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Jewish Telegraphic Agency2y
Germany returns 16th-century sculpture to heirs of Jewish owner
BERLIN (JTA) — A federal German cultural organization has returned a 16th-century sculpture to the heirs of its pre-war Jewish owner who faced Nazi persecution. The Berlin-based Prussian ...
The Independent3mon
Fashion's first selfies: It was a 16th-century German accountant who started the trend for style blogging
images from what historians have called the “first book on fashion”, created and commissioned by 16th-century German accountant Matthäus Schwarz, have inspired a new set of photographs of ...
Smithsonian Magazine1y
The Waldseemüller Map: Charting the New World
Not long afterward, Ringmann teamed up with a German cartographer named Martin ... others followed suit as shown in this mid-16th-century map. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library ...
The Jewish Exponent2y
Germany Returns 16th-century Sculpture to Heirs of Jewish Owner
BERLIN — A federal German cultural organization has returned a 16th-century sculpture to the heirs of its pre-war Jewish owner who faced Nazi persecution. The Berlin-based Prussian Cultural Heritage ...