East-German Jews: Emancipation from History
Panel Discussion with Andre Herzberg, Anetta Kahane, Marion Brasch, and Lara Dämmig (in German)
This panel brings together four prominent eyewitnesses to look back on their experiences of being Jewish in eastern Germany: musician and actor Andre Herzberg; Anetta Kahane, author and founder of the Amadeu Antonio Foundation; writer and journalist Marion Brasch; and Lara Dämmig, author and co-founder of Bet Deborah, a European network for Jewish women.
Their books describe the complexities of their family backgrounds under the weight of history, and their emancipation, from Judaism but also from the restrictions that prevented them from exercising their faith . George Kohler moderates as this younger generation reflects on the everyday realities of their parents’ generation, not least their ambivalent relationship to Israel.
Past event
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
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Anetta Kahane; photo: Peter van Heesen
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André Herzberg; photo: Lutz Müller Bohlen
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Larissa Dämmig, photo: Sharon Adler
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Marion Brasch; photo: Holmsohn
The panel is organized in cooperation with the DFG Emancipation after Emancipation Networking Group. Jewish Literature, Philosophy and History from 1900 to the Present (Universities of Augsburg and Bar Ilan).
Exhibition Another Country. Jewish in the GDR: Features & Programs
- Exhibition Webpage
- Another Country. Jewish in the GDR: 8 Sep 2023 to 14 Jan 2024
- Publications
- Another Country. Jewish in the GDR: Catalog accompanying the exhibition, English edition, 2023
- Ein anderes Land. Jüdisch in der DDR: Catalog accompanying the exhibition, German edition, 2023
- Digital Content
- Voices from the GDR: Twelve short film interviews with Jewish perspectives on life and the political system, 2023, in German with English subtitles
- Come Fly With Me Over the Brandenburg Gate: A documentary by Esther Zimmering, in German
- Singled Out and Viewed Suspiciously: Jews in the GDR: Abridged version of Annette Leo’s contribution to the exhibition catalog, 2023
- Jewish in the GDR. A Road Trip with Marion and Lena Brasch: A podcast by Deutschlandfunk Kultur in cooperation with the Jewish Museum Berlin, six episodes, 2023, in German
- Jewish Local History of the GDR: Information about the communities in Dresden, Erfurt, Halle, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Chemnitz and Schwerin on Jewish Places
- City Walk Berlin-East: Tour with Jewish Places from the New Synagogue to the kosher butcher’s shop, school participation project 2022/23
- Soundtrack of the Exhibition: Playlist on Spotify
- See also
- East Germany
