Two buildings, a classical Kollegienhaus and a modern structure hailed
as an architectural masterpiece, house the exhibitions, collections,
and several offices of the Jewish Museum Berlin.
The new building is full of artistic expression: the architect Daniel
Libeskind named it “Between the Lines” on account of two linear shapes
which form its structure. The “Line of Connectedness” expressed in the
window design symbolizes the cultural exchange between Jews and
non-Jews and the ways in which they influenced each other. The “Line of
the Voids” is a series of empty rooms, which runs in a straight but
disrupted line through the building. These empty rooms represent the
cultural gaps left in Germany after the Holocaust.