Jewish Life in Berlin
Berlin is one of the most important cities in Jewish history. The biggest Jewish city in Western Europe was the centre of the Jewish Enlightenment and the Reform and Modern Orthodox movements it provoked. A rich and varied culture blossomed in Berlin only to be nearly completely destroyed in the Nazi years. Berlin became the centre of the Third Reich, the city of the Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution. That Berlin is once again the biggest Jewish city in Germany is testament to the remarkable history of the city, its heroes and villains, its cultural legacy and ongoing role in Jewish history.
We explore the surviving elements of Berlin’s 17th Century Jewish Quarter – now home to a newly-emerging Jewish community nestled amongst the galleries, offices, bars, shops and restaurants of today’s Scheunenviertel. Across town from the enormous Holocaust Memorial, the district is full of subtle and personal reminders of the past.
Amongst the sights and themes of the tour are:
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- The ruins of the Old Synagogue
- Kindertransport monument
- Rosenstrasse Protest
- Otto Weidt – Berlin’s Oskar Schindler
- Moses Mendelssohn and the Haskalah
- The New Synagogue and the Kristallnacht
- The world’s first female rabbi
- ‘Tolerance Street’
- The ‘Abandoned Room’
- The ‘Missing House’
- The Stumble Stones memorials
- The Jewish Old Folks’ Home
- The Jewish School
