In Search of Jewish Berlin Walking Tour
Description
Your focus for this 3-hour history tour will be the main sites of Berlin’s 19th and 20th century Jewish history and the districts of Spandauer Vorstadt and Scheunenviertel (known as the ‘Barn Quarter’) in Berlin-Mitte. Take in the graceful avenue Oranienburger Straße, where the magnificent New Synagoge was erected in 1866. Learn not only of the conflicts between German Jews and Non-Jews but of tensions between the mostly assimilated German Jewry and the so-called Eastern Jews (‘Ostjuden’) who filled Berlin in the 1920s after fleeing anti-Jewish violence in their homelands.
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The New Synagoge's grand architecture symbolized and celebrated Jewish assimilation in Germany in the 19th century. It is thus one of the most moving sites on our walk. Today it is home to the Jewish community reviving in Berlin,
Auguststrasse was once alive with Jewish institutions, for just one example the Jewish Girls’ School undertaken between 1927 and 1928. The school building, located at Auguststraße 11-13, is historical monument built by architect Alexander Beer, characterised by the New Objectivity style. Today it is home to an exhibit hall and a coffee shop that are well worth a visit.
A vibrant Jewish community developed around Hackescher Markt, where we take in the graceful architecture and stories of German Jewish life on Spandauer Vorstadt and Scheunenviertel (known as the “Barn Quarter”) in Berlin-Mitte.
The moving memorial is dedicated to the was sustained protest demonstrations by the non-Jewish wives and relatives of Jewish men who had been arrested by the Nazis and targeted for deportation.
Designed by architect Peter Eisenman, you will have a personal experience of passing through the sobering labyrinth of 2711 concrete slabs meant to represent Germany's acknowledgment of the Holocaust.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Your tour guides are professors, grad students or journalists, who are also enthusastic hosts and storytellers. We love helping travelers discover our amazing cities.
Reviews(14)
Outstanding academic overview of local Jewish history. Martin was wonderfully honest and knowledgeable. We saw sites and buildings related to Berlin's past Jewish population that we cou never have known. Remarkable to hear Jewish history interpreted by a German native and academic. Very forthright presentation.
Thank you for the wonderful review. We're so pleased you enjoyed your tour. Hope to see you on another Insight Cities tour in Prague, Berlin, Budapest, Vienna, or Salzburg. Safe travels!
Ioana N. is a fantastic tour guide. She has extensively studied the subject matter, has lived in Berlin for 17 years, and her tour was completely immersive and engrossing. She handled sensitive subject matter with empathy. She individualized our tour based on our questions and interests. Highly recommended.
Thank you for the wonderful review. We're so pleased you enjoyed it. Hoping to see you on another Insight Cities tour in Prague, Berlin, Budapest, Vienna, or Salzburg. Safe travels!
Excellent tour with a very knowledgeable guide, Forrest. Presented information in a way that was easy to follow. Highly recommend.
Thanks so much for your review. We hope to see you on another Insight Cities tour in any of our cities - Berlin, Budapest, Prague, Vienna, & Salzburg.
This tour with forrest was a very good experience in Berlin! Forrest is a: -walking encyclopedia -great story teller -very social And he points out things you want to know and see that we wouldnt have noticed without him!
This was an outstanding tour of Jewish history in Berlin. Our guide, Ronan, was extremely knowledgeable and informative. He shared fascinating stories going back in history to the Jewish people’s arrival in Berlin until the present day. And of course we saw many places we wouldn’t have recognized as vital to Jewish history in Berlin. Lots of opportunity to ask questions. I strongly recommend this tour.
Thank you so very much for this review of Ronen's tour! We're glad you liked it and it was a positive experience. Hope to see you again on our tours, including Jewish city tours, in Prague, Berlin, Vienna, Salzburg & Budapest! Elizabet, Insight Cities
A great experience covering so much history. We needed 3 more hours for sure! Lee was an excellent guide- professional, extremely knowledgeable and super friendly. We would highly recommend him and this tour.
We're glad you enjoyed Lee's tour. Thank you for the wonderful review and for recommending us. Insight Cities
Lee was so knowledgeable and so enthused about his subject. He was accommodating and gracious. We were so glad we took his tour!
Hi Sara! Thank you so much for the review. Please keep us in mind for your future tours also in Prague, Berlin, Budapest, Vienna & Salzburg! Would be great to see you again. Elizabet
Very good tour. Enjoyed the conversation, discussion and his own personal insight to residing in Berlin.
We're glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for taking the time to review. We hope to see you again on Insight Cities tours in Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest and Salzburg.
What a wonderful tour! Our guide, Ronan, impressed us with the layers of Jewish history in Berlin if you know where to look, pointing out many details we would have missed on our own. He was open to all our questions and tactful about giving us time to reflect and cope with our emotions at the Holocaust memorial. Glad we booked.
Thanks for the lovely review. We're proud of our team of local historian guides and especially of our Jewish heritage tours, not just in Berlin but also in Vienna, Prague and Budapest. Hope we get to see you again on our tours. Travel safe!!
Fantastic tour; knowledgeable, nice and patient historian guide! Wonderful off the beaten path tour! Should not be missed
We're so glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the wonderful plug. We feel very proud to work with so many terrific local historians like your guide, Martin. Hope to see you again on Insight Cities tours in Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Salzburg or (if you miss Europe but don't want to get on a plane) our new live stream tours!
