Het museum Otto Weidt’s Werkplaats voor de Blinden (Otto Weidt’s Blindenwerkstatt) werd geopend op 5 december 2006. This place served also as a hiding place for some of the employees. The museum tells the story of Otto Weidt. The museum known as the Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind (Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt) is located in a courtyard near the Hackesche Höfe and tells the story of Otto Weidt, a small Berlin-based manufacturer. It tells the story of Otto Weidt’s Workshop for the Blind. Welcome to the website of the Museum Otto Weidt’s Workshop for the Blind. The Museum’s Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more.Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center. See all 13 Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt tours on Tripadvisor In 1936 Otto Weidt established his firm under the name Otto Weidt’s Workshop for the Blind in the basement of Großbeerenstraße 92 in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg. The owner of the small factory, Otto Weidt, employed mainly blind and deaf Jews here during World War II. We recommend booking Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt tours ahead of time to secure your spot. They were supported amongst others by writer Inge Deutschkron, herself a surviving protégée of Otto Weidt's. They produced brooms and brushes. The Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind Museum and the Jewish Museum Berlin. Documenting the extraordinary courage of one man during the Third Reich, the Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt is situated in the old broom and brush workshop, in which many blind and deaf Jews worked. In a small courtyard near the Hackesche Höfe, nestled amongst some of Berlin's most vibrant street art, is Museum Otto Weidt's Workshop for the Blind (Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt).