Catastrophe

Guided Tour

This tour presents the core exhibition with a focus on the historical epoch room Catastrophe. An introduction to the museum building’s iconic architecture is part of this exhibition tour.

Hundreds of decrees and measures were issued against Jews between 1933 and 1945. Printed on large flags suspended from the ceiling, they form an installation that makes the extent, completeness, and perfidy of the Nazi regime’s bureaucratically decreed Antisemitism spatially perceptible. Opposite it is a map projection that spatially and temporally pinpoints violent attacks on Jewish people, shops, and community facilities, thus showing another central aspect of persecution.

Past event

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin

Where

Jewish Museum Berlin
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin

Where, when, what?

Long white paper banners with text hang from the ceiling interrupted by showcases, in the background stands a blonde woman — View of the epoch room Catastrophe; Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Yves Sucksdorff

Exhibits from our family collections illustrate attempts to flee Germany. Striking objects such as “Judensterne” (Jewish Stars), passport photos of Jewish forced laborers from the Berlin firm Ehrich & Graetz, and personal documents allow insights into biographies and raise questions: Why was the escape not always successful? How did Jewish resistance make itself known?

Interactions with the exhibition allow room for individual exploration of the subject and space for group discussions.

Opened album with pictures of the Chicago skyline, a skyscraper and a painted head with feather decoration, and handwritten text — Album for the departure of Margot (1913-2010) and Ernst Rosenthal (1898-1971), Bruno Heidenheim (died 1940), Chemnitz, 1936; Jewish Museum Berlin, donation by Karin and Steve Rosenthal, photo: Roman März

Where, when, what?

WhenTour by appointment
Duration60 or 90 minutes
Where Jewish Museum Berlin
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
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Cost per group60 min (without architecture) 35 € for school groups 50 € for adults reduced rate 70 € for adults 90 min (including architecture) 45 € for school groups 60 € for adults reduced rate 90 € for adults

Cost per group from 1 May 202560 min (without architecture) 35 € for school groups, 50 € for adults reduced rate, 100 € for adults; 90 min (including architecture) 45 € for school groups, 60 € for adults reduced rate, 150 € for adults

Booking requestFor groups we offer guided tours on your desired date. Please contact us at least 4-6 weeks before your desired date for this service. Booking request

ContactT +49 (0)30 259 93 305 (Mon–Fri, 10 am–4 pm) visit@jmberlin.de

Number of participants up to 15

Please noteThis tour is appropriate either for adults or for school groups ages 15 to 19.

Languages We generally offer this tour in German and English. If you would like to request it to be held in French, Italian, Hebrew, or Simple German, please contact us and we will confirm whether this is possible for your desired date and time.