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German Jews’ Reactions to National Socialism

“The Museum Made Easy: Catastrophe”. A Workshop in Plain Language (in German)

The Jewish Museum Berlin’s core exhibition tells the history of German Jews and shows how they live today.

We developed the “Museum Made Easy: Catastrophe”  in collaboration with young people from the Biesalski School, a special-needs school in Berlin. National Socialism is a difficult topic. We need time for it.
 

by appointment

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin

Where

Jewish Museum Berlin
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin

Where, when, what?

Basic Information

  • We work around the wishes and needs of each group.
  • “The Museum Made Easy:” takes 3 hours (including a break).  
  • The workshop is led by 2 guides.
     

Overview 

The workshop consists of several parts:

  • Part 1: Arrival and introduction
  • Part 2: Visit to the exhibition
  • Part 3: Learn about the content through a practical activity


Example

  • First, you get to know us and the museum’s buildings. Then we talk about the National Socialist era. In the exhibition, we look at antisemitic laws. These are laws against Jewish people.
  • Many Jewish people fled Germany. They went to other countries and looked for a new home there. The countries where they found refuge are called “exile.” In the museum, there is a “Garden of Exile.” We explore this garden and create our own picture of it from photos and text.
  • In between, we take a long break together. Please bring something to eat with you. 

Jewish Museum Berlin; photo: Francesca Togna

The picture shows three teenagers, one of them using a wheel chair. They are squeezed in between blocks of concrete and looking upwards.

Jewish Museum Berlin; photo: Francesca Togna
A pair of hands feeling a model of a synagogue

Accessibility at the Jewish Museum Berlin: An overview

General Information

Tours & Workshops

  • JMB App: Including audio tours, German plain language, German Sign Language, optimized for screen readers, features touching instructions for tactile paintings, and audio texts for reading along
  • Access Program Tours by appointment and with fixed dates

See also

Jewish Places: Information about Jewish sites in Easy Read (German)

Where, when, what?

  • WhenBy appointment
  • Duration3 hours
  • Where Jewish Museum Berlin
    Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
    See location on map

  • BookingT +49 (0)30 259 93 305 (Mo–Fr, 10 am–4 pm) visit@jmberlin.de 
    Please request at least two months in advance. 

    Cost per group 1 project day: 60 € for school groups, 100 € for groups of adults with reduced rate
     

    Number of participants: Up to 15 persons

    Language: German

    Note“The Museum Made Easy: Catastrophe” is an inclusive program for adults and school groups (grades 10 to 13) who need a calm atmosphere and plain language.
    They are designed for groups of people with learning disabilities, speech impediments, and motor or psychosocial impairments.

Bookable Tours and Workshops: Tours for Adults (15)

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Guided Tours: Access Program (9)

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  • Access Program

    Would you like to visit our permanent exhibition and have special needs? Choose a program from our access offers.

  • Exhibition view: one visitor stands under a sound tube, another sits in a sound bunk

    Judaism Aloud

    An audible and palpable tour for visitors with blindness or limited vision (in German)

    Guided Tour
    Wed 11 Mar + 15 Apr + 6 May + 17 Jun 2026, 3 pm

  • Visualization of an audio track as a waveform (pale red amplitudes on a black background).

    Listening to History. Claude Lanzmann's Interviews on the Holocaust

    An Audio Tour for Blind and Sighted Visitors (in German)

    Guided Tour
    Thu 26 Mar 2026, 3 pm

  • Eine Person betrachtet eine Reihe von der Decke herabhängender langer Banden mit Schrift darauf

    Catastrophe

    Public Tour in German Sign Language (DGS)

    Guided Tour
    Sun 19 Apr 2026, 2 pm

  • Collage: A beige jug with a lid is disassembled into larger individual parts. A black and gold-colored plant tendril grows from an upper part of the jug. A face appears in profile on the right-hand side (as part of the jug).

    Pictures Make People

    A museum visit for people with dementia and their companions (in German)

    Guided Tour
    Thu 12 Mar + Wed 14 Apr + 13 May + 11 Jun 2026, 2 pm

  • Long white paper banners with text hang from the ceiling interrupted by showcases, in the background stands a blonde woman

    Catastrophe

    A guided tour in German sign language

    Guided Tour
    By appointment

  • The picture shows three teenagers, one of them using a wheel chair. They are squeezed in between blocks of concrete and looking upwards.

    German Jews’ Reactions to National Socialism

    “The Museum Made Easy:” Bookable Project Days in Plain Language (in German)

    Workshop
    By appointment

  • A baking sheet with four yeast plaits sprinkled with sesame seeds and poppy seeds.

    The Museum Made Easy

    An inclusive tour in German plain language (for school groups ages 13 to 19)

    Guided Tour
    By appointment

  • Spice boxes designed in the shape of silver flowers.

    Shabbat

    For students ages 11 or older 

    Workshop
    By appointment

  • Exhibition view: one visitor stands under a sound tube, another sits in a sound bunk

    Judaism Aloud

    An audible and palpable tour for visitors with blindness or limited vision

    Guided Tour
    By appointment