Miriam and Gad Beck

A tour of the old Jewish quarter, which despite the devastation of the Nazi era, is now home to a revitalised Jewish community.

Marvel at the domes of the New Synagogue, built in the 1860s and today a symbol of the community's regeneration; and see the Old Cemetery site on Grosse Hamburger Strasse, final resting place of Moses Mendelssohn, known as the "German Socrates" and father of modern Reform Judaism.

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Discover where heroic opposition to Nazi persecution took place: find out where Otto Weidt, Berlin's own 'Schindler' ran his workshop, helping to save many lives; and see the memorial on Rosenstrasse where the successful Women's Protest of 1943 took place (releasing, among others, Gad Beck – see photo).

We explain how the community is rebuilding itself today - see the new Jewish School and end the tour at an active synagogue (close to the New Synagogue).