You are approaching a collection of reddish sandstone blocks arranged in a small park on Rosenstraße. Known as the Block der Frauen, or Block of Women, this sculpture depicts figures in states of mourning, protest, and eventual reunion. At…
Spandauer Vorstadt Walk
This walk traces the centuries-old history of Jewish life in Berlin’s Spandauer Vorstadt and Scheunenviertel neighborhoods. We will visit restored historic courtyards, the city's oldest Jewish cemetery, and monuments dedicated to quiet acts of wartime resistance.
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1. Block der Frauen
2. Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt
The Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt is tucked away in the backyard of Rosenthaler Straße thirty-nine, a quiet space reached through a courtyard in the Mitte district. The site occupies the original rooms where Otto Weidt, a manufacturer…
3. Hackesche Höfe
The Hackesche Höfe are recognizable by the facade of the first courtyard, which is covered in polychrome glazed bricks and ornamental designs. Opened in nineteen oh six, this ensemble of eight interconnected courtyards in Berlin-Mitte was…
4. Memorial Jewish Cemetery
The Old Jewish Cemetery is identifiable by the sculpture of a group of figures created by Will Lammert, which stands near the entrance. Established in sixteen seventy-two after Elector Frederick William allowed fifty Jewish families to…
5. Heckmann-Höfe
The Heckmann-Höfe are a sequence of three interconnected courtyards that create a quiet passage between Oranienburger Straße and Auguststraße. You can recognize the complex by a distinctive stable building from eighteen fifty-eight, which…
6. New Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum
The New Synagogue on Oranienburger Straße is recognizable by its expansive, shimmering gilded dome that rises fifty meters above the street. Designed by architect Eduard Knoblauch and completed in eighteen sixty-six, the structure was…