Jewish Museum brings culture and history directly to Brandenburg!

Jewish Museum brings culture and history directly to Brandenburg!

In a moving initiative this brings Jewish Museum Berlin his mobile exhibition and accompanying workshops to Brandenburg. From June 23rd to 27th, the tour bus will stop at schools in Brandenburg an der Havel, Fürstenwalde and Eichwalde. A team of three experienced mediators aims to sensitize students in grades 7 to 12 to the topics of Jewish culture and history.

The content of the mobile exhibition is complex: boxes full of exhibits, informative boards, tablets and other supporting material are brought along. The museum director Hetty Berg emphasizes how important this project is given the increasing approval of anti-Semitic statements in Germany. The current conflicts in the Middle East also contribute to the relevance of the topic. “We want to open up a different view of German history and Jewish culture,” explains Berg.

Insights into Jewish culture

The Jewish Museum has been mobile since June 2007 and has now visited all 16 federal states several times. To date, the mobile museum has reached over 3,200 secondary school classes. An impressive number of 81,300 students actively engaged with the diversity of Jewish culture, religion, history and the present.

The workshop on the topic of anti-Semitism will be particularly exciting. Filmed case studies are used here to trigger a lively discussion among the participants. You have the opportunity to position yourself on the examples and to incorporate your own experiences and ideas into the exchange. The goal is to achieve a change of perspective and promote a deeper understanding of the different forms of representation of anti-Semitism. How the Jewish Museum Berlin emphasizes, the focus is on young people forming their own judgments.

Make a strong statement

The coming months could represent an important turning point for the Jewish Museum and the participating schools. Given the fact that the mobile exhibition tours far beyond the borders of Berlin, it shows a great commitment to keeping the topics surrounding Jewish life in Germany alive. It is the young people of today who shape the society of tomorrow; It is therefore extremely important that they actively deal with these sensitive issues.

The Jewish Museum tour bus brings not only knowledge, but also a piece of history to places where it is often missing. In times when the discourse about anti-Semitism and cultural diversity is becoming more and more relevant, exchange and understanding is even more important. The project continues to be a ray of hope for education and integration in Germany. With a good knack for dialogue and education there is the hope that awareness in society will change sustainably.

For more information about the mobile exhibition, see this article from Daily Mirror.