Conference 17 - 19 October 2009

Transforming Berlin's Urban Space – East European Jewish Migrants in Charlottengrad and the Scheunenviertel, 1918-1939

Since the end of the 19th century, Berlin had been a staging post and a refuge to Jews from Eastern Europe. The migrants settled mainly in Charlottengrad and the Scheunenviertel, making the German capital a center for Jewish culture and at the same time a multicultural cityscape. Their experiences, their perceptions, and their survival strategies in the city are the focus of the conference.

Simultaneous interpretation of the conference proceedings into German, English, and Russian will be available.
Further information and conference program at www.charlottengrad-scheunenviertel.de

A conference organized by the Institute for East European Studies at the Free University of Berlin in collaboration with the Jewish Museum Berlin and the Academic Consortium (Wissenschaftliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft) of the Leo Baeck Institute