The centuries-old seder plates photographed by Theodor Harburger in the 1920s may be the only remnants we have of many Jewish families from Bavaria.
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TREUCHTLINGEN, Bavaria—The year is 1928 and a quiet seder is being held in the home of Siegfried Meyer, head of the town’s small Jewish community. The family is gathered around a lavish holiday table, with a magnificent, ornate seder plate at its center—the pride of the family.
