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Uncover bustling Berlin’s Jewish history on a private walking tour. Walk around the streets, squares, and courtyards of the former Jewish quarter, and have a chance to see the historic sights like New Synagogue, Jewish cemetery, and Rosenstrasse sculpture that memorialize a women’s protest against the Nazis in 1943.
Wander around the Jewish enclaves like the Heckmann Höffe courtyards, and attend artsy Dead Chicken Alley, hearing about its Jewish history and heroic inhabitant, Otto Weidt.
• Private walking tour
• Explore the highlights and hidden gems of Berlin’s former Jewish quarter
• Soak in the views of New Synagogue, Hackescher Markt, and first Jewish cemetery
• Take in the Rosenstrasse memorial and hear about the ‘Miracle of Rosenstrasse’
• Discover the courtyards of Heckmann Höffe, once a Jewish residential quarter
• Visit mural-coated Dead Chicken Alley, and find out about Otto Weidt, who secured Jewish workers in the 1940s
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Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Berlin, Germany
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Uncover bustling Berlin’s Jewish history on a private walking tour. Walk around the streets, squares, and courtyards of the former Jewish quarter, and have a chance to see the historic sights like New Synagogue, Jewish cemetery, and Rosenstrasse sculpture that memorialize a women’s protest against the Nazis in 1943.
Wander around the Jewish enclaves like the Heckmann Höffe courtyards, and attend artsy Dead Chicken Alley, hearing about its Jewish history and heroic inhabitant, Otto Weidt.
• Private walking tour
• Explore the highlights and hidden gems of Berlin’s former Jewish quarter
• Soak in the views of New Synagogue, Hackescher Markt, and first Jewish cemetery
• Take in the Rosenstrasse memorial and hear about the ‘Miracle of Rosenstrasse’
• Discover the courtyards of Heckmann Höffe, once a Jewish residential quarter
• Visit mural-coated Dead Chicken Alley, and find out about Otto Weidt, who secured Jewish workers in the 1940s
Itinerary
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Stop At: Berlin, Berlin
At the beginning you will meet your guide at the chosen time, and start things off discovering the city’s famous and lesser-known Jewish landmarks. If there’s something you are more interested to see, let your guide know and we will change your itinerary to suit all of your interests.
Witness the epic ‘Miracle of Rosenstrasse’ memorial on Rosenstrasse: a statue which is dedicated to a brave protest by non-Jewish women against the Nazis’ detainment of their Jewish husbands in 1943.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Berlin, Berlin
Explore the Hackescher Markt, part of Berlin’s original Jewish quarter, and see what is left from the first Jewish cemetery. You can all the questions about Berlin’s Jewish past at any time you need an answer. Visit the site of the Old Synagogue and after that you will acquaint yourself to the New Synagogue, a magnificent building which was restored to its former glory by restoration during the 1980s.
Make a visit to Heckmann Höffe, a courtyard complex and former Jewish residential area, and pass by Clärchen’s Ballhaus, a now-restored ballroom where people of 1920s were spending their nightlife.
Your last stop will be Dead Chicken Alley, a passageway known for its street art and Jewish history. Feel the winds of history blowing through the glens at Otto Weidt, whose broom-making workship here helped protect Jewish workers during the 1940s. After all of that you may consider yourself invited to the adventure of a lifetime.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Senefelderplatz, Berlin, Germany
Senefelderplatz – a place where you meet your personal guide.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Alter Juedischer Friedhof, Grosse Hamburger Str. 26, 10115 Berlin Germany
The 2nd oldest Jewish Cemetery with more than 25000 graves from 1827 and 7,5 m wide Judengang at Knaackstrasse. A place where all the important Jewish personalities were to rest.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Denkmal Rosenstraße, Rosenstraße 2, 10178 Berlin, Germany
A landmark where German women were protesting 5 days in March of 1943 to make their husband free from prison. A historic place which you regret not seeing.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sinagoga di Rykestrasse, Rykestr. 53, 10405 Berlin Germany
Sinagoga di Rykestrasse today is the largest Synagogue in Germany and 2nd largest in Europe. Spend time wondering around the historic place of Berlin.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Memorial Jewish Cemetery, Große Hamburger Str. 26, 10115 Berlin, Germany
The oldest Jewish Cemetery in Berlin from 1671, closed in 1827. You will for sure want to take pictures at this landmark.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin – Centrum Judaicum, Oranienburger Str. 28 – 30, 10117 Berlin Germany
Discover iconic site of former Synagogue of Ahawas Scholaum and Mogen David Associations. It presents the history of the synagogue and Jewish life in its permanent exhibition.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Denkzeichen Modezentrum Hausvogteiplatz, Hausvogteiplatz Vor dem Zugang zur U-Bahn, 10117 Berlin Germany
There is hardly any other place in Berlin where the success of Jewish merchants and the suffering of the Jewish population in Germany are as close together as at Hausvogteiplatz.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: The Holocaust Memorial – Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, 10117 Berlin Germany
Memorial for 6 million murdered Jews of Europe – 2711 grey stone slabs from 2005. A landmark where the Wall once stood near Brandenburg Gate, is Berlin’s stunning monument to the Holocaust, dedicated to the Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide of World War II. Impressive in its awesome grey soberness, rather than somberness, a must see stop.
Duration: 30 minutes
