From the Golden Age of German Jewry to the devastation of the Holocaust to a modern-day renaissance, explore the historic and contemporary sites of Jewish culture in Berlin. Wikipedia fact boxes and descriptions are provided for most locations.
Jewish Berlin
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Points of Interest
Abandoned Space at Koppenplatz Artistic monument to deported Jews |
Jewish Museum Berlin Renowned architecture, exhibitions, collections |
Abraham Geiger College Germany's first post-Holocaust rabbinical school |
Max Liebermann Villa on the Wannsee Museum for impressionist painter at his former home |
American Jewish Committee On Leipziger Platz, Cold War no-man's land |
Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies Research Institute at the University of Potsdam |
Bebelplatz Site of Nazi book burnings |
Moses Mendelssohn tombstone Among the graves at the Alter Judischer Friedhof |
Berlinische Galerie Houses works by Jewish artists |
New Synagogue/Centrum Judaicum Restored grand synagogue houses historical museum |
Chabad Social services for Orthodox community |
Ringel apartment in Charlottenburg Helga Ruby lived here until August 1938 |
Ephraim Palais Jewish banker's mid-19th century mansion |
Rosenstrasse Rebellion Sandstone monument depicts uprising of Jewish women |
Fasanenstrasse Synagogue and Community Center Center built on site of prewar Reform synagogue |
Rykestraße Synagogue Restored and operational since 2007 |
Goering´s Intact Ministry of Aviation Now the seat of the German Finance Ministry |
Site of Goebbel's Propaganda Ministry Enforced Nazi ideology and regulated national culture |
Grunewald train station Monument commemorates "Platform 17" deportations |
Stolpersteine - Stumbling Blocks Berlin's first memorial blocks laid in Kreutzberg, 1996 |
Wannsee “House of the Wannsee Conference” Memorial and museum on site of terrible history |
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Jewish Girls' School Galleries and dining on the site of prewar school |
Weißensee Cemetery Ringel kin buried at Berlin's great Jewish cemetery |
Jewish High School Historic building returned to its original mission |
Period:
1875 to 1945
Locale:
Berlin, Germany