Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt
Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt
4.5
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Neighborhood: Mitte (Borough)
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- Hackescher Markt • 3 min walk
- Weinmeisterstraße • 4 min walk
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Valeria12014
Ancona, Italy55 contributions
Aug 2024 • Family
Holy google maps that allowed us to see this hidden courtyard located at number 39, dotted with murals.
The building faithfully reproduces the factory of Mr. Otto who at the time offered his protection to his workers and his Jewish workers, very impressive, with photos and documents of the time.
Go there with your boys, absolutely Recommendation!
Outside note the stumbling stones, as a commemoration of the fate of the people who lived in those houses
The building faithfully reproduces the factory of Mr. Otto who at the time offered his protection to his workers and his Jewish workers, very impressive, with photos and documents of the time.
Go there with your boys, absolutely Recommendation!
Outside note the stumbling stones, as a commemoration of the fate of the people who lived in those houses
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Written August 18, 2024
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Finocchias
Gaiba, Italy142 contributions
Aug 2024 • Family
Apart from Rosenthalerstrasse which is really curious, this in my opinion is a small free museum not to be missed. Otto Weidt, a little-known Berliner, organized a factory here for blind and disabled Jews trying to save them from deportation. The place is well laid out, with testimonies and machines of the factory, and really touches. For me it was one of the most engaging experiences of visiting Berlin.
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Written September 8, 2024
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ZZMimi
Los Angeles, CA1,444 contributions
The world knows about Oscar Schindler but here is a story of a simple quiet hero who saved his blind Jewish employees during the Holocaust at personal risk to himself. This small museum and preserved brush factory tells the story of this man via a 20 minute video narrated by one of the survivors. The museum is an adjunct to the major Jewish museum and is located in an alley at 39 Rosenthaler Strasse in Mitte section of Berlin. It is a very inspiring story for anyone interested in World War II/Holocaust history.
Written January 3, 2006
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Bianca W
London, UK1,546 contributions
Aug 2022 • Solo
This small, free museum documents the history of the Otti Weidt Workshop for the Blind, where the owner supported and assisted blind and dDeaf jewish people during the Nazi regime.
There is lots of touching information, a place full of history and personal stories.
There is lots of touching information, a place full of history and personal stories.
Written August 9, 2022
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Explorer828759
33 contributions
Mar 2019 • Couples
A unique place. Comemorating a great person. A reminder that even in dark times there are lights at the corner of many tunnels.
Written March 12, 2019
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Susan S
32 contributions
May 2016 • Solo
Alice Licht, I believe was her name, her story stays in my mind. She was one of the Jewish workers whom Otto Weidt saved. There is a picture of her as a child at the beach with her family, and her family had spelled her name "Alice" on the sand bank with shells. Moving to see how much she was loved by her parents and then to read about her story. I highly recommend this museum. Otto Weidt's compassion and bravery remind me how much one person can change others' lives.
(Sidenote--do not try to go out any of the emergency exit doors thinking they are alternate exits. You will get locked in the stairwell.)
(Sidenote--do not try to go out any of the emergency exit doors thinking they are alternate exits. You will get locked in the stairwell.)
Written May 21, 2016
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Plsugarman
Tel Aviv, Israel163 contributions
Apr 2012 • Couples
Just a few blocks from Hackescher Markt this is a small free museum that tells the story of Otto Weidt who helped blind and deaf Jews survive the wall. Definitely worth a visit to learn this interesting story.
Written April 8, 2012
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robertthomas10
Paris, France162 contributions
Feb 2020
Nice museum to visit especially if you did not know Otto Weidt. His story is quite amazing and deserves to be known.
Written February 19, 2020
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John M
Cranford, NJ43 contributions
Oct 2019
This was a cool little museum in a brush factory that used visually impaired workers to make brushes and had a hidden room to hide Jewish families from the Nazi party
A pluses the curator has a record holding mustache
A pluses the curator has a record holding mustache
Written October 6, 2019
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Marty F
BC116 contributions
May 2019 • Couples
Most people I know who have travelled to Berlin, including ourselves, had lists of museums to visit on Museum Island, as well as the DHM and JMB, but had not heard of the MBOW. A guide took us here, and we were very moved by the experience. The museum is small, and can be visited in 15-20 minutes, as stated by another reviewer. If you are in this area, it is well worth stopping in. However there are stairs, and I did not notice if there is an elevator; also the passageways and rooms are somewhat narrow and can be crowded, so I am not sure if this would work for peoples with disability.
Written May 8, 2019
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Buenas tardes Susana, ¿sabes si hay que reservar para hacer una visita sin guía? Gracias.
Written June 7, 2018
No lo sé, porque nos llevaron dentro del programa de la visita guiada a los patios judíos.
Pero vi que no había mucha gente cuando lo visitamos
Written June 7, 2018
I'm afraid I will haveto disappoint you. There's no press in this small museum. But lots of other remarkable things that make a visit worthwhile.
Written March 21, 2015
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