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Printed engraving of cemetery enclosed by wall with several people walking through.

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Cemetery of the Fürth Jewish Community

Johannes Alexander Böner

1705

Portrait print of man in curly wig and jacket with German caption and small drawing of gallows below portrait.

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Portrait of Jud Süss

After 1738

Cylindrical tombstone with Hebrew on top, sitting on decorative base.

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Tombstone (Rome)

1587

Art installation of eight figures sitting on pews.

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The Dead Class

Tadeusz Kantor

1975

Painting with trees and shadowy figures in center, a nude woman next to a man with an earpiece on the bottom left, gatehouse on top left, and man holding a baby on the bottom right.

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If Not, Not

R. B. Kitaj

1976

Painting with thick border of abstract flower with hand shapes and Hebrew word in its center.

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Lost Flowers

Mindy Weisel

1979

Glass cup etched with Hebrew text and image of group of people walking.

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Glass for a Burial Society’s Annual Banquet

1713

Print of two scenes, both with French text below: the top showing men in large room walking in circle with books, the bottom showing men shoveling dirt onto grave.

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Funeral Activities

Bernard Picart

1723–1743

Print of four scenes in quadrants with German headings on each: top left is sick man in bed, top right is sick man in bed surrounded by people with candles and books, bottom left is sick man lying on the floor, and bottom right is procession through city walls.

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Juedisches Ceremonial (Jewish Ceremony): Death and Mourning

Paul Christian Kirchner

1724

Silver cup with Hebrew inscription.

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Burial Society Cup

Johann Conrad Weiss

1711/1712

Print image in three panels: the top panel shows groups of men and women in courtyard outside of building, the bottom left panel shows people around body in coffin, and the bottom right panel shows people outside building.

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Ashkenazic Funeral: Carrying the Body to the Grave

Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz

1748

Tomb with high tombstones on either end, lions, shield and floral decorations on top, and Hebrew inscription on surface of stone.

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Tombstone (Prague)

1628