Berlin Trip Overview
In the early twentieth century, Berlin had one of the largest Jewish populations of any city in Europe and Jews were well integrated in the fabric of life in the German capital. They occupied prominent positions in government, made essential contributions in the fields of art and science, worked in factories and owned small businesses. Albert Einstein lectured at several Berlin universities and also played violin concerts at the New Synagogue.
This thriving community, and others like it across Europe, would then be ruthlessly destroyed under National Socialism. Jewish culture in Germany became synonymous with sites of Nazi atrocity, with names such as Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Dachau.
On this tour our expert local guides will walk you through areas of Jewish Heritage, sites of Jewish cultural significance, and address in detail the tragedy of the Holocaust – telling the stories of people and places with passion, tact, and respect.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Berlin, Germany
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Berlin, Germany, Germany
In the early twentieth century, Berlin had one of the largest Jewish populations of any city in Europe and Jews were well integrated in the fabric of life in the German capital. They occupied prominent positions in government, made essential contributions in the fields of art and science, worked in factories and owned small businesses. Albert Einstein lectured at several Berlin universities and also played violin concerts at the New Synagogue.
This thriving community, and others like it across Europe, would then be ruthlessly destroyed under National Socialism. Jewish culture in Germany became synonymous with sites of Nazi atrocity, with names such as Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Dachau.
On this tour our expert local guides will walk you through areas of Jewish Heritage, sites of Jewish cultural significance, and address in detail the tragedy of the Holocaust – telling the stories of people and places with passion, tact, and respect.
Itinerary
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Stop At: The Holocaust Memorial – Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, 10117 Berlin Germany
Journey through the iconic concrete stellae, bear witness the atrocities of National Socialism, and hear the stories of the everyday bravery of the persecuted.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: New Synagogue Berlin – Centrum Judaicum, Oranienburger Str. 28-30, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Delve into Berlin’s former Jewish Quarter and to see the ornate golden domes of the New Synagogue – formerly the largest Jewish place of worship in Germany.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Scheunenviertel, Berlin Germany
Wander the streets of Berlin’s former Jewish Quarter: see the gravesite of Moses Mendelssohn at the oldest Jewish Cemetery in the city, and pay tribute to victims of Nazism at the Stolpersteine memorials.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: The Kennedys – Touring Museum, Auguststraße 11-13, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Walk the corridors of the former Jewish Girl’s School – forcibly closed under Nazism, it’s students and teachers deported – now a centre for art, history and gastronomy
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Auguststr. 69, 10117 Berlin Germany
Stand beneath the boughs of birch trees that were brought to Berlin from the grounds of the former extermination centre at Auschwitz-Birkenau as memorials to victims of the holocaust.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Trains To Life Trains To Death, Georgenstrasse 14 Berlin Friedrichstrasse station, 10117 Berlin Germany
Pay tribute to the young and infant victims of Nazism at this poignant memorial at the Friedrichstraße Station – where children were transported to the safety of the west after the Nazi pogroms of 1938, and also deported by the regime eastwards after 1942, to extermination centers such as Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Duration: 10 minutes
