On the trail of Jewish life in the Badstraßenkiez neighborhood
The city guide Nirit Ben-Joseph goes in search of traces of Jewish life around Badstraße. She focuses on the stories of several Jewish families and their struggle to save their own existence and flee Germany.
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Wohnhaus von Georg Benjamin in der Badstraße 1931-1933.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Gesundbrunnen district of Berlin was not a popular Jewish residential area. Nevertheless, there was a lively and diverse Jewish community with a synagogue, retirement home, hospital and Jewish-run businesses.
The working-class district was home to Orthodox Jews, liberals, communists, industrialists and merchants. Jewish citizens also shaped cultural and social life, for example with the Gartenstadt Atlantic, which housed one of the most important cinema and variety theaters of the time.
In addition to despair, denunciation and murder, the stories are also characterized by mutual help, rescue and new beginnings. Several stumbling stones in the Gesundbrunnen district already commemorate the fates of former Jewish residents.
The city tour will give you further insights into Jewish life in the Badstraßenkiez back then.
Meeting point: Jülicher Straße 14, 13357 Berlin
(TOUR IN GERMAN)
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Dates
July 2025
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