Another Country. Jewish in the GDR

Between an antifascist self-image and a socialist utopia, between hope and frustration, between the lived experience of being Jewish and the search for individual identity: the Another Country exhibition looks at Jewish experiences in the GDR. Through interviews, personal items, art, literature and film, it tells the story of the diversity and contradictory nature of Jewish life in the east of Germany – both within and beyond the eventual eight Jewish congregations in the GDR.

Individual cinematic portraits widen the perspective to include the present day. These allow the exhibition to give the people themselves a voice while simultaneously raising questions about aspiration and reality, affiliations and assumptions. Explore a part of German post-war history that has previously been paid little attention, and join in the discussion!