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Download (PDF / 7.04 MB / in German / Not � � � � � Annual Report 2005/2006 Annual Report 2005/2006 � � credits ContRibutions Contents EA duC tion 54 Learning and Teaching © Stiftung Jüdisches Museum Berlin Exhibitions Education 14 Opening Remarks by the Chairman of Berlin, July 2007 Permanent Exhibition Tanja Groenke the Board of Trustees Events Maren Krüger, Gelia Eisert Bernd Neumann 60 More than a Museum Publisher Special Exhibitions Events 15 A Strong Foundation for New Goals 61 Programs Accompanying the Special Exhibitions Stiftung Jüdisches Museum Berlin Helmuth F. Braun (Jewish Identity Gesine Gerhardt, Anne Rolvering, Director in Contemporary Architecture; Alexa Kürth, Aubrey Pomerance 62 W. Michael Blumenthal The Summer of Culture in the Museum Garden— Prof. Dr. W. Michael Blumenthal Technicians of the Final Solution) 16 The Museum Program—A Broad Spectrum Relaxation with Wit and Flair Deputy Director Michal S. Friedlander (Chrismukkah) Marketing Cilly Kugelmann 63 Conferences and Symposiums—Gathering Knowledge Cilly Kugelmann Cilly Kugelmann (psYchoanalysis) Gesine Gerhardt, Dr. Martina Dillmann 64 Readings—Famous Authors as Guests of the Museum Managing Director Margret Kampmeyer-Käding The exhibitions Dr. Ulrich Klopsch (Home and Exile) Development 18 The Permanent Exhibition—Always on the Move Aubrey Pomerance Tatjana Bartsch Editing (Roman Vishniac’s Berlin) Marketing And deVelopMent Eva Söderman Theresia Lutz (Jewish—Now) Press and Public Relations The Special Exhibitions—From Serious to Playful 66 Marketing—In Tribute to Good Partnership Coordination Eva Soederman 20 Jewish Identity in Contemporary Architecture 68 Development—Achieving More Signe Rossbach, Eva Söderman Visitor Orientation 21 Technicians of the “Final Solution.” with the Help of Friends Text Editor Visitor services Administration Topf & Söhne—The Oven Builders for Auschwitz Eva Söderman, Melanie von Plocki Johannes Rinke Dr. Ulrich Klopsch English Editor Visitor research 22 Chrismukkah. Stories of Christmas and Hanukkah Press And publiC RelAtions Signe Rossbach Christiane Birkert Technical Services 24 psYchoanalysis. Sigmund Freud at 150 72 Cutting a Good Figure in the Media Illustrations Visitor statistics Bülent Durmus 26 Home and Exile. Theresia Lutz, Melanie von Plocki Christiane Birkert Jewish Emigration from Germany since 1933 AdMinistration Translations Partners 28 Roman Vishniac’s Berlin 74 A Solid Base to Build On Isabel Cole, Darrell Wilkins Collections Restaurant Liebermanns 29 Jewish—Now. Photographs and Interviews Art collection Martina Bender, Restaurant Liebermanns TeChnical serviCes Design Inka Bertz cedon Museum Shops Groothuis, Lohfert, Consorten | glcons.de Judaica collection Alexander Fietz, General Manager VisitoR OrientAtion 76 Building the Future Litho Michal S. Friedlander cedon Museum Shops GmbH 30 Visitor Service—Serving Our Guests’ Needs Einsatz Creative Production, Hamburg Photography collection 32 Visitor Research—For the Visitors’ Benefit OuR PartneRs Printing Theresia Lutz 34 Visitor Statistics—Interest Continues to Grow 78 Restaurant Liebermanns— gutenberg beuys feindruckerei, Hanover Collection management We extend our thanks to all employees and Culinary Pleasures from the Orient Gisela Märtz friends of the Museum who contributed to Stiftung Jüdisches Museum Berlin Archive the realization of this annual report. The ColleCtions 79 cedon Museum Shop—Museum to Go Lindenstraße 9–14 Aubrey Pomerance 38 The Art Collection—From Railroad King D–10969 Berlin Archive of the Leo Baeck Institute We owe especial gratitude to Stephanie to “Mirror of the Night” APPENDIX Tel.: +49 (30) 2 59 93-300 New york Hardick, Veronike Hinsberg, Jenny Lohse 39 Judaica and the Applied Arts—“Chrismukkah” 82 Time Line of the Jewish Museum Berlin 2005/06 Fax: +49 (30) 2 59 93-409 Aubrey Pomerance and Sophie Plagemann in Berlin, and Aplenty and Other New Acquisitions 88 The Board of Trustees www.jmberlin.de Cabinet Exhibitions to Beate Mössner and Susan Schulz in 40 The Photography Collection—History in Images 90 Friends of the Jewish Museum Berlin/ [email protected] Aubrey Pomerance Hamburg. 42 Collection Management—Kid Gloves for Art Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der Media Our work is supported by the 44 The Archives—Providing a Place for Memories Stiftung Jüdisches Museum Berlin e.V. Dr. Jutta Strauß Federal Government Commissioner 45 The Archive of the Leo Baeck Institute New york— 94 Publications and Lectures by Staff Members The Rafael Roth Learning Center for Culture and Media. An Ongoing Dialogue for Scholarship of the Jewish Museum Berlin Dr. Jutta Strauß 46 The Cabinet Exhibitions 96 Photo Credits Website Dr. Doreen Tesche Library MediA Ulrike Sonnemann 48 Innovative Learning through Multimedia Publications 49 The Rafael Roth Learning Center— Signe Rossbach History at the Click of a Mouse 50 The Museum Website—Multifaceted Information 51 The Library—Knowledge Tangible and Virtual 52 The Publications—A Page from our Book Mirror of the times: a view into the exhibition “Home and Exile” Happy Birthday, JMB! Well-wishers in a party mood at the Museum’s fifth birthday Captured by Roman Vishniac: a basement pub in Berlin-Charlottenburg, ca. 90 Architecture with symbolic power: the axes on the lower ground floor Building the glass courtyard: precision high up in the rafters 9 Worth the trip: a visit to the permanent exhibition 0 Finding your way through the central concepts of Freud’s psychoanalysis: the labyrinth OPENING REMARKS The Jewish Museum Berlin is one of our country’s most The Jewish Museum Berlin also has many young visitors, significant exhibition venues. This is due in part to its no small achievement for a historical museum. One in thematic focus, the two-thousand-year history of Jews in two tours are booked for school classes. This shows the Germany, so tragically overshadowed by the Holocaust, extent of the desire to learn more about the history and in part to the Museum’s architecture, unique worldwide present situation of German Jewry, and I find it especially for the so very striking, symbolic form it finds for the rup- gratifying given that we aim to sensitize the younger gen- ture, the interconnections and fault lines of this history. eration to solidarity and tolerance. At the Jewish Museum The Jewish Museum has become an emblem of the capital, we can learn how important it is for different ethnic, drawing three and a half million visitors in the first five cultural and religious groups to live together respectfully. years of its existence alone. In this way the Museum’s daily work imparts the values that are indispensable for a modern society in today’s Jews settled on the Rhine as early as the fourth century, globalized world. played a crucial role in the emergence of modern society in Germany and made significant artistic and scientific I have great respect for Professor W. Michael Blumenthal, contributions; this is commemorated by the Museum the Director of the Museum, whose vision, political skill alongside the disenfranchisement, persecution and an- and vigorous commitment has made it what it is today. nihilation of Germany’s Jewish population in the Nazi As the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Stiftung period. In this respect, the Jewish Museum Berlin—along Jü­disches Museum Berlin, I would like to thank him and with the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, his talented and committed team, as well as the members opened in 2005, and the Topography of Terror, for which of the Board of Trustees who have lent the Museum their a new building is under construction—is also an expres- ongoing support. sion of Germany’s responsibility to confront and learn from its past. Bernd Neumann, Member of the Bundestag Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR NEW GOALS Four out of ten visitors are under the age of thirty—for a historical museum, we have an exceptionally young audi- ence. To our delight, the proportion of children, teenagers and young adults is actually continuing to grow. And when I meet young people at the museum and on visits to schools, over and over again I am met with a great thirst for knowledge and curiosity about Jewish life. So should we just keep going as we are? Not at all! We have ambitious goals for the coming years as well. For example, we want to work even more closely with schools to ensure that every young person in Germany can visit our Museum. And we want to continue developing the Museum as a place of scholarship, research and teaching. After all, we are more than a Museum: we are one of the world’s largest centers of Jewish culture and history—and scholarship plays a major role in this. And finally, in the fall of 2007 we will open the glass courtyard designed by Daniel Libeskind, providing us with an additional space Close to 300,000 German Jews were expelled by the that allows us to expand our educational, cultural and National Socialists, forced to flee to an uncertain future scholarly activities. And Berlin will gain a new attraction. in foreign countries. With the exhibition “Home and Exile. Jewish Emigration from Germany since 1933” we The financing of the glass courtyard is made possible by collaborated with the Stiftung Haus der Geschichte in the generous commitment of sponsors, donors and the Bonn to present the first comprehensive exhibition on German Federal Government, whom I would like to the German Jews’ forced emigration to over a hundred thank for their support. Indeed, all the Museum’s achieve- countries around the world. The plans for this major ments have been possible solely due to active support exhibition go back to the time before the opening of the from many quarters. Above all, I would like to emphasize Museum. Thus, its opening in September 2006 was a the constructive cooperation with our Board of Trustees, moving moment in the still-young history of the Jewish for which I thank all the members, especially Minister of Museum Berlin. State Bernd Neumann as its new Chairman.
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