{"title": "1989 als Auftrag: Verpasste Chancen? Neue Perspektiven", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museumsdorf Düppel", "address": "Clauertstraße 11, 14163 Berlin", "price": "5 Euro", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr/peaceful-revolution"], "description": "An introductory talk and discussion asking whether a democratic new beginning was missed in 1989/90. The “New Constitution” working group of the Central Round Table presented a draft constitution in 1990, but no broad debate about it followed. Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Paulina Fröhlich, ManuEla Ritz and Max Schneller will discuss, moderated by Dagmar Hovestädt. The event is part of the “Berlin Freedom Week” and concludes the series “Über Grenzen: Ziehen, Einreißen und Verschieben” in BERLIN GLOBAL.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/1989-als-auftrag-verpasste-chancen-neue-perspektiven-89667/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.museum/veranstaltungen/1989-als-auftrag-verpasste-chancen-neue-perspektiven", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b907bcf1a601b1b0a255eed5988cae3fe988b3084c472a73bdd22f5c83bbfc56-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museumsdorf Düppel", "address": "Clauertstraße 11, 14163 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "1989 als Auftrag: Verpasste Chancen? Neue Perspektiven", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T20:30:00+01:00", "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "5 Euro/ 3 Euro ermäßigt", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/reunification"], "description": "A panel discussion exploring the legacy of 1989 and asking whether opportunities were missed back then. It takes place as part of a series on 1989 that aims to open up new perspectives on the era of change. Experts on stage debate which of that period's tasks still resonate today. Visitors can follow the discussion live and contribute their own ideas.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/1989-als-auftrag-verpasste-chancen-neue-perspektiven-33824/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Sturzlage", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-16T18:30:00+01:00", "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr/peaceful-revolution"], "description": "\"Sturzlage\" is an event dealing with the democratic awakening of 1989/90. It centers on the Central Round Table at Schloss Schönhausen in Pankow, where crucial decisions were made. From December 1989 to March 1990, representatives of the citizens' movements and parties met there. The event takes place at the Humboldt Forum.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/sturzlage-16880/", "official_url": "https://www.humboldtforum.org/de", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e34564113d159a91a5b5353bba257fd8d87edaeb255452c59f585bb9f7f1bf1c-600.webp"}, {"title": "Aufbruch und Abbruch", "start": "2026-11-07T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr/peaceful-revolution"], "description": "A talk about two significant sites of the Peaceful Revolution: the Central Round Table at Schönhausen Palace in Pankow and the parliamentary chamber in the Palace of the Republic. Behind the event are the Humboldt Forum, the ORTS-Termin and the installation „Sturzlage“, held on the occasion of the Berlin Freedom Week 2026. The speaker is Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper, one of the most prominent voices in Berlin's culture of remembrance, who explores the history and significance of these two places. She asks why their history is told so little today and why the democratic potential of the Round Table and the freely elected Volkskammer remains relevant.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/aufbruch-und-abbruch-2562/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e34564113d159a91a5b5353bba257fd8d87edaeb255452c59f585bb9f7f1bf1c-600.webp"}, {"title": "Theateraufführung \"Mikrokosmos 1990. Anfang und Ende eines Landes\"", "start": "2026-11-04T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen", "address": "Genslerstraße 66, 13055 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/documentary-theatre", "history/gdr"], "description": "The Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial presents the research-based theatre piece „Mikrokosmos 1990. Anfang und Ende eines Landes“ by the theatre collective Vajswerk. It follows four young people from Leipzig, Rostock, Hoyerswerda and Berlin through the year 1990, who after the Peaceful Revolution and the fall of the Wall face the question: „Und wie geht es weiter?“ Based on research into historical material, the piece creates a many-layered portrait of a country in upheaval, telling of a generation's experiences in the year of German unity and drawing a line to the present. The joint event with the district's business development office of Lichtenberg sets the stage for the Berlin Freedom Week 2026 and invites reflection on the upheavals of the Wende era as well as on freedom and democracy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/theaterauffuhrung-mikrokosmos-1990-anfang-und-ende-eines-lan-45229/", "official_url": "https://www.stiftung-hsh.de/ihr-besuch/veranstaltungen/mikrokosmos-1990", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7fa097dec5bcfe2a975448da157f828b5b285f149b466ee80511507b77ee8c3b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Freiheit, Solidarität und der Wunsch nach Erneuerung -", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "place": "Katholische Akademie in Berlin", "address": "Hannoversche Straße 5b, 10115 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["occasion/anniversary"], "description": "A discussion event marking the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian popular uprising. The Catholic Academy in Berlin, together with Renovabis, invites guests to talk about the meaning of \"1956\" in Hungarian memory culture and politics, as well as Hungary's present and future. Speakers include Zsuzsa Breier, Kornélia Kiss, Konrád Dejcsics and Gergely Romsics, moderated by Kai-Olaf Lang. The Research Prize Eastern Europe 2026 will be awarded directly afterwards.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/freiheit-solidaritat-und-der-wunsch-nach-erneuerung-9177/", "official_url": "https://www.katholische-akademie-berlin.de/veranstaltung/freiheit-solidaritaet/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/946a2019808db63b1e647b63b54d108542fd54e332ca08ea9e3ac9400b788086-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte 3: Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/politics", "society/democracy"], "description": "„Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte 3: Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden“ is a discussion event in the DT Kontext series, held in the Rangfoyer of the Deutsches Theater. The panel features political and social scientist Naika Foroutan, head of the German Institute for Migration and Integration Research, and historian Uwe Sonnenberg of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, moderated by André Mumot. At its centre is Rosa Luxemburg's famous line „Freiheit ist immer auch die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden“ and her legacy at a time when democratic values are under pressure worldwide. The discussion asks what her courage, her critique of the system and her idea of political participation can teach us for the challenges of the 21st century. Admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-ande-16847/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden", "image": ""}, {"title": "Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden. Rosa Luxemburg und die Demokratie heute", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/politics", "society/democracy"], "description": "A talk at the Deutsches Theater as part of the series \"Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte\" takes up Rosa Luxemburg and the lasting relevance of her famous sentence on the freedom of those who think differently. The series is run by DT Kontext, the theatre's discussion programme. The panel features political and social scientist Naika Foroutan and historian Uwe Sonnenberg of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, moderated by André Mumot. The discussion asks what her idea of a living democracy and free speech can mean in the crises of the 21st century.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden-rosa-luxemburg-und-die-demo-4405/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden", "image": ""}, {"title": "Über Grenzen: Ziehen, Einreißen und Verschieben", "start": "2026-08-14T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-11-12T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/berlin-wall"], "description": "A talk in the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition at the Humboldt Forum. It is the first of four events in the series „Über Grenzen: Ziehen, Einreißen und Verschieben“, held 65 years after the building of the Berlin Wall. Under the title „Grenzen/los?“, Elise Landschek (DIE ZEIT) talks with Ngoc Anh Nguyen, Juliane Meckert and Flor Fischer about the perspectives of the third and fourth generation East.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/uber-grenzen-ziehen-einreien-und-verschieben-79965/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3b60cf5bd71cdbc32b34c118b37f0d770cce0dd340a98c7296c05c1574ae23de-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Passierschein für die Kunst", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "James-Simon-Galerie", "address": "Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "art"], "description": "A panel discussion marking 40 years of the German-German cultural agreement concluded in 1986. It is hosted by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation together with the Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl Foundation. Contemporary witnesses and actors of the time discuss what the agreement achieved, how art and audiences in East and West met, and what characterised GDR culture. The panel features Ingeborg Ruthe, Petra Winter, Thomas Flierl, Felix Brusberg and Ulrich Leidholdt, moderated by Christhard Läpple.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/passierschein-fur-die-kunst-73486/", "official_url": "https://pretix.eu/preussischer-kulturbesitz/kulturabkommen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/68a35965f4e252dc078578fde29c5ceace7bdcab7e04ee5d06a4a3bcda96f470-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Berlin Freedom Week", "start": "2026-11-07T08:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-14T08:00:00+01:00", "place": "", "address": "Berlin", "price": "Variiert je nach Veranstaltung", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["history/berlin-wall", "society/democracy"], "description": "Berlin Freedom Week is a citywide initiative for freedom and democracy that marks the anniversary of the fall of the Wall with guided tours, workshops, films, readings, discussions and events for children. It is an initiative of the Axel Springer Freedom Foundation, the Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft, visitBerlin and the World Liberty Congress, held under the patronage of Berlin's Governing Mayor. The programme approaches freedom from different perspectives: current events in several countries, global protest movements, digital freedom and past understandings of freedom. Highlights include the Berlin Freedom Conference, the Ostfrauen*Salon at the Stasi headquarters, contemporary witness talks about escape assistance at the Berlin Wall, and the Stories of Freedom film series.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/berlin-freedom-week-16876/", "official_url": "https://berlin-freedom-week.com/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ae6a571649a3fa91c60a6de77329bb1a03abce980714c1dbed1f7c90d3dd0f3b-600.webp"}, {"title": "DDR-Philosophie 1945–1995. Vom Schließen und Aufstoßen der Fenster", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Helle Panke e.V.", "address": "Kopenhagener Straße 9, 10437 Berlin", "price": "2 €", "price_from": "2.00", "price_to": "2.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr"], "description": "A conversation about philosophy in the GDR and its effects reaching into the present. Prof. Dr. Hans-Christoph Rauh speaks with the long-time publisher Dr. Christoph Links, drawing on his latest book \"DDR-Philosophie 1945-1995. Geschichte und Kritik\". They discuss how the party built up its \"Kader-Philosophie\", pushed aside free thinking and its representatives, and what outcomes there were from this \"philosophy for a closed world\". The talk is deliberately held on the anniversary of the 1989 Alexanderplatz mass demonstration, where Stefan Heym declared: \"It is as if someone has opened the windows\".", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ddr-philosophie-19451995-vom-schlieen-und-aufstoen-der-fenst-22789/", "official_url": "https://www.helle-panke.de/de/topic/3.termine.html?id=4124", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4972af2a261b6bb7198937851254d498f329892de982a7f39f3945016bb6e767-2000.webp"}, {"title": "WahlheYmat Talks: Democracy for everyone", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek (AGB)", "address": "Eva-Mamlok-Platz 1, 10961 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy"], "description": "WahlheYmat Talks: Democracy for everyone is an English-language panel discussion on democratic participation in Berlin, where around one million residents cannot vote. Behind it is WahlheYmat e.V., whose monthly series is supported by the Berlin Central and Regional Library (ZLB). The guests are Chantal Chisley (Polnischer Sozialrat e.V.), Esther Nass (StimmlosTrend, WahlheYmat e.V.) and Jonas Drechsler (D2030 – Deutschland neu denken e.V.). Together with the audience they explore how democracy can be made accessible to everyone and adapted to a diverse society – no registration needed, but places are limited.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wahlheymat-talks-democracy-for-everyone-2594/", "official_url": "https://www.zlb.de/veranstaltungsuebersicht/wahlheymat-talks-democracy-for-everyone/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3fcceda21c60b934a6d7cc56d97e5c4b26267ef593cb30afb5877f3443fb9910-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Umbruch 1989/90 und die deutsche Einheit: Gemischte Gefühle?", "start": "2026-11-08T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "East Side Gallery", "address": "", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/street-art", "history/gdr"], "description": "A spotlight guided tour at the East Side Gallery presenting some of the more than one hundred artworks painted on the Berlin Wall in 1990. They tell of hope and joy, but also of worries and unsettling experiences in the period of upheaval 1989/90. The tour looks at how the artists, more than 35 years after the fall of the Wall, view German unity: what would they paint on the wall today, and are the messages still relevant? It takes place as part of Berlin Freedom Week 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/umbruch-198990-und-die-deutsche-einheit-gemischte-gefuhle-20156/", "official_url": "https://www.stiftung-berliner-mauer.de/de/east-side-gallery/besuch/programm/umbruch-198990-und-die-deutsche-einheit-gemischte-gefuehle-0?date=2026-11-08T11%3A00%3A00%2B0100", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d85c4d00aab736be0800091f9d1ee42f74a3ab1b181d9ae3f0d39d409f17285a-600.webp"}, {"title": "Literaturstadt Berlin #8: Die neuen Leute", "start": "2026-11-13T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "PopUp Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek", "address": "Eva-Mamlok-Platz 1, 10961 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A panel discussion on the prospects of the emerging generation of writers, readers and curators in Berlin. It is organised by the Berliner Literaturkonferenz, an alliance of Berlin literature institutions and the independent literature scene, in cooperation with radio3, and picks up a presentation the literaturWERKstatt berlin first staged in 2002 under the same title. The panel brings together editor Katharina Holzmann, politician Louis Krüger, author I. V. Nuss and Eli Makuth from the youth reading group Die LesArtigen, moderated by Anne-Dore Krohn and Katja Weber. The talk also opens the Open Mike weekend and will be recorded and broadcast on radio3.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/literaturstadt-berlin-8-die-neuen-leute-211/", "official_url": "https://www.hausfuerpoesie.org/de/programm/literaturstadt-berlin-8-die-neuen-leute", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6bc39107596c17ee255cd73fda51d01b1948f7d79f7fc37764e239ebe4fdabcf-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Themenführung zur Berlin Freedom Week", "start": "2026-11-07T15:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Forum Willy Brandt Berlin", "address": "Behrenstraße 15, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/berlin-wall"], "description": "During Berlin Freedom Week, the Forum Willy Brandt Berlin invites visitors to a themed guided tour. It centres on Willy Brandt and the years 1989/90, asking what made those events so special for him, how his policies for the East and for Germany helped overcome the country's division, and why he could imagine German unity only in a European context. Taking part costs nothing, and no registration is needed. The tour is offered in German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/themenfuhrung-zur-berlin-freedom-week-22412/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fa73292fffdca2963d0804daf6615581bdc76084ce9805334e5e34d1e217c0a6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Buchvorstellung und Gespräch: Politischer Streik", "start": "2026-11-13T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schwarze Risse", "address": "Gneisenaustraße 2a, 10961 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/germany", "society/labour"], "description": "At the bookshop Schwarze Risse, the book »Politischer Streik« is presented, about the history and legality of political strikes in Germany, from the 1918 revolution to today. The book argues that political strikes deserve renewed attention as a means of democracy, offering arguments and legal tips for practice. Taking part are lawyer Benedikt Hopmann, GEW unionist and Gorillas strike organiser Duygu Kaya, and ver.di historian Günter Watermeier. The presentation is followed by a discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/buchvorstellung-und-gesprach-politischer-streik-40520/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}