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Detail from an oil painting: portrait of Moses Mendelssohn in half profile, the eyes are directed at the viewer, the left eye is highlighted by a red frame

Immortal Things – “Loving Beauty”

Accompanying program to the exhibition “We dreamed of nothing but Enlightenment” – Moses Mendelssohn”

Since 2020, the Berlin Mendelssohn Society has been counting down to the great Jewish philosopher and Enlightenment thinker’s 300th birthday on 6 September 2029. On the occasion of the current exhibition “We dreamed of nothing but Enlightenment”, the Jewish Museum Berlin joins the Mendelssohn Society’s celebrations for his 293rd birthday .

Past event

Where

Monument marking Moses Mendelssohn’s former home
off-site: Spandauer Straße, Berlin-Mitte / corner of Karl Liebknecht-Straße

A reading by actor Burghart Klaußner will honor the place that forever connects the thinker who “achieved immortal things” to Berlin: It will be held in front of his former home on Spandauer Strasse in Berlin-Mitte, where a monument by Micha Ullman and a memorial plaque commemorate Moses Mendelssohn today. The duo Clariac, with Christine Pate on the accordion and Matthias Badczong on the clarinet, will provide the musical accompaniment to the jour fixe on Mendelssohn’s birthday with works by George Frideric Handel and others.

In cooperation with the Mendelssohn Society and St. Matthew Foundation.

Events Pro­gram by the Mendels­sohn-Gesell­schaft

In addi­tion to the Jewish Mu­seum Berlin's pro­grams, the Mendels­sohn-Gesell­schaft is orga­nizing events accom­panying the exhi­bition. More infor­mation and regis­tration here

Where, when, what?

  • When Tue 6 Sep 2022, 6 pm
  • Where Monument marking Moses Mendelssohn’s former home

    off-site: Spandauer Straße, Berlin-Mitte / corner of Karl Liebknecht-Straße

    See location on map
  • Entry fee

    Free of charge

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Events accompanying the exhibition: “We dreamed of nothing but Enlightenment” – Moses Mendelssohn (11)