Come Fly With Me Over the Brandenburg Gate
Film Workshop and Visit to the Exhibition Another Country. Jewish in the GDR
Actress and director Esther Zimmering, born 1977 in Potsdam, has directed a short documentary about her family for the exhibition Another Country. Jewish in the GDR: Come Fly With Me Over the Brandenburg Gate explores unfamiliar and untold family stories in a conversation between the generations, and at the same time poses the question of individual Jewish identity and belonging in the GDR – between the politics and private life, ideal and reality.
Past event
Where
Old Building, level 1, Education Room
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
Esther Zimmering’s grandfather Josef Zimmering was a committed communist. He returned from emigration in England in 1946 and became a respected diplomat in the GDR. With the fall of the wall, his granddaughter went in search of her Jewish family history, discovered relatives in Israel, and in 2018 directed her first documentary film, Swimming Pool on the Golan.
Esther Zimmering’s family history is also central to this film workshop. Her short film will be supplemented by additional materials from private collections. When you walk through the exhibition, for example, you will discover Josef and Lizzi Zimmering’s travel chest from 1946. Esther Zimmering will attend the workshop.
Komm, wir fliegen übers Brandenburger Tor! (“Come fly with me over the Brandenburg Gate!”), director: Esther Zimmering; Jewish Museum Berlin 2023
Exhibition Another Country. Jewish in the GDR: Features & Programs
- Exhibition Webpage
- Another Country. Jewish in the GDR: 8 Sep 2023 to 14 Jan 2024
- Publications
- Another Country. Jewish in the GDR: Catalog accompanying the exhibition, English edition, 2023
- Ein anderes Land. Jüdisch in der DDR: Catalog accompanying the exhibition, German edition, 2023
- Digital Content
- Voices from the GDR: Twelve short film interviews with Jewish perspectives on life and the political system, 2023, in German with English subtitles
- Come Fly With Me Over the Brandenburg Gate: A documentary by Esther Zimmering, in German
- Singled Out and Viewed Suspiciously: Jews in the GDR: Abridged version of Annette Leo’s contribution to the exhibition catalog, 2023
- Jewish in the GDR. A Road Trip with Marion and Lena Brasch: A podcast by Deutschlandfunk Kultur in cooperation with the Jewish Museum Berlin, six episodes, 2023, in German
- Jewish Local History of the GDR: Information about the communities in Dresden, Erfurt, Halle, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Chemnitz and Schwerin on Jewish Places
- City Walk Berlin-East: Tour with Jewish Places from the New Synagogue to the kosher butcher’s shop, school participation project 2022/23
- Soundtrack of the Exhibition: Playlist on Spotify
- See also
- East Germany
