Jewish Museum Berlin Photos

The Jewish Museum Berlin (2001) (Lindenstraße 9-14) melds a stunning new building by Daniel Libeskind with a former Baroque courthouse (1735). The museum's content traces the important role Jews played in the life of Berlin and the injustice they faced under the rule of the Nazis.

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See Also:	Museums of Berlin Berlin New Synagogue German Resistance Memorial Center, Berlin Berlin History Sites


Jewish Museum Berlin streetview. Berlin, Germany.	Jewish Museum Berlin (2001) (Lindenstraße 9-14). Berlin, Germany. Architect: Daniel Libeskind.	Libeskind's facade decoration for Jewish Museum Berlin building. Berlin, Germany.	Looking out diagonal window at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Light plays of metal cladding of Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Baroque & modern architecture of Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Juxtaposition of modern structure & former Baroque court both now used for Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Liebeskind glass atrium between wings of old Baroque building at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Old Baroque building (1735) (former supreme & superior courts) now serves as entrance for Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany. Architect: Philipp Gerlach.	Old baroque building reconstructed (1963-9) under architect Günter Hönow to house Berlin Museum but now used by Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Jewish Museum Berlin square column planters of Garden of Exile. Berlin, Germany.	Garden of Exile consists of square column planters growing olive willows on a slanted floor at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Garden of Exile designed to disorient like real act of exile at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Diagonal staircase at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Symbolic corridors of cities of exile versus concentration camps at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Axis of exile cities possible for Jews leading toe WWII at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Axis of exile cities possible for Jews leading toe WWII at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Nazi death camps listed at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Symbolic Holocaust Tower at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Slit window architecture at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Slit window architecture at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Slit window architecture at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Beams across corridors at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Symbolic faces of victims in void at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Fallen Leaves sculpture by Menashe Kadishman symbolizes faces of victims at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Photos of signs forbidding rights of Jews by Nazi regime at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Camera spirited out of Germany (1938) by refugee at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Limit of used silverware that Jewish refugees were allowed to take out of Germany at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Sewing machine of Jewish tailor murdered in Auschwitz at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Red Cross forms used to send limited 25-word letters to relatives trapped in Germany during WWII at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Blanket used by citizen of neutral Turkey when imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Self portrait (1930) by Alice Haarburger of Riga who was shot by SS in 1942 at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Clandestine art by Jewish artist Friedrich Taussig found hidden in wall at Theresienstandt Concentration Camp at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Jewish Martyr painting (1920) by Carlo Mense at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Fashion lithograph (1926) by Alice Neumann for Berlin Jewish business at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Beer stein of Jewish fraternity at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Torah shield with symbols of 12 tribes of Israel (1981) by Kurt J. Matzdorf of New York, a Holocaust survivor, at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Street signs of Jewish locations at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Oak calculating table (15thC) from Dinkelsbühl at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Blood-letting graphic (1438-40) from Italy at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Engraving of Jews in traditional costume with prescribed yellow rings (18thC) at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Gallery space at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Fish plates from Shabbat setting at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Silverware from non=practicing Jewish household at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Porcelain dog (1900-20) from Vienna at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Ceramic pitcher (1923-33) by Haël-Werkstätten of Marwitz at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Porcelain cup & saucer with portrait of Isaac Daniel Itzig & his Schöneberg manor in Berlin (c1790) by KPM at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Collection of Jewish family portraits at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Portrait of Joseph Elias Israel (c1830-40) by unknown at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Portrait of Rathenau siblings (c1845) by Leopold Bendix at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Portrait of Manheimer family (1850) by Julius Moser at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Self portrait with son (1922) by Eugen Spiro at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Portrait of Hahn Sisters (1932) by Sabine Lepsius at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Army helmet from King Augustus Guard (c1897) issued to Jewish soldier at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Model of Mosse publishing house in Berlin with Art Moderne extension (1921-3) by Erich Mendelsohn at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Bust of Albert Einstein (1925) by Harald Isenstein at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Letter (1941) by Albert Einstein recommending U.S. Visa for Paula Lindberg-Salomen at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Display of noted German writers & artists at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Portrait of Dr. Salomon Ehrmann (1913) by Lasar Krestin at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Self portrait (1912) by Ludwig Meidner at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Self portrait (1929) by Max Liebermann at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Sabbath painting (1927-8) by Jankel Adler of Dusseldorf at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Allegory on Death painting (1937-8) by Frederick Solomonski at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Nazi era sign (1935-7) saying "Jews will not be served here" at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.

Fabric roll with printed yellow Jewish Stars (1941-5) which Jews were required to purchase & sew to clothing in order to appear in public at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.	Timeline of Jewish events in Germany leading up to WWII at Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany.