To mark the 80th anniversary of the dreadful events of Kristallnacht in November 1938, the Wiener Library have included a photograph of my father in Berlin and two letters between him and his sister in their exhibition, SHATTERED: Pogrom, November 1938. This is all further evidence that ‘family’ papers are testament to historical events.
edited and designed by Deborah for the Newcomen Society is now published
Deborah Jaffé is an author; cultural and design historian; ceramicist and painter with special interests in the history of souvenirs and memory studies; women and innovation; childhood, play and toys.