Mascha Kaleko's Start in Berlin

Jewish Center Berlin

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Starting in August, we'll be offering a themed city walking tour on the first Sunday of every month through November—a tour you can otherwise find on the digital map on our website
What was everyday life like in the Scheunenviertel? Where did the famous poet Mascha Kaléko live in the Scheunenviertel? What kinds of synagogues and Jewish religious institutions were there in Berlin Mitte? Why did a pogrom take place in the heart of Berlin 10 years before the Nazi dictatorship? You’ll find answers to these and many other questions on our tours!

Mascha Kaléko’s Early Years in Berlin

In her poems, Mascha Kaléko captured the cheerful yet melancholic atmosphere of 1920s Berlin like no other. What is less well known is that she spent her early years in Berlin in the Scheunenviertel neighborhood. Kaléko came to Berlin as a child in 1918 with her family, who—like many other Jews from Eastern and Central Europe—had fled before World War I.
Here she attended the Jewish girls’ school and later worked at Jewish welfare institutions in the area. This walking tour highlights the places and people that shaped this phase of her life.

September 6 | 11 a.m.
City Walk | Guided Tour
Starting point: In front of the New Synagogue Berlin
Registration required!Translated with DeepL

Booking: Online Store

Next date:

• Date Sunday, 06/September/2026 11:00 bis 13:00
• Venue Neue Synagoge - Centrum Judaicum
• Address Oranienburger Straße 28, 10117 Berlin-Mitte