Women of Berlin Tour
Weimar Berlin Walking Tour – Art, Culture & Cabaret
One of the best ways to explore the complexities of Berlin is to get to know the women who shaped, and were shaped by its history. Patriarchy, nationalism and hyper-masculinity provide the backdrop for the majority of historical works written about Berlin. The quiet resilience and re-building of the city has often symbolically and literally been left to the women that have survived its most painful upheavals.
The Women of Berlin Tour provides the opportunity to look beyond the role of women as mere victims of war or martyrs to their causes. It allows us to explore the city through a gendered lens to understand how the role of women has been overlooked, weaponised, explored, and expanded across an entire spectrum. Spanning the zealous passion of the Nazi housewife to unapologetic Revolutionary leaders, and to the many who exist in between.
Tour Topics
Prussia’s Queen Luise in the face of Napoleon
Rosa Luxemburg and the Revolutions of 1918/9
Angela Davis and the GDR
May Ayim and Afro-German Identity
Rubble Women post Battle of Berlin
The Role of Women during the Nazi regime
The Art of Käthe Kollwitz
Queer Women in Weimar and Nazi Germany
Marlene Dietrich, Berlin’s Most Famous Daughter
Women and the GDR
Regina Jonas, the First Female Rabbi