Orte der Erinnerung 1933 - 1945

Silent Heroes Memorial Center

Silent Heroes Memorial Centre

The Silent Heroes Memorial Center commemorates individuals who helped persecuted Jews during the National Socialist dictatorship. These helpers, often described as "silent heroes", pay testimony to the fact that it was indeed possible to save persecuted people in National Socialist Germany. Even in the German-occupied territories, a number of Germans still found the courage to help as much as they could, despite the risk involved.

The permanent exhibition shows the persecution and the desperate situation of Jews facing the threat of deportation; how some of them decided to fight against the threat to their lives by going underground, as well as the actions and motivations of the men and women who helped them. It documents both the successful and failed attempts at rescue.

Address and Hours of Operation

Gedenkstätte Stille Helden (Silent Heroes Memorial Center)
part of the Stiftung Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand (German Resistance Memorial Center Foundation)
Rosenthaler Straße 39
10178 Berlin

Tel.: +49-30-23 45 79 19/29
Fax: +49-30-23 45 79 39
E-mail: kosmala(at)gdw-berlin.de
Or: schieb(at)gdw-berlin.de
Internet: http://www.gedenkstaette-stille-helden.de/english.html

Opening Hours:
daily from 10-8pm
Closed: December 24th
Free Entry

Public Transport
S-Bahn station Hackescher Markt
U-Bahn station Weinmeisterstraße