Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities, with the support of public authorities, establish foundation for restoration of the "Breslau Writings" - European Jewish Congress

Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities, with the support of public authorities, establish foundation for restoration of the "Breslau Writings" - European Jewish Congress

The Breslau Writings constitute a unique collection of books of extraordinary historical, cultural, and scholarly value. Once housed in the Jewish Theological Rabbinical Seminary in Breslau—one of the most important Jewish educational institutions in Europe, founded in 1854—the library grew to encompass around 40,000 volumes by 1937. These works spanned Torah and Talmudic literature, classical philosophy, philology, astronomy, mathematics, and e…