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DIGITAL CITY TOUR "JEWISH LIFE IN BREISACH"
© Stadt Breisach https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
© Stadt Breisach https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Breisach-Touristik
Kapuzinergasse 2, 79206 Breisach am Rhein
Audiovisual tour “Jewish Life in Breisach” in German, English, and French through Breisach.
The audiovisual tour [“Jewish Life in Breisach”](https://x5b33.app.goo.gl/hD9K7HRsFQwY274P7) takes you on a tour of Breisach in German, English, and French. At 15 stops, you’ll learn more about the history of the cathedral city and its Jewish communities from the perspectives of Elaine Wolff and Hans David Blum, whose families lived in Breisach for many generations. Their journey through 700 years of city history and the diverse Jewish life before the Shoah is complemented by audio clips, photographs, and in-depth documents. Actors narrate the texts.
**The City Center and Its Business District**
Elaine Wolff from New York guides you across the market square into the heart of the bustling business district as it was before 1933. From the textile and hardware stores of the Dreyfuss, Weil, and Bähr families, the taverns and breweries of the Günzburger family, and the Rosenberg printing shop—where popular postcard views of Breisach were produced—to the train station, which played a significant role in the 20th century.
**The Former Jewish Quarter**
Join Hans David Blum on a journey of discovery across Münsterplatz, Synagogenplatz, and the Old Jewish Cemetery, through Judengasse, past the Rheintor, and to the inn “Zum Goldenen Adler.” Members of the Jewish community are introduced through their diverse professions and their commitment to their city: cattle and horse dealers, butchers, brewers, innkeepers, and hardware merchants; a family doctor; soldiers in World War I; city councilwoman Ida Frank; and Ludwig Dreyfuss, co-founder of the Breisach Festival.
**Hans David Blum (1919, Breisach – 2009, New York)**
Hans David Blum was born into a family of cattle dealers on Judengasse and decided to become the chronicler of the Jewish community. His parents were released from the Gurs internment camp and emigrated to New York with Hans David in 1946.
**Elaine Wolff (b. 1946, lives in New York)**
Elaine’s mother, Paula Wurmser, was from Breisach. Her mother’s childhood friend and Elaine’s father’s friend was Hans David Blum. Whenever Elaine met him in New York, he would tell her stories about Breisach. These stories sparked her love for the city of her ancestors.
The audio walk is free of charge. You can support this project via a donation button.
**Concept and Audio Plays**:
Gabriele Valeska Wilczek with Christiane Walesch-Schneller
**Editors**:
Johanna Mai, Ingrid Wenz-Gahler, Olivia Schneller
**Translations**: VSI-Berlin
**Sound engineering**:
Sergio Barone, PurpleRoom Recording Studio
**Audio drama production**: Freiburg Living History UG
**Audio drama direction**: Lukas Müller
**Role/Narrator:**
Hans David Blum: Heinzl Spagl
Elaine Wolff: Renate Obermaier
Ida Frank: Sybille Kleinschmitt
Ludwig Dreyfuss: Lukas Müller
Walter Breisacher: Jannik Sulger
Young Hans David Blum: Lars Blume
Günther Boll: Christoph Hüllstrung
Heinz Bähr: Bernd Kolarik
Getrud Auer: Sigrid Franz
Selma Ziehler: Gabriele Zink
Kurt Dreyfuss: Bernd Lafrenz
Hermann Bähr: Sebastian Menges
Louise Weil: Natalia Herrera
Christiane Walesch-Schneller: Nicole Djandji-Stahl
French version:
Hans David Blum: Michel Zin-Cuder
Elaine Wolff: Marie Wuillème
English version:
Hans David Blum: Len Shirts
Elaine Wolff: Lynn Burch
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