Public tour of the World War II bunker and its exhibitions on Jewish life

Jodean Ator offers an English-language tour of the World War II bunker and our current exhibitions with Jewish Ostend and Virtual Reality Reconstructed Synagogues.

This guided tour is part of Germany’s largest cultural event. Over 5,000 historic buildings open their doors to you, your friends, and the whole family on the second Sunday in September throughout Germany. Discover places that are not normally accessible – on September 14 during Open Monument Day 2025.

About this monument
The high-rise bunker at Friedberger Anlage was built in 1942 on the foundations of the synagogue of the Israelite Religious Society, which had been destroyed by the Nazis. The November 9 Initiative commemorates the November pogroms and, through exhibitions and events, creates a space for confronting hatred, anti-Semitism, persecution, and extermination.

Accompanying program
The bunker is open to the public. We also offer the following six exhibitions: “Some Were Neighbors” examines individual responsibility in the Holocaust. “Burned Places” deals with the places in Frankfurt where books were publicly burned in 1933. “Synagogues in Germany” uses virtual reality to bring destroyed places of worship back to life. “Displaced Persons” tells the story of Jewish survivors arriving from Föhrenwald to Waldschmidtstraße in Frankfurt after 1945. The exhibition “Ostend – A Look at a Jewish Neighborhood” traces the former diversity of Jewish life in this district. “Music as a Form of Intellectual Resistance” pays tribute to Jewish musicians in Frankfurt during the Nazi era and their expulsion and murder.