Many Jewish tourists come to Berlin in search of their family
roots. The following libraries and archives may be helpful:
Jewish Community Library
Bibliothek der Jüdische Gemeinde
| Fasanenstr. 79-80, district:
Charlottenburg, tel: 88 02 82 35, transportation: U-Bahn Line 9 to
Kurfürstendamm, U-Bahn Line 2 to Zoologischer Garten, S-Bahn Line 3,
5, 7 and 9 to Zoologischer Garten open:
Monday-Thursday 11 am - 8 pm
Friday: 11 am - 3 pm |
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branch Oranienburger Str. 28, district: Mitte,
tel: 28 40 12 27 transportation: U-Bahn line 6 to Oranienburger Tor,
S-Bahn line S1 or S2 Oranienburger Strasse
open: Monday 10 am - noon, 1 pm - 6:30 pm
See also the enlarged version below
Stiftung Neue Synagoge
Centrum Judaicum Archiv
(New Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum Foundation Archive)
Oranienburger Strasse 28-30, district: Mitte, tel: 28 40 12
25, transportation: U-Bahn line 6 to Oranienburger Tor, S-Bahn line S1
or S2 Oranienburger Strasse
open: Tuesday - Thursday 9 am - 4 pm (prior appointment is
necessary)
This archive contains many documents about German-Jewish
history not only of Berlin but also from the former General Archive of
the German Jews which covered material dated from the end of the
eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century from 400
Jewish organizations, institutions and communities.
www.centrumjudaicum.de
Zentrum für Berlinstudien
(Center for Berlin Studies)
Breite Strasse 36, district: Mitte, tel: 90 22 64 85,
Transportation: Bus 147 or 247 to Mühlendamm/Breite Strasse
Here you can find general address books going back to 1799. They
are on micro films. As the number of screens is limited, a prior
appointment is advised.
The telephone books go back to 1913. The Jewish address books
from 1929 and 1931 are also available there.
Jüdischer Friedhof Weissensee (the Weissensee Cemetery)
Herbert-Baum Strasse 45, district: Weissensee, tel: 9 25 33 30,
transportation: Tram 2, 3, 4, 13, 23 or 24 to Antonplatz
open: Sunday - Thursday 8 am - 5 pm (winter 4 pm)
Friday and the day before Jewish holidays: 8 am - 3 pm
A list of all funerals from 1880 and an incomplete list of
burials from the Schoenhauser Allee cemetery can be viewed there.
Landesarchiv Berlin (Berlin State Archive)
Eichborndamm 115-121 · 13403 Berlin ·
Tel. 030 90264 0, transportation:
Bus 125 or 221, Stop: Landesarchiv; S-Bahn S
25 Station Eichborndamm; U-Bahn: U 6 station Scharnweberstraße or U 8
Station Rathaus Reinickendorf;
Documents about property confiscation can
be found here; it also contains many documents about Berlin’s Jewish
Community; the deportation lists are no longer here and can be found in
the
Landeshauptarchiv in Potsdam.
Berlin has 22 districts with local museums
(Heimatmuseum) and archives. Look in the Yellow Pages.
