Fascination Berlin-Mitte. Bare facades, a colorful shopping world, interspersed with traces of the past. The Magnus House at Kupfergraben, the synagogue on Oranienburger, the Jewish boys' school on Grosse Hamburger Strasse. Jewish life long shaped the cultural scene, academic discourse, the media landscape, the world of finance and consumption, as well as the Berlin of the poor, as found in the Scheunenviertel. Accompanied by Heinrich Heine, Rahel Varnhagen, Kurt Tucholsky, Walter Benjamin, Vicki Baum, Irmgard Keun, Gershom Scholem, and many others, Unda Hörner explores Jewish houses and stories on literary excursions. The walks vividly illustrate how deeply the Jewish population has influenced the face of the city.