Culture

On November 26, 1986, the "Jewish Department" of the Berlin Museum opened three exhibition rooms in the Martin-Gropius-Bau. Until 1998, permanent and temporary exhibitions on the history and culture of Berlin Jews are shown here.

The upper middle-class villa directly on the Eilenriede city park was built in 1903-1906 for Siegmund Seligmann (1853-1925), the Jewish director of Continental AG, and his family. Since joining the company in 1876, Seligmann had turned the "Continental Caoutchouc- und Gutta-Percha-Compagnie" into a global enterprise in just a few decades. In 1921 he was honored with an honorary doctorate from the Technical University, and in 1923 he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Hanover.

The Blue House is a memorial and educational site for the history of the Jews on the Upper Rhine. Events and educational offerings at the authentic site recall the life of Jewish communities, the coexistence of Christians and Jews, as well as the violent end during the Nazi dictatorship in 1940 and establish contemporary references.

The Rabbinical Museum Braunsbach shows the eventful history of the Jewish community of Braunsbach as an integral part of local history as well as the history of the local rabbinical district. It informs in an interactive way about the coexistence, togetherness and antagonism of Jews and Christians during approx. 350 years, from approx. 1600 to 1942. Furthermore, the renewed rapprochement between the Christian population of Braunsbach and the descendants of the former Jewish fellow citizens after the end of the Second World War is presented and still exists today.

The initiative "Jewish in Attendorn" deals with the history of the former Jewish community in the Hanseatic city of Attendorn. In 2018, the extensive series of events "Shalom 2018" took place in Attendorn.

The Rashi House, which is used today among other things as a city archive and Jewish Museum, dates back in its origins to the late Middle Ages. Originally it served the Jewish community of Worms as a community center, among other things as a hospital, dance and teaching house, as well as a home for the elderly. Walls from the first building have been preserved in the cellar vaults.