Take a morning stroll through Berlin and its pre-war Jewish neighborhoods. Accompanied by an expert guide, Berlin's Jewish history will come alive on this fascinating walking tour. You'll visit all the major sites and buildings associated with the Jewish community in its heyday in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Highlights
- Walking tour of Jewish life in Berlin
- See pre-WWII Jewish sites
- Visit the sites of synagogues and cemeteries
- Hear about the demise of the Jewish population during the Holocaust
- A great tour of history buffs
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Jewish Life in Berlin Half Day Walking Tour
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Streets MemorialOn every street in the old jewish quarter you can see this tiny "memorial plates" in betwen the stone pieces ...Photo by: LeonMexico, 09 2012 -
Workers MemorialIn memory of those who prevented the nazis to take jewish workers away from their working places. This place is next ...Photo by: LeonMexico, 09 2012 -
The distroyed Berlin Jewish ...Some of the remaining stonesPhoto by: LeonMexico, 09 2012 -
Our very well informed Irish ...Getting some explanations on the jewish life before WW2Photo by: LeonMexico, 09 2012 -
Otto Weid's workshop for the ...Ever heard of it? I did'nt...Photo by: LeonMexico, 09 2012 -
P1000692 - CopyThe group arriving at Otto Weidt's workshop for the blind. A museun on the site of the workshop where Otto Weidt and ...Photo by: Lesley U08 2011 -
Inscriptions found in the ...Marker for the Jewish Cemetery in BerlinPhoto by: Vicki RUSA, 08 2010 -
Useful Information
Jewish Cemetery, Berlin
In the 1920s Berlin's Jewish community was the largest in Germany, numbering 200,000 at its height. From the early 1930s until 1945, the community was all but obliterated through immigration, persecution and finally the Holocaust.
On this morning walking tour you'll see the sites of the first synagogue in Berlin; the Boys School, founded by Moses Mendelssohn in the 1780s; the Old Cemetery site on Gross Hamburger Strasse; and the spectacular New Synagogue, now rebuilt as a museum about the pre-war Jewish community and about the synagogue itself.
While you walk, you'll learn about the years of persecution from 1933 to 1945 by visiting the site of the main detention center used by the Nazis (the former Old People's Home). You'll hear about Otto Weidt and his workshop, and how he helped save the lives of many members of the Jewish community. You'll also see the site of the Women's Protest in 1943, perhaps the only mass protest against the Holocaust that ever took place.
This tour is recommended in the Goldapple Guide to Jewish Berlin by Andrew Roth.
On this morning walking tour you'll see the sites of the first synagogue in Berlin; the Boys School, founded by Moses Mendelssohn in the 1780s; the Old Cemetery site on Gross Hamburger Strasse; and the spectacular New Synagogue, now rebuilt as a museum about the pre-war Jewish community and about the synagogue itself.
While you walk, you'll learn about the years of persecution from 1933 to 1945 by visiting the site of the main detention center used by the Nazis (the former Old People's Home). You'll hear about Otto Weidt and his workshop, and how he helped save the lives of many members of the Jewish community. You'll also see the site of the Women's Protest in 1943, perhaps the only mass protest against the Holocaust that ever took place.
This tour is recommended in the Goldapple Guide to Jewish Berlin by Andrew Roth.
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