In no other region has the Jewish faith found such graphic expression in the synagogues as in the historical landscapes of Galicia and Bukovina. Since the end of the Middle Ages the living conditions of the Jewish population had deteriorated, and people sought refuge in a return to traditional values and in the hope of a return to Zion. Impressive photographs by Helmut Meyer zur Capellen and explanatory texts by Reiner Sörries reveal a rather unknown aspect of the Jewish world of art and spirit.

"Next year in Jerusalem" is a wish, a vision of many Jews who live abroad, in the diaspora. Jews have been living in Franconia for 1000 years - tolerated, expelled, murdered - and they have always dared to make a new start. The traces they left behind in towns and small villages are varied. Impressive photographs by Helmut Meyer zur Capellen and explanatory texts by Reiner Sörrieswollen invite you to pay attention to the evidence of Jewish life from the Middle Ages to the present, which is not always immediately recognizable.