Jewish Museum in Munich: "Our history is not just a history of loss and sufferance"

The Jewish Museum in Munich is not your typical Jewish Museum. For a start, it doesn't make the Holocaust a central pillar of its displays, collections and exhibitions. There are other points of difference too, as SBS reporter Daniel Salg found out when he went to the museum to be given a private tour by its compassionate director Bernhard Purin.

Keine Holocaust-Gedenkstätte: Museumsdirektor Bernhard Purin vor "seinem" Museum in München Source: Salg

Bernhard Purin im Jüdischen Museum München Source: Salg

Bernhard Purin vor der Jüdischen Synagoge München Source: Salg