Jewish Cemetery Schönhauser-Allee in Berlin by Silva Wischeropp

About "Jewish Cemetery Schönhauser-Allee in Berlin "

by Silva Wischeropp

About the artwork

The Jewish cemetery at Schönhauser Allee 23-25 is located north of Senefelderplatz in the Prenzlauer Berg neighbourhood (Pankow district) of Berlin. It was mainly used between 1827 and 1880. During this time, the Jewish community underwent significant political and cultural changes, which also found expression in this cemetery. The entire site has been a listed building since the 1970s.

Entrance gate to the Jewish corridor in the Jewish cemetery on Schönhauser Allee/Senefelder-Platz in Berlin-Pankow.

On the outside of the cemetery, between the south-eastern boundary wall and the courtyards of the adjoining buildings, the Judengang, sometimes also referred to as the Judenweg or communication, stretches between Senefelderplatz and Kollwitzplatz. It is around seven metres wide and 400 metres long. Its current entrance is located at Knaackstraße 41 on Kollwitzplatz and is only open for guided tours. The circumstances of its creation are not clearly documented. Most sources say that this path had to be built to a rear entrance of the cemetery because King Friedrich Wilhelm III did not want to encounter a funeral procession on Schönhauser Allee during his journeys to the Schönhausen pleasure palace. However, one reason for this side entrance is also derived from the Halacha, the religious guidelines of Judaism.[6] The Judengang was restored as a garden monument in 2003 and is available to the immediate neighbours as a semi-private green space.