Educational Program and Guided Tours in January and February 2011

Educational Program Surrounding the Special Exhibition "Forced Labor. The Germans, the Forced Laborers, and the War"

In the Tracks of Forced Laborers

Project day on Nazi Forced Labor in Berlin 1939-1945

For Adults and School Groups from Grade 9

The day commences with a tour through the Libeskind Building and a visit to the special exhibition "Forced Labor." In the afternoon, the group visits Berlin’s last largely preserved forced labor camp in Schöneweide. Alongside Italian military internees and Italian civilian workers, concentration camp prisoners and other forced laborers of different nationalities could be found here.

A cooperation with the Documentation Center for Nazi Forced Labor in Berlin Schöneweide

When: by appointment

Duration: 10 am to 4.30 pm

Cost: 3 € per head including admission fee for school students; 60 € flat rate for adult groups plus reduced admission fee of 2 € per head

Forced Laborers and Work Slaves

Tour for Adults and School Groups from Grade 9

"The Poles wore a P, the Jews a six-pointed star, and we were given OST on a sort of rag … OST for workers from the east…" reports Olga D. from her time as a forced laborer. The chronological tour through the exhibition shows how differently the various groups of forced laborers were treated, which work they had to do, the living conditions they had to endure, and the "broken life paths" that resulted.

When: by appointment

Duration: 1 hour

Cost: 2.75 € per head including admission fee for school students; 60 € flat rate for adult groups plus reduced admission fee of 2 € per head

Work as Loot: Forced Labor in the Nazi Era

Workshop for School Groups from Grade 9

The workshop focuses on the relationships between forced laborers on the one side and perpetrators, accomplices, and bystanders on the other and tries to fathom the scope for action the different sides had. The students work in small groups on an exhibit and present their findings to the class.

A cooperation with the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation

When: by appointment

Where: Old Building, first level, Education Room

Duration: 2 hours

Cost: 3 € including admission fee

Bookings (for non-journalists) for the program surrounding the special exhibition "Forced Labor" on tel. +49 (0)30 259 93 305, fax -412 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

Educational Program

Roots Germania

Film Showing followed by Discussion for School Students from Grade 9

Everything began with a brutal hate song by the neo-Nazi band "White Aryan Rebels" which threatened the life of the black German Mo Asumang: "This bullet is for you, Mo Asumang."The Nazi poison effected Mo like a motor that took her across Germany and all the way to Africa. This was the inspiration for Mo Asumang’s first film in which she explored in discussions with neo-Nazis, scientists, and families how prejudice, hate, and fear arise.

Following the showing of "Roots Germania," the film director will discuss history, integration, and right-wing extremism with the audience.

When: 21 January 2011, 10 am

Duration: 2 hours

Where: Old Building, ground level, Auditorium

Admission: free

Registration (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

Guided Tours

Public Tours for Adults

The following tours will take place in the months of January and February:

Saturdays

11 am Jewish Life and Traditions

3 pm Through the Museum in Seven League Boots

Sundays

11 am Jewish Life and Traditions

2 pm Forced Laborers and Work Slaves (only in January)

3 pm Through the Museum in Seven League Boots

Mondays

6 pm Through the Museum in Seven League Boots

The following applies to public tours for adults:

Duration: approx. 1 hour

Price: 3 € plus admission fee (5 €, reduced rate 2.50 €; for special exhibitions 4 €, reduced rate 2 euros)

Please gather at the "Meeting Point" in the foyer on ground level of the Old Building.

Further information and tour bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25 993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

Public Tours for Children

Halakah and Braided Bread – What goes into the Shabbat-Basket?

Children’s Tour through the Permanent Exhibition

How did a Jewish merchant live 300 years ago? What did she pack in her suitcase when she went traveling? A prayer book, clothes, or even a mobile phone? On this stroll through the exhibition, our young visitors look at Jewish traditions and how they have changed in the course of the centuries. They have fun experiencing how it feels to wear a kippah, admire a real scroll, and sniff a besamim box full of spices.

When: 2 January 2011 and 6 February 2011, 11 am

Duration: approx. 1 hour

The Crazy Crooked House.

Daniel Libeskind For Children

Why are the walls at the Jewish Museum Berlin at a slant? Why does a staircase lead to nowhere? Why don’t flowers blossom in the garden? Tailored to their age group, our young visitors receive a fun introduction to the architecture of Daniel Libeskind. Afterwards they can design their very own crazy fantasy house with building blocks, cardboard, paper, and other handcraft materials.

When: 16 January 2011 and 20 February 2011, 11 am

3 February 2011, 11 am

Duration: approx. 2 hours

Moses or Harry Potter – What does it take to make a hero?

Tour for Children aged 6 to 12

Heroes are brave and clever. Are they always? An exhibition on the children’s island explores this question. The little detectives consider both the heroes of Jewish history and their personal 21st century heroes as together, we think about what makes a hero for us.

When: 1 February 2011, 11 am

Duration: 1 hour

The following applies to all public tours for children:

Price: 3 € including admission and handicraft materials

Please gather at the "Meeting Point" in the foyer on ground level of the Old Building.

Further information and tour bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25 993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de.

For vacation bookings: +49 (0)30 25 993 322 or ferienprogramm@jmberlin.de