BIBLIOPHILE

Reading room in Schocken’s Library in Jerusalem (1960’s) Bibliophile Schocken was a lifelong, passionate bibliophile who could not resist accumulating

Schocken Library

The Schocken Library Source: The Schocken Family Archive Reading Room at the Library Source: The Schocken Family Archive Reading Room

Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine Few artists had generated so much love and hate among their fellow men – German and Jewish alike

Karl Kraus

Karl Kraus Among Schocken’s most treasured literary possessions were the handwritten notebooks of the anti-war satirical play, The Last Days

Karl Wolfskehl

Karl Wolfskehl The poet and translator Karl Wolfskehl (1869 – 1948) came from a prominent Jewish family rooted in Germany

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Schocken’s favorite German scholar was the 19th century romantic writer and statesman Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Gershom Sholem

Gershom Scholem A brilliant mathematics scholar, Gershom Scholem scandalized his professors and family by deciding to devote himself to the

Else Lasker Schuler

Else Lasker-Schüler Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 – 1945) was a German-Jewish poet. She won the prestigious Kleist Prize for literature, and

Schocken Verlag

Schocken Verlag Schocken’s first publishing house – Schocken Verlag – opened in Germany in 1931. When Hitler rose to power

Schocken Books, NY

Schocken Books, New York After World War II, Schocken established Schocken Books in New York (1945). Describing American Jews as