The BERLIN-MITTE-ARCHIV works not only by preserving of historic collections, but also by increasing distribution and accessebility of information to a wide range of users.

Our services include:

 Research of property and building

Due to the drastic changes through war and destruction research of history of numerous buildings becomes a true puzzle particulary if the exact location of earlier structures is difficult to identify due to urban reorganization.

All publicly available data on the history of buildings and their purposes can be obtained at BERLIN-MITTE-ARCHIV.

We also search for specific dokuments in other archives on behalf  of owners or other authorized persons to optain further information about former and present properties.

Research projects

In collaboration with the Office of Urban Research, Dr. Benedikt Goebel started in 2013 the research project "Stolen Mitte, The Aryanization of Jewish property in the Berlin center", which was shown in an exhibition at the Stadtmuseum Berlin 2013/14. The results can be researched online.

A current research project is "Invalidenstraße - history and stories". The results will be published soon.

Publications

Design of exhibitions

Producing publications

Archiving

Working-up of collections

Digitizing of stocks

Internet

Database for individual research in our inventory ( free)

Ordering system for Berlin - data (charge)

Mitte von oben Luftbilder des Berliner Stadtkerns gestern und heute (Aerials of the city center yesterday and today)

Festsaal Elisabethkirchstraße - Film

Die Privatsynagoge "Beth Zion" Schicksal eines fast vergessenen Gotteshauses (Privat synagogue "Beth Zion")

Text for guestroom exhibitions in Hotel Kastanienhof

Exhibition: Geraubte Mitte, Die „Arisierung“ des jüdischen Grundeigentums im Berliner Stadtkern, Berlin, Stadtmuseum

Exhibition: Stolen Heart, Exhibit on Expropriation in Heart of Berlin, Leo-Baeck-Institute, New York

Secret Garden, Berlin. Gartenstraße 6, Research to the history of the former music hall