Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute

The Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute, founded in 1986 for German -Jewish history eV (named after the Jewish physician, philosopher of religion and scholar Salomon Ludwig Steinheim ) explores the culture, religion, literature and event history of the Jews in German-speaking. Since 1988 it is continuously conveyed by the State of North Rhine -Westphalia. It is located in the former rabbi's house eating since May 2011 and cooperates in research and teaching with the University of Duisburg -Essen. The Steinheim Institute has contributed to education in the subject " Jewish Studies " in Duisburg. In 2003, the subject was transferred to the University of Dusseldorf, while the Steinheim Institute remained as an affiliated institute of the University of Duisburg -Essen in Duisburg.

Directors

  • Julius H. Schoeps: 1986-1991 ( founding director )
  • Claus E. Bärsch: 1993-1996
  • Michael Brocke: since 1996

Research

Among the research areas include the areas of

  • Religion, literature and cultural history
  • Regional, economic and social history
  • Research on Antisemitism
  • Editions, documentation and bibliographies
  • Training and placement

One focus of research is the documentation of Jewish Cemeteries and the Hebrew Grabsteinepigraphik. This includes keeping an inventory of existing and yet the reconstruction of destroyed cemeteries, recording the grave inscriptions and their translation from the Hebrew. The inscriptions are historical sources that provide not only contributions to the Jewish sepulchral culture and genealogy, but also allow inferences about the history and culture of the Jewish communities.

More recent projects include the research and documentation of German - Jewish journalism of the 19th century and the commitment in the field of Digital Humanities for German -Jewish history and Jewish studies.

Publications

In addition to individual publications, the Institute is the scientific book series writings minima judaica, Netiva ( ISSN 1437-8965 ), bibliographies, and the free quarterly journal Kalonymos ( ISSN 1436-1213 ) out.

Library and Archives

The Daniel J. Cohen Library Steinheim Institute includes more than 20,000 books on German-Jewish history. The archive houses various collections:

  • The Jonas Cohn archive was left to the Steinheim Institute in 2001. It includes scientific and a large part of the private estate of the philosopher Jonas Cohn. At this estate include diaries, memoirs, manuscripts, personal documents and letters from 1893 - 1947.
  • The Gidal photo archive contains the collection of photojournalists Tim Nachum Gidal, pictures from the estate of the actress Ruth Klinger, photos with a focus on Eastern Europe from the Werner Seewi collection and the collection of images from the estate of Dr. George Goldstein.
  • The estate of the actress and comedienne Ruth Klinger includes programs, notes, reviews, and contracts of the Jewish- literary cabaret caftan, personal notes, letters and journalistic work of Ruth Klinger.
  • In the estate of the doctor and photographer Georg Goldstein you will find a comprehensive collection of photographs ( private photos of his family, travel photos, images from the life of the Jewish community in Düsseldorf 1934-1936, photos from Palestine and Israel from 1936 to 1953 ... ), letters, books and a collection of newspapers and newspaper clippings.
  • The graphic print collection Jakob Steinhardt's a total of 87 work was divided in 2001 between the Foundation Wilhelm LehmbruckMuseum Duisburg and the Steinheim Institute. 31 The work in the 50s incurred in Israel are accessible in the rooms of Steinheim Institute.

Databases and online resources

The search engine of Steinheim Institute offers extensive facilities for online research. Thus, among other things, some stocks of the Institute searchable online, such as the library catalog, the Haskalah catalog ( a collection of Hebrew writings of Jewish reconnaissance in Germany ) or the Gidal picture archive, which currently includes 3,000 images and is extended again and again. Also you can online in the epigraphic database epidat the more than 22,000 recorded grave inscriptions (as of autumn 2011) search, using both full text search as well as a targeted search in various indices ( lists of names, the Hebrew word index, abbreviations) is possible. The rabbi index opens up as an online tool, the printed published Biographical Handbook of rabbis (ISBN 3-598-24871-7 ), a bio- bibliographic directory of all the rabbis who have worked since the Enlightenment in Germany.

The overarching search allows searching in multiple databases. Here you can simultaneously search both the individual databases, as well as the websites of the Institute and the Kalonymos - issue Archive of the Institute magazine. In addition, at the same time research in outside sources is possible - including Compact Memory, the Bookplate Collection and the Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts of the Jewish Theological Seminary, or the collections of German exile press 1933-1945 digitally the German National Library and the Yiddish Prints the University Library Frankfurt am Main.

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