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One could say there are two cafes/bars, two shops, a gallery, a cinema, a museum…But that wouldn’t be enough to describe the importance of Haus Schwarzenberg. For getting a proper feeling of the cultural Berlin you have to go there.
Here is where Otto Weidt saved lives of deaf and blind Jewish workers from Holocaust in his broom and brush workshop. Find out more about this historical place in the “Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt“.
The memorial “Stille Helden” honors and commemorates those people who, like Otto Weidt, risked their own lives to rescue prosecuted Jewish people from assured death.
Go further through to the second backyard. Here’s the lovely cinema “Central” (see this article). Also, you have the café “Kaschemme” which is “turned” into a bar and renamed “Eschschloraque” at 20:00 (see the Eschschloraque article), a place with an alien-like decoration and really friendly staff.
Above the “Eschschloraque” is the “Neurotitan” – an extremely unique shop and gallery that sells, supports and exhibits all kinds of works of local artists, be it paintings/drawings, CDs/records or t-shirts/tops, books or other stuff.
Other places in Haus Schwarzenberg that are also worth going to are the “Anne-Frank-Zentrum” – an exhibition about the life of the Jewish girl whose diary became so famous and the lovely “Café Cinema” (see the Café Cinema article).
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Hello Everybody,
thanks for your interest at the MONSTERKABINETT
It is open every Thurs from 6-22, FRI&Sat from 4-22
You can just show up between the opening hours.
For further informations please check the website
http://www.monsterkabintt.de
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Hello Lisa,
Thank you for comment and your honesty! There have been two reasons for why the monsterkabinet has not been mentioned here which is, I admit, a pity. You have already touched the first one: The monsterkabinet opens temporarily and I’d rather our reader is surprised by the monsterkabinet when he goes to Haus Schwarzenberg after reading this article than expecting it and not finding it open. The second reason is a practical one: Our articles are limited to a certain length and this article is already filled with many details. For the same reason, I would have liked to but could not recommend the Stox Shop or the great and ever-changing graffiti / street art on the walls. By the way, I have been to the monsterkabinet twice and can only advocate checking it out while you are there!
Hello,
Now, it is a bit embarrassing to post a correction of a post where I have pointed out missing information….
Monsterkabinett has only been open to the public for a few months and so it is completely understandable that the author was not completely up to date! ( I was privileged to attend a preview last year )
This article is very helpful and interesting. However it fails to mention The Monsterkabinett!
( http://www.monsterkabinett.de ) which opened in July 2010
The Monsterkabinett is a permanant and evolving exhibition in the underground rooms of Haus Schwarzenberg in Berlin Mitte. The 20 minute guided tour performance presents 20 years of extraordinary work by the artist group Dead Chickens- the group who founded Haus Schwarzenberg in 1995.