City tour and lecture: On the trail of Jewish life in the Badstraßenkiez neighborhood

Get to know the stories of several Jewish families

Stadtführerin Nirit Ben-Joseph

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Berlin district of Gesundbrunnen was not a popular Jewish residential area in Berlin. However, there was a lively and diverse Jewish community here too, with a synagogue, retirement home, hospital and many Jewish-owned businesses.

The working-class district was home to Jewish orthodox, liberals, communists, industrialists and merchants. The cultural and social life was also shaped by Jewish citizens, for example the garden city Atlantic with one of the most important cinema and variety theaters in Germany at the time.

Together with the city guide Nirit Ben-Joseph, we want to go in search of traces of Jewish life around Badstraße. We will get to know the stories of several Jewish families and learn about their struggle to save their own existence and flee Germany. The stories are full of despair, denunciation and murder, but are also characterized by mutual help, rescue and new beginnings. Some stumbling stones in the Gesundbrunnen district already commemorate the fates of former Jewish residents of the neighborhood, but there are many more traces of Jewish life to discover in the Badstraßenkiez!

Stadtführung (17.3./26.5./15.9./20.10.2024)

Meeting point: Jülicher Str. 14, 13357 Berlin. Registration not required. Free of charge

Lecture (16.4./7.11.2024)

Location: Mitte Museum. Registration not required. Free admission.Translated with DeepL

Meeting point: Jülicher Str. 14, 13357 Berlin

Booking: Registration not required. Free of charge.