15 eN Jewish life in Berlin has a long tradition which stretches well back to the 13th century The expulsion and annihilation of European Jews under the National Socialists destroyed a flourishing Jewish culture in the city Nu merous locations in the borough of Pankow bear testimony to how important Berlin as the centre of modern Jewry was Among the most important histori cal sites of Jewish life is Germany s largest synagogue on Rykestras se 53 Prenzlauer Berg Inaugura ted in 1904 it still stands predomi nantly in its original condition for due to its location in a courtyard it was spared the destruction of the 1938 November Pogrom It also remained the only place of worship for the Jewish community in East Berlin Elaborate completed in the autumn of 2007 An exhibition in the nearby district museum at Prenzlauer Allee 227 tells the story of the school that was located in the street side building of the Neo Romanesque building com plex until it was closed by the Nazis The nearby Jewish cemetery in Schönhauser Allee hosts the resting places of such personalities as Max Liebermann or Leopold Ullstein The so called Judengang Jewish Passa ge at the back of the cemetery can be seen from Kollwitzplatz Somewhat hidden in the courtyard of Schönhauser Allee 162 is a memorial to Auerbach sches Wai senhaus Auerbach s Orphanage a home set up here in 1887 by the teacher Baruch Auerbach A sculp ting by Susanne Ahner commemo rates the Jewish children deported from here under the Nazi regime Jüdisches lebeN iN PreNzlauer berg WeisseNsee uNd PaNKOW JEWISH lIFE IN PRENzlAuER BERG WEISSENSEE AND PANKOW JüDIScHER FRIEDHOF ScHöNHAuSER AllEEAuERBAcHScHES WAISENHAuS Andreas Schmidt tic JüDIScHER FRIEDHOF ScHöNHAuSER AllEE Andreas Schmidt tic Friedel Kantaut tic buchtiPP Jüdisches in Pankow Drei Rundgänge zu 62 Stationen in den heutigen drei Stadtteilen Pankow Prenzlauer Berg und Weißensee führen zu sichtbaren und verborge nen jüdischen Orten im Berliner Nordosten ISBN 978 3 942271 90 5 bOOK recOmmeNdatiON Jewish traces in Pankow Three walking tours to 62 stations through to days three districts Pankow Prenzlauer Berg and Weissensee lead to visible and hidden Jewish sites in North eastern Berlin ISBN 978 3 942271 91 2

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