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Berlin (Germany)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Scope Note: For headings before 1949 and after 1990. Headings for 1949-1990 are found under: Berlin (Germany : East); Berlin (Germany : West). Valid for Berlin as a city and as a state.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

"Das Krankenzimmer" or "The Sick Room", 1920

 Item
Identifier: B333.08.0003.0001.00001
Abstract

Black and white lithograph of "Das Krankenzimmer" or "The Sick Room" which is part of a series of works artist Rachel Szalit-Marcus did for Sholom Aleichem's "Menshelakh un Stsenes" published in 1922. The image is of a older man laying in a bed with a young boy by his side, an woman to his right and a man, probably a doctor, seated at the foot of the bed. Medicine bottles are on the bedside table and a Star of David is over the mans head on the wall.

Dates: 1920

"Die Strasse (?)" or "The Street (?)", 1920

 Item
Identifier: B333.08.0003.0001.00002
Abstract

Black and white lithograph of "Die Strasse" or "The Street" with a thrid word that is illegible. It is part of a series of works artist Rachel Szalit-Marcus did for Sholom Aleichem's "Menshelakh un Stsenes" published in 1922. The print shows four people in the street with two peaked straw roofs in the background. The figures of two women, and man and a boy all seem angry and bit grotesque. Anger may be directed towards the boy.

Dates: 1920

Rabbi and Orthodox Man Sitting with Book, 1920

 Item
Identifier: B333.08.0003.0001.00004
Abstract

Black and white lithograph of a rabbi and an orthodox man sitting at a table with an open book they seem to be discussing. The Rabbi has a long beard and both men have long hair and curled pathos. The walls and ceiling are bare.

Dates: 1920