Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des Lebens und Wirkens deutschsprachiger jüdischer Architekten
In November 1933 more than 450 Jewish architects were banned by the National Socialists (Nazis) from practicing their profession. They were forced to leave Germany. Those who remained were deported to concentration camps. Most reminders of their existence and work were erased.
These architects were members of leading professional organizations such as Deutscher Werkbund, Bund Deutscher Architekten, Architekten- und Ingenieurverein zu Berlin, or Akademie der Künste. Many of them were outstanding proponents of modern architecture. Even today, their buildings shape the architectural landscape in many German cities, especially Berlin.
Our association is engaged to promote the life histories and achievements of these architects by organizing guided tours and lectures, by initiating publications, exhibitions, research, and scientific exchange.
Buildings
Activities
Publications
[2020] Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf von Berlin (Hg.), Neu, Gross, Grün – 100 Jahre Architekturmoderne im Berliner Südwesten, Berlin
[2020] Günter Schlusche, Ines Sonder, Sarah Gretsch (Hg.), Myra Warhaftig — Architektin und Bauforscherin, Wissenschaftliches Symposium in Erinnerung an die Architektin und Bauforscherin Myra Warhaftig (1930–2008) 17.–18. Mai 2018 in Berlin, Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin
[2018] Rudolf Stegers, Hermann Herrey – Werk und Leben 1904 – 1968, Basel
[2017] Ines Sonder (Hg.), Lotte Cohn. Eine schreibende Architektin in Israel. Band 1: Ausgewählte Schriften (1934–1982); Band 2: Ausgewählte Briefe (1921–1982), Berlin
[2015] Heidede Becker, Villa Zissu – ein Haus der Moderne in Grunewald, Berlin/Nauen