Photographs and Art Images

This photo archive is a visual journey through the Carlebach family history, spanning over a century of memories from the late 1800s to the early 2000s.
The collection primarily follows the lives of Rabbi Dr. Joseph and Lotte Carlebach, their children, and the extended family—including Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Carlebach, Rabbi Emanuel Carlebach, and Wilhelm and Miriam Cohn. It further highlights the family’s ongoing legacy through the work of Prof. Dr. Miriam Gillis-Carlebach and the academic initiatives of the Joseph Carlebach Institute.

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Rabbi Dr. Joseph Zvi Carlebach: Personal Portraits and Public Service

This collection of biographical photographs features 20 visual records of the life of Rabbi Joseph Carlebach—rabbi and educator—in Berlin, Hamburg, Poland, and during his brief visit to Eretz Yisrael in March 1935.
This is a digital file, scanned for the Institute's archive from other collections. To complete the picture, please visit the Online exibition: Highlights on the Jewish Past of Hamburg [2008]

Lotte Carlebach (Preuss) Collection

This gallery highlights Lotte Carlebach’s childhood in Berlin (1902–1918). It features portraits of her parents, Dr. Julius and Martha Preuss, as well as her grandmother, Mathilde Halberstadt in Hamburg.
This is a digital file, scanned for the Institute's archive from other collections. To complete the picture, please visit the Online exibition: Highlights on the Jewish Past of Hamburg [2008]

Joseph and Lotte Carlebach Family photos

This collection was curated by Miriam Gillis-Carlebach. It highlights her childhood years and includes portraits of her parents and her three younger sisters—Sarah, Naomi, and Ruth—whose lives were tragically cut short during the Holocaust. The gallery features family photographs and significant moments, including a rare and intimate image of Joseph and Lotte Carlebach at rest. It also presents portraits of Eva, Esther, Judith, Miriam, Julius, and Shlomo, taken shortly before and after their emigration from Germany in 1938.

Miriam Gillis-Carlebach Photo Archive

This photo gallery brings together personal portraits of Prof. Dr. Miriam Gillis-Carlebach with highlights from her distinguished academic career at Bar-Ilan University. It includes rare photographs of the Kfar Hanoar Hadati youth village and its scholars dating back to 1939. The collection also features a beautiful photo session from the documentary "Die Carlebachs", directed by Hanno Bruel [1995], captured in Lübeck, England, Jerusalem, and at Bar-Ilan University.
Further highlights include images from international conferences and memorial events organized by the Joseph Carlebach Institute, as well as public commemorations in Hamburg honoring the Jewish community destroyed during the Holocaust.

Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Carlebach Family collection

This collection features the personal and family photographs of Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Carlebach and Gertrud Carlebach (Jacoby).
It also includes family events and portraits of parents and notable relatives—such as Rabbi Emanuel Carlebach, Hartwig N. Carlebach, Simson Carlebach, Sara Stern, Miriam Stern, and Bella Rosenak—alongside rare visual records of scholars and individuals in Leipzig and Israel.

Wilhelm and Miriam Cohn Family

This gallery presents unique photographs of Rabbi Joseph Hacohen studying Talmud with his grandchildren. It also includes portraits of Willy and Miriam Cohn; their children, Haim Hermann, Alexander, Shlomo, and Leo; as well as images from family events and travels. Featured are distinctive artworks by Shlomo Cohn, including a portrait of his mother, Miriam.