Berlin Jewish History Guided Walking Tour

Once the Jewish population in the suburb of Spandau developed into a cultured district of Berlin until the National Socialists began to exterminate the Jews from 1933 onwards. Over 6 million Jews are members of the National
fell victim to socialists in Europe.

Even today, traces of Jewish life in Berlin are comprehensible.

Meeting Point

Rotes Rathaus

10178 Berlin, Germany

Directly in front of the main entrance to the Red Town Hall

What's included:

• Guided tour with guide

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Nikolaiviertel

Rathausstrasse 21, Berlin, 10178

Directly opposite the Red Town Hall once stood Nathan Israel's department store, which was comparable to Harrods in London. As chairman of the Berlin "Orphan Aid", the last owner of the department store, Wilfried Israel, played a key role in rescuing Jewish children to Palestine.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

St. Mary's Church

Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 8, Berlin, 10178

There is evidence that Jews were already living in Berlin in the Middle Ages. In 1510, the public host desecration trial took place directly in front of St. Mary's Church, in which the Jews were accused of desecration of the host and the ritual murder of Christian children.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Heidereutergasse

Heidereutergasse, 10178 Berlin, Germany

The Rosenstrasse protest (today's Heidereuthergasse) was the largest spontaneous protest demonstration in the German Reich during the Nazi era. At the end of February/beginning of March 1943. The women risked their own lives to protest for the release of their husbands. From the diaries of Josef Göbbels: Reading them sends a shiver down your spine.

10 minutes

Hackescher Markt

Berlin, 10178

The Hackescher Markt is one of the busiest squares in Berlin. The wide range of restaurants in the immediate vicinity of the Hackesche Höfe is an inviting place to visit. Today you will also find out why the Spandauer Vorstadt was clearly separated from the Scheunenviertel.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Haus Schwarzenberg

Rosenthaler Str. 39, Berlin, 10178

Haus Schwarzenberg is one of the most popular courtyards in the city. Time seems to have stood still here.

5 minutes

Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt

Rosenthaler Strasse 39, , Berlin, 10178

The Otto Weidt Blindenwerkstatt Museum is located directly in the backyard of Haus Schwarzenberg. He saved Jewish people from deportation by hiding in a hiding place. The hiding place can be visited in the museum.

20 minutes

Oranienburgerstrasse

Berlin

You will have noticed the many stumbling blocks all over the city. These are a reminder of the city's former Jewish population. Here we will give you a little insight into Zionism.

5 minutes

Grosse Hamburger Strasse

Berlin

The Great Hamburger Street was also called the Street of Tolerance or the Street of Death. You will find out why this was the case.

5 minutes

Memorial Jewish Cemetery

Große Hamburger Str. 26, 10115 Berlin, Germany

The Jewish nursing home, which was used as a collection camp during the Nazi era, once stood directly next to the former Jewish cemetery. Thousands of people were transported from here to the extermination camps. Today, a group of sculptures still commemorates this cruel crime.

10 minutes

Alexianer St. Hedwig Hospital

Große Hamburger Str. 5-11, 10115 Berlin, Germany

For 175 years, the Alexianer St. Hedwig Clinics in Berlin have stood for humanity and tolerance. The area around St. Hedwig is not called the "Tolerance Quarter" for nothing. Jews and Christians live here in close and peaceful proximity

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Auguststrasse

Auguststraße, 10 Berlin, Germany

The former children's home is located here, among other things. The Hebrew word "Ahawah" (love) was chosen as the name of the home and you will learn how Beate Berger saved the young people at the risk of her own life.

5 minutes

Heckmann Hoefe

Oranienburger Str. 32, Berlin, 10117

One of the most beautiful backyards in the Spandau suburb

5 minutes

Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum

Oranienburger Str. 28 - 30, , Berlin, 10117

New synagogue in Berlin

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Krausnickstraße

Krausnickstraße, 10115 Berlin, Germany

We walk to the place where the world's first female rabbi once lived.

5 minutes

Die Hackeschen Hoefe

Rosenthaler Str. 40/41, Hakerscher Markt, Berlin, 10178

Once a barn - today a shopping center

20 minutes