Celebratory Processional in Prague to Honor Joseph II
A month after the birth of future Emperor Joseph II (March 13, 1741), the Jews of Prague held a festive procession in honor of the happy event. The procession, which was planned and led by the primator (head) of the Jews of Prague, Simon Wolf Frankel, was depicted in a detailed copper engraving paid for by Frankel. Some later blamed the exile of the Jews from Prague in late 1744 or early 1745 on this show of wealth and finery.
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With permission of the Jewish Museum in Prague.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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