Self-testimonies of Emigration and Exile
Reading with Maria Schrader und Ulrich Matthes as part of the “Days of Exile Berlin 2023” (in German)
World map in which Lilli Grünebaum drew the route of the M.S. Oakland from Hamburg to Los Angeles, Atlantic May – July 1939, paper, ink, 21.2 x 11.5 cm; Jewish Museum Berlin, inv. no. 2017/4/93, donation of Peter Gray
The archive of the Jewish Museum Berlin contains numerous documents testifying to the forced emigration and exile of German Jews during the Nazi era: Poems, diaries, letters and songs, donated by German-Jewish emigrants and their descendants from all over the world.
recording available
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
In a varied program, Maria Schrader and Ulrich Matthes present voices and documents from the rich collection, accompanied by descriptions of individual biographies and fates.
The event is part of the “Days of Exile Berlin 2023,” in which many Berlin institutions are participating. In cooperation with the Körber Foundation and the Foundation Exilmuseum Berlin.
