The Megillah is written in ten columns accompanied by nine pages of illustrations relating the Purim story. It was illustrated by the Jewish artist Otto Geismar who was active in Berlin before the war.
![Title page of the Megillah illustrated by Otto Geismar and published in Berlin in 1936](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/3921_001.jpg?itok=OAq7IVMW)
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![Title page of the Megillah illustrated by Otto Geismar and published in Berlin in 1936](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/3921_001.jpg?itok=FPv--7BE)
![Megillat Esther (Esther Scroll) illustrated by Otto Geismar, a series of illustrations depicting the chain of events impacting the Jews of Shushan as described in the Megillah](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/3921_006.jpg?itok=UTvY8WFJ)
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![Megillat Esther (Esther Scroll) illustrated by Otto Geismar, a series of illustrations depicting the chain of events impacting the Jews of Shushan as described in the Megillah](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/3921_006.jpg?itok=8YSPPTZj)
![Immigration card of Otto Geismar](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Otto-Geismar.jpg?itok=3-UUVIOZ)
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![Immigration card of Otto Geismar](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Otto-Geismar.jpg?itok=lr7Hec6r)