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Jewish Life in Berlin Walking Tour
Duration:
3 hours Starts from:
Berlin,
Germany
price: from 12 EUR
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TOUR DESCRIPTION
Enjoy a tour of the old Jewish quarter, which despite the devastation of the Nazi era, is now home to a revitalized Jewish community. See the New Synagogue, the Old Cemetery site and Boys School, and discover where heroic opposition to Nazi persecution took place.
This tour is seasonal and operates from April to October only.
In the 1920's the Berlin Jewish community was much the largest in Germany, numbering 200,000 at its height. From the early 30's until 1945, immigration, persecution and finally the Holocaust all but obliterated the community.This tour covers all the major sites and buildings associated with the community in its heyday in the 18th and 19th centuries. Included are the sites of the first synagogue in Berlin; the Boys School, founded by Moses Mendelssohn in the 1780's; 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.
Learn about the years of persecution from 1933 to 1945 by visiting the site of the main detention centre used by the Nazis (the former Old People's Home) and by revealing where Otto Weidt's workshop was, explaining how he helped save the lives of many members of the community. 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.
ROUTE DETAILS
Start from: Berlin,
Germany
Visited cities:
Berlin
Finish point: Berlin,
Germany
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Access for disabled: no
Guidance type: guided tour
Tour languages: English
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