Where to Now?

The question ‘Where to now?’ was asked by around two hundred thousand surviving Jews after their liberation in 1945. They called themselves Schejres Haplejte: ‘The rescued remnant.’ We would like to tell about what Jews experienced in the post-war period - and about how contradictory and unconnected the perspectives of the Jewish victims and the
perspective of the perpetrators in Germany remained.

In an increasingly evident crisis of democracy, the Münchner Kammerspiele and the Institut für Neue Soziale Plastik, in collaboration with the Jewish Museum Munich, the Monacensia and other cooperation partners, would like to address continuities of National Socialism and anti-Semitism, but above all Jewish experiences and perspectives. Our guiding question ‘Where to now?’ leads from the immediate post-war period to the present: In a diverse programme, we address gaps in knowledge, search for connections between the history of the Shoah and our own biography and ask about Jewish migration experiences since the 1980s.

Between the end of October and mid-December 2025 we invite you to two special theatre premieres, a film series, literature readings, exhibitions, city walks and talks, workshops and an extensive educational programme.

Viola Hasselberg (Münchner Kammerspiele) & Stella Leder (Institut für Neue Soziale Plastik)

Back to the future: closing weekend with readings, films, discussions and comedy

On the weekend of 5 - 7 December, we will approach the question ‘Where to now?’ from a post-migrant Jewish perspective. In literature, film, stand-up and discussions, we will address immigration from the countries of the former Soviet Union to Israel and Germany, from Ethiopia to Israel and, of course, re-immigration into German post-war society. The programme focus, which began with the immediate post-war period, thus ends in the present. At the end, the question of the beginning remains: Where to now?

With Evgenia Gostrer, Yael Reuveny, Jeanine Meerapfel, Dmitrij Kapitelman, Shahak Shapira, Eva Illouz, Rachel Salamander
and many more

The film programme was co-curated by Stella Leder, Waking Up in Silence Yael Reuveny and Evgenia Gostrer

Combined ticket Münchner Kammerspiele and Jewish Museum Munich

When you show your theatre ticket for ‘Zeit ohne Gefühle’, you will receive 50% reduced admission to the Jewish Museum
Munich. Conversely, you will receive a 50% discount on a performance of ‘Zeit ohne Gefühle’ when you show your museum ticket at the theatre box office

MK: School material & school performances

History lessons in the theatre, from year 9 onwards

What does history have to do with us? What memories do our families have of the Second World War and the time afterwards? How can it be that Jews around the world are once again faced with the question “Where to now? In the theatre plays ‘Zeit ohne Gefühle’ and ‘Play Auerbach!’, we look at current Jewish perspectives on our shared past and future. We will be showing the production ‘Fremd’ in November as a school performance with an audience discussion with Michel Friedman and the actress Katharina Bach. We offer various free educational formats for school classes to ensure that a visit to the theatre is a memorable experience: Introductions, audience discussions and workshops. There are material folders for the productions that can be downloaded from our homepage.

Information and advice at: mitmachen@kammerspiele.de and +49 89 233 368 17

‘Where to now?’ is curated in collaboration with the Institute for New Social Sculpture and jointly organised with the Jewish Museum Munich, the Monacensia, the Cinematheque Haifa and the Institute for Hebrew Literature.

Supported by the Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

Supported by the Munich Department of Culture, Public History.