Events on November 09

Historically important events fall on November 9: the proclamation of the German Republic in 1918, the Hitler Putsch in 1923, the Night of Broken Glass in 1938 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The following events and exhibitions are recommended for those who would like to take a closer look at these events on this special date:

November 9, 2025 marks the 36th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Berlin is celebrating the anniversary with a city-wide program of events as part of Freedom Week. Exhibitions, open-air events, guided tours and hands-on activities are planned to commemorate the Peaceful Revolution and highlight the events surrounding the construction and fall of the Berlin Wall.

The Jewish Community of Berlin is holding a memorial event at Fasanenstraße 79 to mark the 87th anniversary of the November pogroms of 1938. From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., the names of the 55,696 Berlin Jews murdered during the Holocaust will be read aloud in front of the community center from the memorial book of the State of Berlin. Everyone is invited to participate. Governing Mayor Kai Wegner will deliver a welcoming address on behalf of the State of Berlin.

When the Nazis began persecuting Jews, the community members in Hohenschönhausen converted their prayer room on Konrad-Wolf-Straße into a synagogue. The community was forced to cease its activities in 1938. Most of the members were deported to concentration camps. After 1945, the synagogue fell into oblivion. The district office invites all interested parties to come to the memorial stone for the former synagogue on Konrad-Wolf-Straße on November 9, 2025, at 11 a.m.

On the anniversary of the Nazi violence on November 9, 1938, the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district office will lay a wreath. The wreath laying ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 3 p.m. at the mirror wall on Hermann-Ehlers-Platz.

The district mayor, rabbis, and representatives of the church communities commemorate the victims of Kristallnacht at the memorial of the former synagogue on Münchener Straße. The memorial service with wreath laying will take place on November 9, 2025, starting at 4 p.m.

The Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district office invites you to a memorial service with wreath laying at Karl-Marx-Allee 71–75 to commemorate the Jewish existence of the Freundlich family, which was destroyed during the pogrom night of 1938. The memorial service will begin on November 9, 2025 at 2 p.m.

On the occasion of the 87th anniversary of the November pogroms of November 9 and 10, 1938, the district office and the district council will lay wreaths at the memorial for the victims of tyranny on November 9, 2025, at 11 a.m. The memorial site is located on Am Rathauspark (behind the town hall).