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FUR THER AFIELD 105
e Anne Frank
Zentrum
Rosenthaler Straße 39. Tel (030) 288
86 56 00. Weinmeisterstraße.
Hackescher Markt. Open 10am–
6pm Tue–Sun. & ∑ annefrank.de
Anne Frank’s short life and her
diary are at the heart of this
interactive exhibition, which
connects history to the present
day. Visitors are encouraged to
The elegant Neo-Classical façade of Schloß Tegel reflect on their own views
through listening to young
family tomb, also designed by eventually demolished in 1958. people from Berlin discussing
Schinkel. The tomb contains Reconstruction was completed the issues that occupied Anne
a copy of a splendid sculpture in 1995. Public exhibitions by Frank, such as identity, values,
by Bertel Thorwaldsen. The the Centrum Judaicum are held war and discrimination.
original piece stands inside in the front of the building.
the SchloßTegel. r Prenzlauer Berg
w Brecht-Weigel-
Sammlung Industrielle Gestaltung:
Gedenkstätte Kulturbrauerei entrance, Knaack-
Brecht-Weigel Memorial straße 97. Tel (030) 473 77 79 40.
Senefelderplatz or Eberswalder-
Chausseestraße 125. Tel (030) 200 57 straße. Open phone ahead to check.
18 44. Naturkunde Museum or
Oranienburger Tor. @ 142. v M5,
M6, M8, 12. 8 compulsory. Every half Towards the end of the 19th
hour (every hour on Sun). 10–11:30am century, this was one of the
& 2–3:30pm Tue; 10–11:30am Wed & most impoverished, densely
Fri; 10–11:30am & 4–6:30pm Thu; populated districts of Berlin,
10am–noon & 1–3:30pm Sat; 11am– which became a centre for anti-
6pm Sun. Closed Mon, public Communist opposition.
holidays. & After 1989, however, artists,
professionals and students
The Neue Synagoge Berlin, with its Playwright Bertolt Brecht was began to arrive from all parts of
splendidly reconstructed dome associated with Berlin from 1920, Germany and Europe, creating a
but emigrated in 1933. After the colourful, vibrant community.
q Neue Synagoge war, his left-wing views made him Schönhauser Allee is the main
Berlin – Centrum an attractive potential resident thoroughfare. A former old
of the newly created German brewery was transformed into
Judaicum socialist state. Lured by the the “Kulturbrauerei”, a centre for
New Synagogue Berlin – promise of his own theatre, he cultural events. It also houses the
Jewish Centre returned to Berlin in 1948 with his Museum in der Kulturbrauerei
Oranienburger Straße 30. Tel (030) wife, the actress Helene Weigel. with a permanent exhibition
880 28 300. Oranienburger Straße. In 1953, Brecht moved into ‘Alltag in der DDR’ (Everyday
v M1, M6. Open daily (the dome can this house and lived here until in the GDR) showcasing
only be climbed Apr–Sep). & ^ his death in 1956. His wife everyday items used in former
founded an archive of his work, East Germany.
Construction of the synagogue, which is on the second floor. Heading along Sredzkistraße
begun in 1859 by architect you reach Husemannstraße.
Eduard Knoblauch, was finished This beautifully renovated street
in 1866. The design was a complete with shops and inns
response to the asymmetrical gives the impression of Berlin
plot of land, with a narrow façade around the year 1900. Amid
flanked by a pair of towers and the greenery around Belforter
crowned with a gilded dome. Straße is a water tower built in
This was Berlin’s largest the mid-19th century. Nearby,
synagogue until it was partially on Schönhauser Allee, there is
destroyed during the infamous an old Jewish cemetery dating
Kristallnacht in 1938. It was from 1827. Among those buried
further damaged by Allied Bertolt Brecht’s study in his here is the renowned painter
bombing in 1943 and was former apartment Max Liebermann.
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