The Streets of Jerusalem


Raimund Graf: Jerusalem, Ethiopian Church, Procession, 1911 (Photo: Dalman Institute Greifswald)
Raimund Graf: Jerusalem, Ethiopian Church, Procession, 1911 (Photo: Dalman Institute Greifswald)

20th-century Jerusalem was not only a meeting place for the three monotheistic world religions, but also for travellers from many nations. With their ‘foreign perspective’, the German visitors took photos of the Old City and its sights, but also of the people and animals that lived there. In the exhibition ‘The Streets of Jerusalem’, selected photographs from Greifswald’s Dalman Collection merge to unfold a special topography of the city, in line with the biographies of the photographers.


The Photographers



Gustaf Dalman


(© Dalman-Institut Greifswald)
(© Dalman-Institut Greifswald)

Life dates: 1855–1941

Profession: theologian

Visit to the Holy Land: as of 1899

Photographic manner: documentary


Valentin Schwöbel


(© Dalman-Institut Greifswald)
(© Dalman-Institut Greifswald)

Life dates: 1863–1921

Profession: theologian

Visit to the Holy Land: as of 1905

Photographic manner: technophile


Heinrich Seeger


(detail of: Gymnasium Tübingen, Uhlandgymnasium, Lehrer Frühjahr 1924–1933, © Stadtarchiv Tübingen, EV: 17280)
(detail of: Gymnasium Tübingen, Uhlandgymnasium, Lehrer Frühjahr 1924–1933, © Stadtarchiv Tübingen, EV: 17280)

Life dates: 1888–1945

Profession: theologian

Visit to the Holy Land: 1914, 1929/30

Photographic manner: aesthetic


Alfred Jepsen


(© Dalman-Institut Greifswald)
(© Dalman-Institut Greifswald)

Life dates: 1900–1979

Profession: theologian

Visit to the Holy Land: 1955

Photographic manner: spontaneous


Gil Hüttenmeister


(© private)
(© private)

Life data: * 1938

Profession: Judaist

Visit to the Holy Land: since 1958

Photographic manner: artistic


Julia Männchen


(© Oliver Böhm)
(© Oliver Böhm)

Life dates: 1939–2018

Profession: theologian

Visit to the Holy Land: as of 1986

Photographic manner: didactic