The Ilse Blank-Mezger-Hesselberger Foundation, based in Munich, was established on 6 February 2023. It goes back to Ilse “Steffi” Blank, who came from an upper-middle-class German-Jewish family in the city. Without descendants of her own, she left her entire estate to the foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to promote art and its preservation, to support research on Jewish life with a focus on Munich and Bavaria, and to encourage historical education and social awareness.
Restoration and Study of a Painted Wooden Coffin
A fragile wooden coffin is being restored and studied to ensure its long-term preservation and future museum display.
Restoration of the Funeral Hall of the Jewish Community of Nuremberg
The funeral hall of the Jewish cemetery in Nuremberg is being comprehensively restored to preserve a central site of remembrance and religious practice.
Retro-digitization of the Publication Series of the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies (HfJS)
The long-standing publication series of the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies will soon be freely accessible worldwide under a new open-access agreement with Winter Verlag.
Remembered Present – An Exhibition on the Theresienstadt Ghetto
In the travelling exhibition „Remembered Present“, artist Marlies Poss engages with the Theresienstadt Ghetto through original documents, personal stories, and artistic reflections.
The DP Camp Pocking-Waldstadt in Lower Bavaria was the largest camp in the American occupation zone and the second largest in post-war Germany after Bergen-Belsen.
Klezmer and More – Encounter with Jewish History and Culture
The project organized by the Network for Jewish History and Culture in Bavarian Swabia offers young people an engaging introduction to Jewish history and culture.
Travelling exhibition: “Yours, Anne. A Girl Makes History.”
The travelling exhibition tells the story of Anne Frank from her childhood to her last seven months in the camps of Westerbork, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.
Restoration of the Funeral Hall of the Jewish Community of Nuremberg
The funeral hall of the Jewish cemetery in Nuremberg is being comprehensively restored to preserve a central site of remembrance and religious practice.
Retro-digitization of the Publication Series of the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies (HfJS)
The long-standing publication series of the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies will soon be freely accessible worldwide under a new open-access agreement with Winter Verlag.
Remembered Present – An Exhibition on the Theresienstadt Ghetto
In the travelling exhibition „Remembered Present“, artist Marlies Poss engages with the Theresienstadt Ghetto through original documents, personal stories, and artistic reflections.
The DP Camp Pocking-Waldstadt in Lower Bavaria was the largest camp in the American occupation zone and the second largest in post-war Germany after Bergen-Belsen.
Klezmer and More – Encounter with Jewish History and Culture
The project organized by the Network for Jewish History and Culture in Bavarian Swabia offers young people an engaging introduction to Jewish history and culture.
Travelling exhibition: “Yours, Anne. A Girl Makes History.”
The travelling exhibition tells the story of Anne Frank from her childhood to her last seven months in the camps of Westerbork, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.
