550,000 euros for the Jewish museum: a sign against anti -Semitism!

550,000 euros for the Jewish museum: a sign against anti -Semitism!

In a significant announcement, on June 30, 2025, Minister of Culture Wolfram Weimer spoke out for greater promotion of Jewish culture in Germany during his inaugural visit to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The museum, which receives additional funds of around 550,000 euros this year, is thus supported with a total of 24.5 million euros from the federal cultural budget. This sum comprises around 550,000 euros more than in the previous year, which makes the federal government clear despite the latent financial bottlenecks. Weimer emphasized the need to create visible places of Jewish life and to strengthen the museum as a bulwark against anti -Semitism. According to the Jewish general, there is an important appreciation of the contribution of Jewish life in Germany.

The Jewish Museum Berlin not only acts as a place of remembrance, but also as a lively place in the exchange and research. The Jewish Museum Berlin Foundation has the task of exploring and conveying Jewish life in Germany. In 2024, more than 650,000 people visited the museum, which underlines the importance and attractiveness of this institution. The foundation is funded annually with around 24 million euros from the cultural and media budget, a sum that serves, for example, to finance exhibitions, educational projects and cultural events. The [Kulturstiftung] (https://kulturstiftung.org/teitsstrahl/juedische-leben-in-Deutschland) also highlight this background.

The role of the museum

The Jewish Museum Berlin, which opened on September 9, 2001, was founded by Michael W. Blumenthal, who worked as a director until 2014. Blumenthal himself escaped the persecution by the National Socialists in 1939 and later became US Finance Minister. Today the Museum is headed by Hetty Berg, which has been running the institution since 2020. In the many years of its existence, the museum has developed into a central place where Jewish history, memories and cultural diversity are linked. Weimer described the museum as essential for German identity and an indispensable part of Germany's cultural heritage.

The Federal Government's commitment to the Jewish Museum sees Weimer as a sign against increasing anti -Semitism and as an essential contribution to the maintenance of the culture of remembrance. In view of the historical challenges and the current social tensions, the role of the museum as a place of education and encounter is becoming increasingly important, not only for Jewish people, but for society as a whole.

Jewish life in Germany

Judaism has a long and multi -layered history in Germany, the origin of which extends to antiquity. Thanks to the decree of the Roman emperor Konstantin in 321, various events were carried out in 2021 to draw attention to "1700 years of Jewish life in Germany". These reviews are not only memories of the cultural contributions of the Jewish community, but also a call to vigilance towards the renewed strengthening of anti -Semitism.