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Otto Weidt’s Workshop for the Blind
(Germany - Berlin - Berlin)
The Museum Otto Weidt’s Workshop for the Blind (Otto Weidt’s Blindenwerkstatt) opened on December 5, 2006. It is close to the Anne Frank Centre.
It tells the story of Otto Weidt’s Workshop for the Blind. During the Second World War the brush manufacturer Otto Weidt employed mainly blind and deaf Jews who produced brooms and brushes here.
Various life stories testify to Otto Weidt’s efforts to protect his Jewish employees from persecution and deportation. As danger grew, he searched for hiding-places for some of them. One of these hideouts was in the rooms that are now part of the museum.
Otto Weidt was awarded by the Yad Vashem Institute.
For current visiting hours, please visit the website of the museum.
Source
- Text:
- Otto Weidt’s Blindenwerkstatt
- Photos:
- Fedor de Vries
Address and contactinformation
- Address:
- Rosenthaler Straße 39
Berlin - Phone:
- 030 285 99 407
- Fax:
- 030 257 62 614
- Emailaddress:
- info@museum-blindenwerkstatt.de
- Website:
- www.blindes-vertrauen.de
- WWII grade:
- 100%
- Rating:
- 80%
Where is it?
Nearby (help)
Museum
Point of interest
- Bullet Holes in Facade Building
- Ruins Anhalter Railway Station
- Information Signs Government Buildings Wilhelmstraße
Monument
- Plaque Moriz Seeler
- Stumbling Stones Wilfrid Israel and Kaufhaus Nathan Israel
- Stumbling Stones Nassauische Straße 30
Cemetery
