In 1743, an unaccompanied fourteen-year-old stands at Berlinʼs city gates, desiring entry and a future. He wants to learn, to work, to live. But the restrictive conditions of Prussiaʼs Jewish laws do not provide for equal participation. Human rights do not apply to him as a member of a minority: Moses Mendelssohn, Jew.
Who decides where and how a person can live? And by what right? Has Mendelssohn integrated himself sufficiently in the eyes of the majority society to be accepted as an equal citizen?
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Where
Old Building, ground level, “Meeting Point” in the Glass Courtyard
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
Using Mendelssohnʼs biography and debates from the time, you will learn various perspectives on the topics of belonging and equality, power and conscience.
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Events accompanying the exhibition: “We dreamed of nothing but Enlightenment” – Moses Mendelssohn (11)