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The texts here collected reflect the work of the project jewish cultureclub eastberlin through a variety of literary forms: documentary collage, interview, mini-drama, and essay. They span a wide historic range, from the first Jewish re-migrants to the GDR and the waves of anti-Semitic persecution in the 1950s, to state instrumentalization during the Six-Day War, the history of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, and present times following October 7th. Logo LADS

Art and conformism – current debates about antisemitism in the arts and culture

This publication traces important debates about antisemitism in the cultural sector in recent years and explains them from a critical perspective. It addresses developments, incidents, and groups that were and are significant in these debates, with a focus on Germany. The volume is primarily aimed at artists and employees of cultural institutions who want to (re)understand these debates.

In the neck – antisemitism in arts and culture

The publication stems from the perspectives of (Jewish) cultural workers and artists and shares some of their experiences with antisemitism and memorial culture. Poems, short stories, images, and other artistic or personal forms provide insight into various facets of the topic – in everyday life and in artistic or (high) cultural contexts. Contributors include Rebecca Ajnwojner, Ramona Ambs, Max Czollek, Michal Fuchs, Lena Gorelik, Leon Kahane, Dmitrij Kapitelman, Julya Rabinowich, Mirjam Wenzel, and others.

»I know I was thrown out for political reasons.«

An analysis on antisemitic tendencies in Berlin’s art and cultural sector based on incidents that were reported on in the media between 2018 and September 2023.

Coming to terms with the present through memory. About working artistically with testimonials from the Nazi period.

This publication was created as part of the project Widerständige_Beziehungen (relationships of resistance) conducted by the Institute with the Ravensbrück Memorial Centre between 2015-2017. The project took as its starting point gifts that women had given to each other who were imprisoned in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. The project developed performances in public spaces as well as new methods of political education through participatory creative work. The texts address various aspects of how to base contemporary artistic or educational work on testimonials of National Socialism, with contributions by by Kai Jahns and Max Czollek.