Friedrichstadt Palace Berlin honors Jewish roots November 28, 2019 The Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin acknowledges its ìJewish roots since 1919 | The eventful stage history of todayís Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin began one hundred years ago. On 29th November 1919, the Jewish theatre visionary Max Reinhardt opened the Grofles Schauspielhaus ñ the predecessor to the Palast. Renamed the Theater des Volkes (Theatre of the People) during the Third Reich, the theatre was controlled directly by Joseph Goebbelsí Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Operations resumed at the theatre located in the Soviet sector of Berlin after the war as early as summer 1945 and it was accorded its present-day name of the Friedrichstadt-Palast in 1947.