German Democratic Republic (East Germany)

Links to topics that may be of interest to you

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  Another Country

  Jewish in the GDR

  Exhibition
  8 Sep 2023 to 14 Jan 2024

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  ...And Facing the Future? – Jewish History and Stories in the GDR

  A scholarly conference accompanying the exhibition Another Country. Jewish in the GDR (in German)

  Conference
  Wed–Fri 18–20 Oct 2023

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  Singled Out and Viewed Suspiciously: Jews in the GDR

  Abridged version of Annette Leo’s contribution to the exhibition catalog Another Country. Jewish in the GDR

  Essay
  2023

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  Another Country. Jewish in the GDR

  Catalog accompanying the exhibition

  Publication
  2023

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  Voices from the GDR

  Jewish perspectives on life and the political system

  Online Feature
  2023

• Jewish Local History of the GDR on Jewish Places

  Information about the communities in Dresden, Erfurt, Halle, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Chemnitz and Schwerin

  Online Project
  2023

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  Your Stories Are Important to Us!

  Call for Collection Items: “Jews in the GDR”

  Call for Collection Items
  2022

• Objects on the Subject GDR

  (in German)

  Online Collections

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  “The East-West divide is still in place to this day.”

  Irene Runge on Jewish Life in Berlin

  Interview
  2021

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  “Service Card”

  Martin Riesenburger became chief rabbi of the Jewish communities in East Germany in 1961

  From Our Holdings

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  The Jewish Cultural Center in Berlin, 1990 – 2010

  Ulrike Neuwirth on the coalition of Jews living in the GDR

  Essay
  2015

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  Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)

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  After 1945