Events in September 2010
Press Invitation
Press Release, Tue 24 Aug 2010
We cordially invite you to these cultural events in September:
From Monument to Miniment
A Tour to Works and Projects by the Sculptor Micha Ullman
It was his memorial to the book burning at Bebelplatz, the underground cubic sculpture entitled "Library" from 1995 that brought Micha Ullman fame. Five years previously, he had created the steel cube entitled "Nobody" that can now be found at the Jewish Museum Berlin. Not far from there, Ullman and two architects brought a Synagogue Memorial Site into being in the courtyard of an office building. "Leaf" is the name of the installation of stone benches overgrown with vegetation. Born in Tel Aviv in 1939 to German emigrants, Micha Ullman – an archaeologist of remembrance – searches for his materials in the pit, in the earth, in empty space.
Following the tour, a discussion with Micha Ullman will be held in the Marienkirche, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 8.
Organized in cooperation with the St. Matthew Foundation and the Mendelssohn Society
When: 5 September 2010, 3, 3.30, and 4 pm
Meeting point: St. Matthäus am Kulturforum
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Cost: 15 euros
Bookings (for non-journalists) on tel +49 (0)30 81 704 726 or reservierung@mendelssohn-remise.de
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Strolls through the City
Through Old Berlin in Search of Traces of Jewish Life
The tour visits places related to the history of Berlin Jews in the 16th century. The stroll through the city passes through three historical districts of Berlin, the Klosterviertel, the Nikolaiviertel, and the Marienviertel. Many of the places of Jewish historical significance have disappeared from the cityscape. Tour participants have the opportunity to compare views of then and now with multimedia guide photos, engravings or paintings of the historical buildings.
When: 12 September 2010, 11 am
Meeting point: U-Bahn station Klosterstrasse, north exit next to the historical U-Bahn train
In Search of Traces of Jewish Life in Southern Friedrichstadt
The city tour through southern Friedrichstadt focuses on the rise to bourgeois society and the considerable contribution of the Jewish population to Berlin becoming a financial and cultural metropolis. Multimedia guides are used for the tour that show what can no longer be seen.
When: 26 September 2010, 11 am
Meeting Point: main entrance, Jewish Museum Berlin
The following applies to city tours:
Bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 587 or a.butzek@jmberlin. Further tours can also be booked on request.
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: 10 euros
W. Michael Blumenthal: Around the World in Eighty Years. My Life
Book Presentation with W. Michael Blumenthal and Michael Naumann
The director of the Jewish Museum Berlin, W. Michael Blumenthal, presents his memoir, a personal record of the first rank. Born in the Weimar Republic, he grew up in Berlin Mitte during the Third Reich and fled the Nazis with his family to the other end of the world, to Shanghai. He emigrated from there to the USA and pursued a career in business and politics, in the State Department under President Kennedy and as Minister of Finance under President Carter amongst other things. In 1997 he followed the call of his hometown and returned to Berlin. The book launch at the Jewish Museum Berlin begins a large reading tour that will lead W. Michael Blumenthal back to his place of birth, Oranienburg.
In cooperation with Propyläen Publishing House
When: 30 September 2010, 7.30 pm
Where: Glass Courtyard, ground level
Admission: free. Admission with seat ticket only.
Bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 488 or reservierung@jmberlin.de
