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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 […] - 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 […] - “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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […]
