Private tour in Berlin Martin S
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up to 8 people
3 hours 30 minutes
walking
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Martin S.
Hi, my name is Martin, and I'm a trained and certified Berlin Tour Guide with an MA from Bath...
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Of Germany's roughly 550, 000 Jews in 1933, around one-third of them lived in Berlin. Thus, Berlin once had a very vibrant, very visible, Jewish community. For one, there were the Jewish families invited by the Great Elector to settle in Berlin in the late 17th century. As a result, the first synagogue was built in 1714. One of Berlin's Jewish Community's most significant members entered Berlin through the Rosenthaler City Gate in the early 18th century, Moses Mendelssohn. His influence not just on Berlin's Jewish community, but on the intellectual life in Germany as a whole, was substantial. During the outgoing 19th century so-called Eastern Jews began to settle in the Barn Quarter. Fleeing programs in Russia. With the Nazi-takeover Jewish life in Germany came to a rapid and tragic end, and only now begins to slowly recover. With a Ph. D. from Warwick, focusing on German-Jewish emigrants after the Nazi takeover, you couldn't get a better guide to tell you every detail about the history of Jews in Berlin!
Meeting at Hackesche Höfe (stop 1), I'll explain the concept of the "Mietskaserne" in detail, explaining why this particular building was an exception. Stop 2: Otto Weidt's workshop for the blind, where honorable Otto Weidt tried, often in vain, to save Jews from deportation Stop 3: Former synagogue on Kleine August Strasse, destroyed during the pogroms in 1938 Stop 4: Koppen Platz Memorial, a haunting memorial which includes a poem by Nelly Sachs, a German-Jewich poetess and Nobel Prize Laureate Stop 5: Grosse Hamburger Strasse, once known as the "Street of Tolerance", with its many remnants of Jewish life, past and present Stop 6: August Strasse, a street also deeply steeped in history, lined with buildings that are linked to the once rich and vibrant Jewish life to be found here until 1933 Stop 7: The picturesque Heckmann Höfe, with its fabulous view of the New Synagogue Stop 8: Rosenstrasse Memorial, dedicated to the brave women of the "Factory Action" in March 1943 This is where the tour ends.
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Walking, public transport (bus, subway) If requested, a hired car plus driver (at additional cost)
39 Rosenthaler Straße, Berlin, Berlin, 10178 Germany
Rosenthaler Strasse 39, Berlin-Mitte
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Includes all fees
Book with a 20% deposit
Size:
up to 8 people
Duration:
3 hours 30 minutes
Transportation:
walking
1
Includes all fees
Book with a 20% deposit
Size:
up to 8 people
Duration:
3 hours 30 minutes
Transportation:
walking
1
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