Private Berlin Jewish Tour with a Local Expert Guide - Jewish Culture & Heritage

Berlin, DE

Highlights

  • Uncover Berlin's Jewish history on a private walking tour
  • See historic sights like New Synagogue and Jewish cemetery
  • Visit the Rosenstrasse memorial and hear about the 'Miracle of Rosenstrasse'
  • Explore the courtyards of Heckmann Höffe, once a Jewish residential quarter
  • Discover Dead Chicken Alley and learn about Otto Weidt's heroic actions

Meeting Point

Across from Senefelder Platz U2 station)

Meeting point

Schönhauser Allee 19, 10435 Berlin , Germany

End point

What to expect

1

Berlin

At the beginning you will meet your guide at the chosen time, and start things off discovering the city’s famous and lesser-known Jewish landmarks. If there’s something you are more interested to see, let your guide know and we will change your itinerary to suit all of your interests. Witness the epic ‘Miracle of Rosenstrasse’ memorial on Rosenstrasse: a statue which is dedicated to a brave protest by non-Jewish women against the Nazis’ detainment of their Jewish husbands in 1943.

Duration 10 minutes
2

Berlin

Explore the Hackescher Markt, part of Berlin’s original Jewish quarter, and see what is left from the first Jewish cemetery. You can all the questions about Berlin’s Jewish past at any time you need an answer. Visit the site of the Old Synagogue and after that you will acquaint yourself to the New Synagogue, a magnificent building which was restored to its former glory by restoration during the 1980s. Make a visit to Heckmann Höffe, a courtyard complex and former Jewish residential area, and pass by Clärchen's Ballhaus, a now-restored ballroom where people of 1920s were spending their nightlife. Your last stop will be Dead Chicken Alley, a passageway known for its street art and Jewish history. Feel the winds of history blowing through the glens at Otto Weidt, whose broom-making workship here helped protect Jewish workers during the 1940s. After all of that you may consider yourself invited to the adventure of a lifetime.

Duration 10 minutes
3

Senefelderplatz

Senefelderplatz – a place where you meet your personal guide.

Duration 10 minutes
4

Alter Judischer Friedhof (Old Jewish Cemetery)

The 2nd oldest Jewish Cemetery with more than 25000 graves from 1827 and 7,5 m wide Judengang at Knaackstrasse. A place where all the important Jewish personalities were to rest.

Duration 30 minutes
5

Denkmal Rosenstraße

A landmark where German women were protesting 5 days in March of 1943 to make their husband free from prison. A historic place which you regret not seeing.

Duration 30 minutes
6

Sinagoga di Rykestrasse

Sinagoga di Rykestrasse today is the largest Synagogue in Germany and 2nd largest in Europe. Spend time wondering around the historic place of Berlin.

Duration 20 minutes
Admission Admission Not Included
7

Memorial Jewish Cemetery

The oldest Jewish Cemetery in Berlin from 1671, closed in 1827. You will for sure want to take pictures at this landmark.

Duration 30 minutes
8

Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum

Discover iconic site of former Synagogue of Ahawas Scholaum and Mogen David Associations. It presents the history of the synagogue and Jewish life in its permanent exhibition.

Duration 20 minutes
9

Denkzeichen Modezentrum Hausvogteiplatz

There is hardly any other place in Berlin where the success of Jewish merchants and the suffering of the Jewish population in Germany are as close together as at Hausvogteiplatz.

Duration 20 minutes
10

The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Memorial for 6 million murdered Jews of Europe - 2711 grey stone slabs from 2005. A landmark where the Wall once stood near Brandenburg Gate, is Berlin's stunning monument to the Holocaust, dedicated to the Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide of World War II. Impressive in its awesome grey soberness, rather than somberness, a must see stop.

Duration 30 minutes

Additional Information

  • Additional information
    Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Additional information
    Participants should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

What our experts say

  • icon
    Grab a coffee at Cafe Einstein nearby
  • icon
    Visit the Holocaust Memorial after your tour
  • icon
    Check out local street art in Dead Chicken Alley
  • icon
    Consider visiting the Jewish Museum Berlin
  • icon
    Wear comfortable shoes for walking

Select Currency