The Rothschilds

Part 1: the Rothschilds - family history in the museum context, Georg Heuberger; "You didn't recommend a fool to me" - Elector William I of Hesse and Meyer Amschel Rothschild, Rainer von Hessen; the other Rothschilds - Frankfurt private bankers in the 18th and 19th centuries, Michael Jurk; from court agent to state financier - the rise of the Rothschilds, Manfred Pohl; the establishment of the Rothschilds as bankers in London, Stanley Chapman; the Rothschilds, the railways and the urban form of 19th century Paris, Karen Bowie; the "Damascus-Affair" 1840 - the role of the Rothschilds in mobilizing public opinion, Rainer Erb; Lord Rothschild and his poor bretheren - East European Jews in London 1880-1906, Kerstin Warnke-Dakers; between East and West - Edmond de Rothschild and Palestine, Yoram Mayorek. Part 2: the Rothschilds and the original EEC - family reflections I - the men, Miriam Rothschild; the silent members of the first EEC - family reflections II - the women, Miriam Rothschild; the dynastic power of the Rothschilds - a sociological assessment, Andreas Hansert; from Frankfurt Jew to Lord Rothschild - the ascent of the English Rothschilds to the nobility, Simone Mace; the aristocrat and the synagogue - the Rothschilds and Judaism, Robert Liberles; "for the care of the sick, the good of the community, the embellishment of their home town" - the charitable Rothschild foundations in Frankfurt on Main, Hans-Otto Schembs; fairy tales & castles - on Rothschild family buildings in Frankfurt on Main, Dieter Bartetzko; Rothschild architecture in England, France, Germany, Austria and Italy, Pauline Prevost-Marcilhacy; the English Rothschilds as collectors, Michael Hall; the musical associations of the Rothschild family, Charlotte de Rothschild. Part 3: the myth of the banker in France in the 19th and 20th centuries, Louis Bergeron; the Rothschilds in literature, Thomas Sparr; the Rothschild family during the Third Reich, Christopher Kopper; the Rothschilds - one family - two films, Regine Mihal Friedman; the "aryanization" of Rothschild assets in Vienna and the problem of restitution, Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek.