Bundestag Panel Backs Renaming of Central Berlin Stretch as Yad-Vashem-Straße

Overview

• The Bundestag’s Bau- und Raumkommission recommended renaming the Dorotheenstraße segment between Friedrich-Ebert-Platz and Wilhelmstraße to Yad-Vashem-Straße.
• The roughly 130-meter stretch sits beside the Jakob-Kaiser-Haus and near the Reichstag, while the rest of Dorotheenstraße would keep its name.
• Final endorsement by the Ältestenrat and subsequent decisions by the Berlin Senate and the Mitte district are required, including official publication and objection periods.
• The earliest possible effective date is cited as May 2026 under optimal conditions.
• The initiative was driven by the Freundeskreis Yad Vashem and supported by figures including Berlin’s Mayor Kai Wegner, Bundestag Vice President Omid Nouripour, Yad Vashem director Dani Dayan, and Bundestag President Julia Klöckner.