painter. frank ritz best known jewish resident is undoubtedly and frank the young girl whose diary was published posthumously in 1947 it's still a bestseller and often taught in schools. at the end frank educational center young people and school classes can visit a learning lab and find out more about her life in doing so they discover what connects the girl who died at 15 in the bag and bells in concentration camp to young people currently suffering from discrimination and persecution here you remember ensues always linked to events that young people are witnesses to today. asked my kennedy 1st of all on it's about recognizing what hurts others after that

requires us to listen to those affected identify the issues and then the 3rd step and see how we can act differently. this includes looking beyond traditional stereotypes and changing the way we view others. visitors who have questions about judaism or jewish traditions can ask the rabbi right at the museum for. fear. fear. push the. museum director miriam bents all presents visitors with a multimedia exhibition which lets them explore jewish life with all their senses. let's get on diesel find it's about transmitting jewish history and culture and a moving towards that's what we're trying to do here here here for. 2021 marks 1700 years of jewish life in germany franklin looks back on close to

900 years of jewish heritage it's a history full of triumph and tragedy as it is in every other german city. including munich. unique is filled with majestic squares and baroque churches it's also home to the jewish center which opened in 2006. munich's jewish community is the 2nd largest in germany that's because of the arrival of jewish people from former territories of the soviet union who following its breakup were allowed to settle in germany. right alina gorelick moved here with her family in 1992 it was only after immigrating that their then 11 year old was confronted with jewish traditions for the 1st time. she gets me as my. own to these things that belong to jewish general knowledge like

it's not kosher to pool. jewish identity was really charged but at school not so much in a negative prejudice way rather people thought it was interesting. that i put it on this site and as it were the way you would put on a shirt or jacket i'm told on the county. after the soviet union dissolved jews were driven to leave by a rise in anti semitic incidents in economically hard hit russia although lena gorelick wasn't aware of such events as a child they faced bureaucratic hurdles in moving to germany yet heading there of all places proved a difficult decision for linda garlics family in search of a better life they ventured from st petersburg to bavaria where the subject of her heritage became essential thing for her. i was the only jew in

my school and some teachers with thrilled to have a jewish girl explain jewish holidays in the catholic religion class. and i was pretty confused to have the situation turned around and for my heritage to be a positive you know us positive origins and identity are also recurrent themes in lena garlics books she published her debut novel that age 23. minor vice a nation my white knights is a light hearted witty story about a young russian jewish girl who immigrated to germany with her family and how they adjust to their new life. in jerusalem waiting in jerusalem strikes a similar tone she deliberately avoided sounding melancholy or bleak in her latest novel very easy and who we are coming out in spring in germany returns to the subject of her family but this time the story has

a more hard edged ring to it in it she addresses the question of identity so how does she see herself today. so shoot this disunion kind of german russian and jewish i don't need to know exactly what percentage i am with each one and there are days i feel more like one or another and then there are a lot of days when the question doesn't even matter to me a tool in which to. lean a garlic is not alone today there are many prominent jewish authors who like garlic immigrated from russia as children many of the novels can be found here in rochelle salamanders bookshop. when we show salamander opened a jewish bookstore over nearly 40 years ago in munich it was the 1st of its kind since the beginning of nazi rule a milestone for the city. where show sell amanda's family comes from eastern europe and most were murdered in the holocaust she

herself was born in a camp for displaced persons where survivors waited to immigrate to israel or the u.s. but the selamat is chose to stay in germany and move to munich. how did the bookshop come about. i felt the story which i was just fascinated by the german jewish cultural heritage and all its written works for defining ideas of what i wanted to take all these books that had been banned and tracked down burned and destroyed. and help them find a home again. today it's the victim's grandchildren and great grandchildren who are reexamining history and all those like a 1000000 of garlic who see the past from new perspectives. these again about sort of how to do this generation has not had to have the same confrontation we had with the children of the perpetrators and coming to terms with the past is no longer

present in contemporary literature to the same extent for one. still the traces of this horrifying chapter in german history can still be seen across munich along with memorials to the victims the past costs a long shadow. become to get. used to mines and holes and you know you can't wish away history in this city it's in every house in every single family and it was very important to me that when it came to my children jewishness is much more just this part of history. alexander that man the son of russian jewish immigrants is a typical example of the new jewish generation cosmopolitan and confident. we meet up with him in berlin where he's just finished his acting studies. and. i actually had no idea that i was jewish because it was never discussed in our family religion

was no big deal i didn't relate to being jewish or in fact for me jew was a swear word that was used around me and i even used it myself in elementary school and high school but in that man's acting debut anti-semitism is a central theme. and yet it's good to us too. alexander wants to move away from what he sees as a culture of victimhood and remembrance that ignores present day issues. coercively i just don't feel that i can accept the situation any more anti semitism is on the rise it's real and it's happening here. as

a jew in germany i just can't say everything's cool and i feel good with the situation at the moment it was only as a teenager in munich that that man discovered his jewishness and became active in the community it was also during this time that he became a star member of the local youth theatre in the high tide like to see people take a clear position that leads to action. today being jewish is just part of the actor's identity. the noir synagogue in iran and back after us a berlin was really concentrated in 1908 and now serves as the hub of berlin's a lively jewish community. grabbed her bag is responsible for this revival she is one of 9 female rabbis in germany personal god stands for diversity tolerance and coexistence. we like to cool ourselves l g b t i q straight inclusive which does not mean that we define ourselves as such or that this is part of a queer friendly trend it is completely natural for us and has been for

a long time. either back study jewish theology and converted to judaism 30 years ago she was fascinated by religion which allows leeway in matters of faith and lifestyle choices. judaism is always evolving and questioning itself how does water ancestors handed down to us fit modern times in order to get what values do we have gaps and where do we draw the line and keep certain values the way they have always been like this for. it is a balancing act between the past and the future. alexander van man wants to take his career to the next level so he's leaving berlin for his 1st acting a gauge meant at the renowned theater house both from for jews living in germany he hopes above all this one i wish that people wouldn't see is weirdos or aliens or give us special treatment after all there's not just one way of being jewish and it's actually incredibly diverse and up if in fact

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german. and jewish. just i'm jewish so was. not does that mean. in daily life. and at school is that missing we should not be given a special status but be completely normal. this look of shock like while there's a jew at our school that's the bad thing 11 teenagers 11 stories. case one jewish and so he is. young german and jewish starts feb 22nd on d w. they were forced into a nameless mass of their bodies marriage cools. the

history of the slave trade is africa's history. it just drives home the greed for power and profit plummeted and entire continent into chaos and violence the slave system created the greatest player and accumulation of wealth a world had ever seen up to that moment to. from its very beginnings until this very day she went traffic to shape the more. this is the journey back into the history of slavery i think will truly be making progress when we all accept the history of slavery as all of our history. our documentary series slavery routes starts march 10th on d w. this

is data but the news live from the alexina valmy is to stay in jail a court upholds the russian opposition latest sentence saying he did his parole by seeking life saving medical treatment in germany look at the latest from moscow also coming up as germany plans to ease lockdown restrictions one city sees an alarming rise in corona virus cases.