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“Dreams of Glass: the Neiger brothers, from Art Deco to the Holocaust” exhibition

At the Judeo-Alsatian Museum in Bouxwiller Norbert and Moritz Max Neiger contributed to the glory of their Czech town, Gablonz, by developing the diamond industry there, creating fabulous Art Deco jewellery for the costume jewellery market. The German invasion and annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938 led to the disappearance of most of Bohemia’s Jewish communities. The Neiger family ...

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Dreams in Glass exhibition: The Neiger brothers – From Art Deco to the Shoah

At the Musée Judéo-Alsacien Bouxwiller Art Deco and its daring artistic adventures inspired the brothers Norbert and Moritz Max Neiger to create costume jewellery for this brand new market, in response to the post-First World War desire for more sobriety than the expensive jewellery that had previously been paraded. The exhibition tells the story of these designers from the Czech town of ...

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