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.
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.
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?
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WhenTour by appointment
- Duration60 or 90 minutes
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Where
Jewish Museum Berlin
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
See location on map
Cost per group 60 min (without architecture) 35 € for school groups
50 € for adults reduced rate
100 € for adultsCost per group 90 min (including architecture)45 € for school groups
60 € for adults reduced rate
150 € for adultsBooking requestFor groups we offer guided tours on your desired date. Please contact us at least 6 weeks before your desired date for this service via 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, English and German Sign Language. 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.
