The Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin (LBI) established the Shared History Project: 1700 years of Jewish life in German-speaking lands to demonstrate how the history of Jews in this region has been deeply intertwined with the history of the majority population for close to two millennia.

The Shared History Project explores this history using 58 artifacts from over 50 different archives and museums, which are presented and discussed in historical essays and personal stories written by more than 60 scholars, archivists, and museum experts.