Visitors to the house of memory: identity and political education at the jewish museum berlin, paperback/victoria bishop kendzia

As one of the most visited museums in Germanys capital city, the Jewish Museum Berlin is a key site for understanding not only German-Jewish history, but also German identity in an era of unprecedented ethnic and religious diversity.

Visitors to the House of Memory is an intimate exploration of how young Berliners experience the Museum.

How do modern students relate to the museums evocative architecture, its cultural-political context, and its narrative of Jewish history? By accompanying a range of high school history students before, during, and after their visits to the museum, this book offers an illuminating exploration of political education, affect, remembrance, and belonging.

About author(s): Victoria Bishop Kendzia is a teaching fellow at Humboldt University, Berlin.

Her publications include Jewish Ethnic Options in Germany between Attribution and Choice: Auto-Ethnographical Reflections at the Jewish Museum Berlin in the Anthropological Journal of European Cultures .

She completed her doctorate at Humboldts Institute of European Ethnology.