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Jüdisches Museum Berlin

From Saturday, 14 March 2020, the Jewish Museum Berlin will be closed to visitors until further notice to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. Thank you for your understanding.

From Saturday, 14 March 2020, the Jewish Museum Berlin will be closed to visitors until further notice to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. Thank you for your understanding.

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From Saturday, 14 March 2020, the Jewish Museum Berlin will be closed to visitors until further notice to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. Thank you for your understanding.

Research Opportunities

In our Reading Room, you can view our materials. Our holdings (library books and selected objects from the collection) are also cataloged for research online! We’ve additionally compiled useful links and link directories.

Can the museum help me research my family history?

You may use our in-house holdings for research purposes. We have also compiled a directory of links to research opportunities for personal and family research and genealogy.

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How can I conduct research using the museum’s archive, collections, and library?

Our Reading Room is open to the public. You can also research using our library’s holdings and some of our collection’s holdings online. To view additional holdings, please contact the responsible curators.

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Online Library Catalogue

(in German)

OPAC

Blogerim: From the Corridors of the Jewish Museum Berlin

Here, staff members of the Jewish Museum Berlin share thoughts and anecdotes from their daily work and topics that move them.

Blog

Reading Room

Opening hours, catalogs, databases, and further information

Information

Leo Baeck Institute Archive in Berlin

Branch of the New York–based Leo Baeck Institute, a Research Archive on German Jewry

information

Online Platform Jewish Places

On the Topography of Jewish Life in Germany
Project duration: from 2018

Project

Our Library

At our Library, you have access to over 65,000 items including about 20,000 from our historical library holdings.

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Websites of Institutions & Initiatives

Testaments to Jewish life and survival; religion & tradition; Jewish life here and today

Recommended Links

Sources for Collection Holdings

In publications of the Berlin Museum (1978 to 1995)

Bibliography

Non-Annotated Link Directories: We’ve compiled thematically relevant links for you. (8)

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We’ve compiled thematically relevant links for you.

Here are various link directories for researching Jewish topics, organized by institution, online format, or subject matter.

Links to Digitized Journals

Here, you'll find digitized reference works, and academic journals, past and present.

Links to Other Libraries and Archives

Click here for other libraries, archives, and broad-ranging search portals for researching Jewish topics.

Links to Research Institutes

This link directory compiles institutes and research centers for Jewish Studies in Europe and Israel.

Links to Other Museums and Memorial Sites

Directory of links to Jewish museums, memorials, and Jewish collections in Germany and worldwide.

Links to Online Magazines

We've compiled links to magazines, newspapers, and blogs on Jewish themes.

Links to Online Projects and Exhibitions

This page lists links to online projects and exhibitions about Jewish history and culture.

Links for Online Research on Jewish Themes

This link directory is a complication of web portals, databases, and other online resources for Jewish history and present-day life.

Family History and Genealogy Research

Links Recommended by our Archive’s Staff