthistorischen Museums Mainz Band 9 – ISSN 1868-3177)
126 pages, 22,5 x 14 cm, paperback, numerous partly coloured illustrations, Retail price: € 6,-

The exhibition illustrates the important and eventful history of the Jews of Mainz since the Middle Ages. It comprises periods of intellectual and cultural prosperity of a community steeped in tradition but also periods of persecution, expulsion and extermination such as the Holocaust in the 20th century.