This private guided 3-hour history tour will be covering the main sites of Berlin’s 19th and 20th century Jewish history and the districts of Spandauer Vorstadt and Scheunenviertel (known as the ‘Barn Quarter’) in Berlin-Mitte.

Take in the graceful avenue Oranienburger Straße, where the magnificent New Synagoge was erected in 1866. Taking in the graceful avenue, Oranienburger Straße, where the magnificent New Synagoge was erected in 1866, you learn not only of the conflicts between German Jews and Non-Jews but of tensions between the mostly assimilated German Jewry and the so-called Eastern Jews (‘Ostjuden’) who filled Berlin in the 1920s after fleeing dramatic anti-Jewish violence in their homelands.

The tour route is flexible and can be customized upon your request.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔  Private tour
✔  The tour route is flexible and can be customized upon your request
✔  3-hour private guided tour of Berlin in the company of a Jewish Studies scholar
✖  Food and drinks
✖  Gratuities
Departure & Return
Departure:  , Berlin

Please meet your guide outside Hackescher Hof Restaurant & Café, Rosenthaler Str. 40/41, 10178 Berlin.

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Itinerary
1
Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum Your walk begins at the remaining foundations of the so-called Old Synagogue, where your guide, a Jewish Studies scholar, helps you to grasp the challenges faced by German Jews during the middle ages and renaissance and to appreciate the rich cultural life developed by Berlin’s Jewish community in spite of their vulnerable status.

Duration:  30 minutes

2
Auguststrasse was once alive with Jewish institutions, for just one example the Jewish Girls’ School undertaken between 1927 and 1928. The school building, located at Auguststraße 11-13, is historical monument built by architect Alexander Beer, characterised by the New Objectivity style. Today it is home to an exhibit hall and a coffee shop that are well worth a visit.

Duration:  20 minutes

3
Die Hackeschen Hoefe A vibrant Jewish community developed around Hackescher Markt, where we take in the graceful architecture and stories of German Jewish life on Spandauer Vorstadt and Scheunenviertel (known as the “Barn Quarter”) in Berlin-Mitte.

Duration:  20 minutes

4
Block der Frauen The moving memorial is dedicated to the was sustained protest demonstrations by the non-Jewish wives and relatives of Jewish men who had been arrested by the Nazis and targeted for deportation.

Duration:  20 minutes

5
The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Designed by architect Peter Eisenman, you will have a personal experience of passing through the sobering labyrinth of 2711 concrete slabs meant to represent Germany's acknowledgment of the Holocaust.

Duration:  20 minutes

Additional info
•  Public transportation options are available nearby
•  Suitable for all physical fitness levels
•  Your tour guides are expert local historians and enthusiastic hosts who love helping travelers delve deeper into Berlin's sites and history.
•  The tour route is flexible and can be customized upon your request
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Price:
From $415
Ticket:
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
duration:
3 hours
Guide in:
English   
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