Abstract

This color postcard from 1897 sends greetings from the Kölner Hof in Frankfurt am Main, located at Scharnhorststrasse 37–39. It advertises itself as the “only Jew-free hotel” in the city.

Antisemitic Postcard: “The Only Jew-free hotel in Frankfurt am Main” (1897)

Source

Source: “Greetings from the Kölner Hof – The Only Jew-free hotel in Frankfurt am Main, New Jerusalem on the Frankish Jordan.” Postcard, colored (1897).
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Recommended Citation

Antisemitic Postcard: “The Only Jew-free hotel in Frankfurt am Main” (1897), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/forging-an-empire-bismarckian-germany-1866-1890/ghdi:image-1357> [April 24, 2024].

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