History of the Jewish People

The subject History of the Jewish People deals with the history and culture of the Jewish people over a period of more than two and a half thousand years

from the era of the Second Temple to contemporary history,
in its entirety as well as in its manifold manifestations,
in continuity and change in the various epochs and spaces.

The illustration above shows the title page designed by Artur Szyk for "Visual History of Nations, Israel (1948)" (© CC The Arthur Szyk Society, Burlingame, CA).

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Jüdinnen und Juden vor dem kaiserlichen Reichshofrat

HfJS Heidelberg

History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman

25 June 2025 18:00 - 20:00 UTC+02:00

Litigation as a social practice in the early modern period

HfJS Heidelberg

Colorful EventOn-siteGerman

24 June 2025 17:30 - 19:30 UTC+02:00

Eva Szepesi and her daughter Anita Schwarz in conversation at the Intercultural Center

HfJS Heidelberg

History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman

28 April 2025 18:00 - 20:00 UTC+02:00

A Jewish pediatrician in Auschwitz

Dokumentationsstelle Rechtsextremismus

History of the Jewish peopleOn-siteGerman

5 February 2025 18:00 - 20:00 UTC+01:00

Timo Büchner's book "»Reichsbürger« im Südwesten. Die Akte Ingo K. aus Bobstadt" was published exactly one year after the court ruling and sheds light on the crime and its background.