Sophiensæle can look back on an eventful and varied past since its construction as a craftsmen’s association house at the beginning of the 20th century. During the tour, the Sophiensæle will be discussed against the background of its various uses and meanings: as an educational and training center for craftsmen, as an organizational site for a workers’ movement, as a place of Nazi forced labor, as workshops for the Maxim Gorki Theatre and, since 1996, as a venue for the independent performing arts in Berlin-Mitte.