Israelite Girls' School 35 Karolinenstraße Memorial and Education Centre Dr. Alberto Jonas-Haus Karolinenstraße 35 20357 Hamburg Tel: 040/34 97-21 75 Opening Times: Tuesday and Thursday 14.00 - 20.00 Hrs Visits outside the official opening times by arrangement. Admission Free. Directions: Public Transport: U2 Messehallen U3 Feldstraße S21, S31 and U3 Sternschanze The Israelite Girls' School The building at 35 Karolinenstraße was erected in 1883 as a girls school for the German-Israelite Community in Hamburg. Over the decades it acquired a reputation as an institution of high educational standards. When the National Socialists gained power it was one of the only two remaining Jewish educational institutes in Hamburg. The school became the focus of exemplary self assertion and maintained the daily school routine, despite the death threats, until in May 1942 it received a compulsory eviction order. The Memorial and Education Centre On 22. May 1989 the Israelite Girls' School 35 Karolinenstraße Memorial and Education Centre was opened in the partly preserved schoolrooms. It is the aim of the centre to keep alive the remembrance of the children and teachers who became victims of the Holocaust. However, suffering and death are not the only themes. One of the permanent exhibitions is titled "Formerly at Home in Hamburg - Jewish School Life in the Grindel District of Hamburg" and presents a vivid impression of school life in the former German-Jewish Community. The centre is administered by the Politics and Society Department of the Hamburg Adult Education Institute who organize numerous seminars and individual events in an endeavour to keep alive the discussion about the National Socialist period in Germany. The former Natural History Classroom. The current programme of events with the respective themes and dates of events can be obtained from the Hamburg Adult Education Institute.