The fate of the Köpenicker Jews in the 1930s
Köpenick—today a district in southeast Berlin—had a small but long-established Jewish population before the Nazi seizure of power. Like Jews elsewhere in Germany, Köpenick’s Jews experienced a rapid descent from civic life into persecution, terror, and ultimately deportation.
broken glass
Blood week
murder
The Köpenick Blood Week
Soon after Nazi Party came to power, Köpenick became the site of one of the earliest, most brutal local outbreaks of violence. During the so-called Köpenick Blood Week, members of the SA arrested, tortured, and murdered dozens of perceived political enemies—Communists, Social Democrats, trade unionists—and Jewish residents.
The 'Final Solution'
Jews who remained in Köpenick were:
- Forced into “Jew houses” (Judenhäuser),
- Subjected to forced labour,
- Eventually deported from Berlin to ghettos and extermination camps such as Auschwitz and Theresienstadt.
Very few survived.
The Night of Broken Glass
1938
During Kristallnacht, Jewish property across Berlin was attacked. Köpenick’s synagogue and Jewish businesses were damaged or destroyed, and remaining Jewish men were arrested or sent to concentration camps.
After this point, organised Jewish communal life in Köpenick effectively ceased to exist.
The Night of Broken Glass
1938
During Kristallnacht, Jewish property across Berlin was attacked. Köpenick’s synagogue and Jewish businesses were damaged or destroyed, and remaining Jewish men were arrested or sent to concentration camps.
After this point, organised Jewish communal life in Köpenick effectively ceased to exist.
The fate of the Köpenicker Jews in the 1930s
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The fate of the Köpenicker Jews in the 1930s
Köpenick—today a district in southeast Berlin—had a small but long-established Jewish population before the Nazi seizure of power. Like Jews elsewhere in Germany, Köpenick’s Jews experienced a rapid descent from civic life into persecution, terror, and ultimately deportation.
broken glass
Blood week
murder
The Köpenick Blood Week
Soon after Nazi Party came to power, Köpenick became the site of one of the earliest, most brutal local outbreaks of violence. During the so-called Köpenick Blood Week, members of the SA arrested, tortured, and murdered dozens of perceived political enemies—Communists, Social Democrats, trade unionists—and Jewish residents.
The 'Final Solution'
Jews who remained in Köpenick were:
- Forced into “Jew houses” (Judenhäuser),
- Subjected to forced labour,
- Eventually deported from Berlin to ghettos and extermination camps such as Auschwitz and Theresienstadt.
Very few survived.The Night of Broken Glass
1938
During Kristallnacht, Jewish property across Berlin was attacked. Köpenick’s synagogue and Jewish businesses were damaged or destroyed, and remaining Jewish men were arrested or sent to concentration camps. After this point, organised Jewish communal life in Köpenick effectively ceased to exist.
The Night of Broken Glass
1938
During Kristallnacht, Jewish property across Berlin was attacked. Köpenick’s synagogue and Jewish businesses were damaged or destroyed, and remaining Jewish men were arrested or sent to concentration camps. After this point, organised Jewish communal life in Köpenick effectively ceased to exist.