Christmas and New Year's Eve in Berlin
21 12 2007I have been to
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Categories : Berlin Art & Culture, Berlin religion, Berlin Weather & Atmosphere
Categories : Berlin Art & Culture, Berlin religion, Berlin Weather & Atmosphere
Jewish life in Berlin today
19 12 2007According to official German websites, the Jewish population in Germany has tripled in the past decade, especially thanks to a large wave of immigration from past Soviet countries, but is still only one fifth of what it used to be before the Second World War. The Jewish community (at least the registered one) in Berlin is the largest in Germany, more than 12,000 people.
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Categories : Berlin Art & Culture, Berlin Jewish Sites, Berlin religion
Neue Synagogue in Oranienburger Strasse
17 12 2007The synagogue on Oranienburger Strasse 28-30 was opened in 1866, then the largest synagogue in Germany, with 3,200 seats. Otto von Bismarck was present at its inauguration. It is located in what was back then a large Jewish district, and now is a very popular spot, crowded with pubs, cafes and restaurants.
Categories : Berlin History, Berlin Jewish Sites, Berlin religion
Jewish Museum Berlin
15 12 2007The Jewish Museum in Berlin is a very impressive museum. The building itself, designed by the famous American architect Daniel Libeskind, is something worth seeing. The permanent exhibition is interesting, some parts of it very impressive, even overwhelming. And as if that’s not enough, they also present excellent special (changing) exhibitions.
Categories : Berlin Art & Culture, Berlin Jewish Sites, Berlin Tourist Attractions, Israel - Germany
Some more Holocaust related memorials
5 12 2007The Missing House: A work by Christian Boltanski, from 1990, located on Grosse Hamburger Strasse, across the street from the Jewish School, not very far from the New Synagogue on Oranienburger Strasse. The missing building was destroyed in WW2. Some of its former residents were Jews. Boltanski constructed there “a memorial space dedicated to absence”. The signs on the walls indicate the names, dates of birth and death and profession of the former residents.
Categories : Berlin History, Berlin Jewish Sites, Berlin Memorials
"Places of Remembrance" in the Bavarian Quarter
3 12 2007The memorial “Places of Remembrance”, created by the artist Renata Stih and the art historian Frieder Schnock, consists of 80 street signs, presenting anti-Jewish laws and regulations under Nazi rule. One side of each such sign shows a picture, the other a piece of anti-Jewish legislation.
Categories : Berlin Art & Culture, Berlin History, Berlin Jewish Sites, Berlin Memorials
The Sachsenhausen concentration camp
1 12 2007The Sachsenhausen concentration camp is located some 35 kilometers from Berlin, in Oranienburg. You get there by taking the S1 from Berlin to Oranienburg central station, and from there taking bus line 804 directly to the place.
Categories : Berlin History, Berlin Memorials
