Berlin Jewish Heritage and History Tour

Discover the rich Jewish heritage and tragic history on a private guided tour by car or on foot in Berlin. See Holocaust Memorial, Jewish Cemetery, and more while learning more about the past.
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.

What's included:

• Professional, local tour guide
• Private vehicle with a professional driver (depending on chosen option)

Not included:

• Gratuities
• Food and drink
• Public transportation costs (depending on chosen option)
• Museum entries (none will be required for the tour)

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

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.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Scheunenviertel

Berlin

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.

30 minutes

Trains To Life Trains To Death

Georgenstrasse 14, Berlin Friedrichstrasse station, Berlin, 10117

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.

10 minutes

Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt

Rosenthaler Strasse 39, , Berlin, 10178

Learn about the German factory owner who hired mainly blind and deaf Jewish workers to save them from the certain death at the hands of the Nazis.

30 minutes