LIFE
Children Lilli Schocken Timeline Family Album Salman’s Album Life Salman Schocken’s Jewish ancestors wandered for generations around small towns in
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Vincent Van Gogh
Van Gogh’s The Cypresses The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine, in writing about “the Department Store King,” referred to Schocken’s multifaceted
Villa Schocken
Villa Schocken The Schocken Villa was built in 1934, to house members of the Schocken family who fled Nazi Germany
Schocken Library
The Schocken Library Source: The Schocken Family Archive Reading Room at the Library Source: The Schocken Family Archive Reading Room
Nuremberg Machzor
Nuremberg Machzor The Nuremberg Machzor is a handwritten, lavishly decorated book of more than 1000 pages, containing the entire Ashkenazi
Bauhaus
Bauhaus Schocken was an ardent connoisseur of design and architecture. He took special interest in the career of Walter Gropius,
Incunabula
Incunabula Gutenberg’s invention of the mechanical printing press became operational in Germany around 1450, and spread quickly to other European
Agnon’s Mr. Lublin’s Shop
In Mr. Lublin’s Store Agnon’s novel In Mr. Lublin’s Store is a veiled autobiographical account of the years he spent
The Schocken Institute for Hebrew poetry
The Schocken Institute for Hebrew Poetry Schocken purchased the now famed “Schocken 37” manuscript in 1928. The manuscript proved to
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich Heine Few artists had generated so much love and hate among their fellow men – German and Jewish alike