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Mitte (Hackescher Markt) · Berlin

Museum Otto Weidt's Workshop for the Blind

Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt

Museum

A museum on the original site of the brush and broom workshop where Otto Weidt employed up to 30 blind and deaf Jews in 1941-1943. He falsified documents, bribed officers and hid workers to save them from deportation.

Address
Rosenthaler Straße 39, Berlin
Hours
not verified
Best time to go
Morning, Afternoon · About 1 h
Price
Price not verified
Price level
€
Free entry
Free for everyone

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Good to know

  • The workshop is in the backyard of the building
  • Since 2005 it has been run by the Memorial to the German Resistance foundation
  • Yad Vashem recognised Weidt as Righteous Among the Nations in 1971

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