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- Kollwitz in the theater building
The new museum location at Charlottenburg Palace The former theater building at Schoss Charlottenburg, built in 1787 according to the plans of the architect Carl… Read more: Kollwitz in the theater building - S-Bahn station Prenzlauer Allee
The Prenzlauer Allee S-Bahn station can be clearly seen in Kollwitz’s watercolor “Workers, Coming from the Station” from 1897. Depicted is a crowd of people… Read more: S-Bahn station Prenzlauer Allee - “Palme”
Municipal shelter The homeless asylum at Fröbelstraße 15 in Prenzlauer Berg was the largest in the city from 1886 to 1940. In the vernacular it… Read more: “Palme” - Berlin backyards
Backyards in Prenzlauer Berg Conditions in Berlin’s backyards were often precarious, characterized by gloom, confinement and cold, dampness and poor hygiene. They were already a… Read more: Berlin backyards - Weißenburger Straße 25
The Kollwitz family in Prenzlauer Berg Käthe and Karl Kollwitz moved from Königsberg in East Prussia to Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg in 1891 to Weißenburger Straße 25… Read more: Weißenburger Straße 25 - Cemetery of the March Fallen
The cemetery of the March Fallen was a special place for Käthe Kollwitz. Her father and grandfather had taken part in the March Revolution in… Read more: Cemetery of the March Fallen - Women’s prison
The Barnimstraße women’s prison existed from 1868 to 1974. Barnimstraße runs parallel to Mollstraße just north of Alexanderplatz. It was initially called the Royal Prussian… Read more: Women’s prison - Volksbühne
The establishment of the Volksbühne dates back to the Volksbühne (the people’s stage) movement, which was founded in 1890. Its goal was to allow workers… Read more: Volksbühne - Studio Klosterstreet
At Klosterstraße 75, the “Ateliergemeinschaft Klosterstraße” existed from 1933 to 1945 with about 40 studios, which had come into being through personal initiative. As early… Read more: Studio Klosterstreet - Morgue
Hannoversche Straße 6 On January 15, 1919, Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, co-founders of the socialist Spartacus League, were assassinated in Berlin. Käthe Kollwitz was… Read more: Morgue - Theater, Theater
Theater on Schiffbauerdamm Located directly on the Spree River, the theater opened on November 19, 1892 as the Neues Theater on Schiffbauerdamm. It was privately… Read more: Theater, Theater - Café Josty
Artist café in Bellevue street Café Josty was a well-known artists’ café, located from 1880 to 1930 at Bellevuestraße 21 overlooking Potsdamer Platz. This was… Read more: Café Josty - School for female artists
Classes for women in Potsdamer Street Käthe Kollwitz’s first place of work in Berlin was the teaching studio of the Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen und… Read more: School for female artists - Siegmunds Hof
Studio house in Hansaviertel When her sons Hans and Peter were teenagers, Käthe Kollwitz looked around for a studio outside the apartment, mainly because she… Read more: Siegmunds Hof - Sickingenstraße
“Moabit Riots” Together with her husband, Käthe Kollwitz also took part in demonstrations herself and drove through the city to accompany workers’ protests as an… Read more: Sickingenstraße
