Women in Berlin: Rabbis, Revolutionaries, and Rebuilders
Women in Berlin: Rabbis, Revolutionaries, and Rebuilders
On this tour we'll focus on the legacy of Berlin's iconic women and their unique contribution to Berlin's history, culture, and society. The role of Berlin's women is often overlooked and we'll help you discover and appreciate the greatest struggle facing Berlin's women: the battle for emancipation and equality.
We'll show you the great advancements towards equalilty made by Berlin's women, their struggles, and achievements. You'll discover how women and other minority groups shaped Berlin's past and are forging the city's present and future.
The issues covered include:
- German pioneers for women’s rights
- How the ‘Trümmerfrauen’ rebuilt Berlin
- German women and the Allied Occupation
- Potsdamer Platz and the emancipation of Sexual Expression
- Women in East Germany vs. Women in West Germany
- Germany’s first woman Chancellor
- Sexual expression and revolution in Weimar Berlin
- The Rosenstrasse Women’s Protest in Nazi Berlin
- The first female rabbi
- The ‘mother of the atomic bomb’
- Rosa Luxemburg and the German Revolution
- The salon of Rahel Levin