6. September 2026 – 15:00 – 17:00
Starting in August and continuing through November, we’ll be offering a themed city walking tour on the first Sunday of every month; you can usually find this tour on the digital map on our website, https://jewishmitteberlin.de.
What was everyday life like in the Scheunenviertel? Where did the famous poet Mascha Kaléko live in the Scheunenviertel? What kinds of synagogues and Jewish religious institutions were there in Berlin Mitte? Why did a pogrom take place in the heart of Berlin 10 years before the Nazi dictatorship? You’ll find answers to these and many other questions on our guided tours!
During the Weimar Republic, the poet Mascha Kaléko was a rising star in Berlin’s literary scene until the Nazi regime brought her young career to an end. Born on June 7, 1907, in Galicia, she came to Germany with her parents as a war refugee and lived in Berlin’s Scheunenviertel neighborhood starting in 1918. Mascha initially worked as a secretary at the Jewish Community’s Workers’ Welfare Office at Auguststraße 17, where she met her first husband, Saul Kaléko.
In her poems, Mascha Kaléko captured the cheerful yet melancholic mood of 1920s Berlin like few others. What is less well known is that she spent her early years in Berlin in the Scheunenviertel. She arrived as a child with her family, who, like many other Jews from Eastern and Central Europe, had fled before World War I. She attended the Jewish girls’ school there and later worked in social welfare institutions in the area. This walking tour highlights the places and people that shaped this phase of her life.
Septmeber 6 | 3:00 p.m.
City walk/Guided Tour
Starting point: In front of the New Synagogue Berlin
Registration required!
