{"title": "Aber jetzt bin ich Dir unsere Schuld schuldig: Die Berliner Briefe von Susanne Kerckhoff", "start": "2026-11-19T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Mitte Museum", "address": "Pankstraße 47, 13357 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/postwar-germany", "literature"], "description": "A reading and conversation at Mitte Museum about the writer Susanne Kerckhoff. In 1948, in her Berlin letters, she spoke out against the great silence after National Socialism, writing about guilt, atonement and the search for a new beginning in a destroyed society. Lena Bührichen talks with publisher Peter Graf about who this woman was, why she fell into obscurity after her death in 1950, and why she is worth reading again today. The music comes from Jens-Karsten Stoll, with moderation by Jörg Braunsdorf.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/aber-jetzt-bin-ich-dir-unsere-schuld-schuldig-die-berliner-b-72945/", "official_url": "https://www.mittemuseum.de/de/veranstaltung/2026/aber-jetzt-bin-ich-dir-unsere-schuld-schuldig-die-berliner-briefe-von-susanne-kerckhoff", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6019ca1155cf17362ddd11b47b3bdefa5bc887d91d81932d75abe53256c16e80-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-19T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Mitte Museum", "address": "Pankstraße 47, 13357 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Lang ist es nicht her. Und jetzt ist es soweit.", "start": "2026-09-10T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-02-21T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Mitte Museum", "address": "Pankstraße 47, 13357 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "history/postwar-germany", "literature"], "description": "This special exhibition is devoted to writer and journalist Susanne Kerckhoff (1918–1950), a defining voice of the early post-war years. Mounted by the Mitte Museum and curated by Heike Albrecht, it offers the first systematic presentation of her portrait series „Menschen in unserer Zeit“, published in the Berliner Zeitung in 1948 and 1949. Her named fictional figures draw on real people and on Kerckhoff's own life story, and engage with guilt, denazification, antisemitism and democracy. Five works created for the exhibition by Jeanno Gaussi, likabari a.k.a. Melika Akbari, Eric Meier, Peter Wawerzinek and Jens-Karsten Stoll bring her writing into dialogue with the present.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lang-ist-es-nicht-her-und-jetzt-ist-es-soweit-15563/", "official_url": "https://www.mittemuseum.de/de/ausstellungen/2026/susanne-kerckhoff", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e41da47998ff9a7c20bbf5d95e18a68c41592632748e860332a7ae3f6906736a-600.webp"}, {"title": "Lesung: Kerstin Hensel: Abendgruß", "start": "2026-11-17T18:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Heinrich-Schulz- Bibliothek", "address": "Otto-Suhr-Allee 98, 10585 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature/contemporary"], "description": "The Heinrich-Schulz-Bibliothek hosts an author reading in which Kerstin Hensel presents her new book of stories, Abendgruß. The book brings together two artfully contrasting narratives: the story of siblings Karin and Wolf Kohlmann growing up in the GDR in the late 1960s, alongside glimpses into a life today. Hensel, born in Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1961 and a writer of poetry, novels and stories, portrays false morality, petty bourgeois attitudes and shattered dreams, at times poetic, at times wryly ironic. A reading promising to be both profound and entertaining for anyone interested in contemporary German literature.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesung-kerstin-hensel-abendgru-125534/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=297464&ls=0&c=4&v_ort=13119&date_start=05.11.2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c0a45fad643ee3dd8b95101996efae7c0c2e14b834b5754580448ddcea97d2e5-600.webp"}, {"title": "Elfriede Brüning, »… damit du weiterlebst« (1949)", "start": "2026-11-19T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-19T19:00:00+01:00", "place": "Brecht-Haus", "address": "Chausseestraße 125, 10115 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei!", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature/german-literature"], "description": "A lecture on the writer Elfriede Brüning (1910–2014) and her post-war novel »… damit du weiterlebst« (1949), given by Mimmi Woisnitza, who researches proletarian-revolutionary aesthetics in the GDR. The novel sets the survival story of Lotte Burkhardt, a single Jewish mother, alongside the story of Hanns and Hilde Coppi, whose executions were stylised in the GDR into a heroic narrative of resistance. In this way Brüning undermines the GDR's state-prescribed antifascism by recording what it left out: women's experiences beyond the heroic tale. Admission is free, and the event is a project of the Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus with the Arbeitskreis Politische Ästhetiken.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/elfriede-bruning-damit-du-weiterlebst-1949-75809/", "official_url": "https://lfbrecht.de/event/elfriede-bruening-damit-du-weiterlebst-1949/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/21644a8cc6b401e64ac614bb73de2a9d84bbff091a99ee041a297a591f4da45b-600.webp"}, {"title": "Misha Schoeneberg liest aus „Vielleicht wollte er gar nicht schweigen er fand bloß die Worte nicht” mit musikalischer Begleitung", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Buchhandlung am Schäfersee", "address": "Markstraße 6, 13409 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature", "music"], "description": "Misha Schoeneberg reads from his book „Vielleicht wollte er gar nicht schweigen er fand bloß die Worte nicht“, accompanied by musician Michael Gerlinger, who sings songs by Leonard Cohen in German to the guitar. In this deeply personal book, the author traces the story of his father, a member of a Jewish Berlin family who survived the horrors of Auschwitz. It is about silence and speechlessness in the family, remembrance culture and the upheavals of the present up to the events of October 7. The reading takes place at Buchhandlung am Schäfersee in Berlin; advance registration is possible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/misha-schoeneberg-liest-aus-vielleicht-wollte-er-gar-nicht-s-13471/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b76d528393fa3deeeebccf968b564e266c0db82854844ae3c870ae2192546799-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Susanne Rüster", "start": "2026-11-10T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Buchladen totsicher", "address": "Margaretenstraße 2, 10317 Berlin", "price": "5,00 €", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "An evening with Susanne Rüster at the Buchladen totsicher bookshop in Berlin-Lichtenberg. The author reads from her work and then talks with the audience. Admission costs five euros. Who the author is is not stated.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/susanne-ruster-93660/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ddecf39232656025078454e1223eaf277608798faf57d8db5e556a1236abf8e4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lesereihe: „Auf den Spuren vergessener Schriftstellerinnen“", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Brunnenstr. 181, 10119 Berlin", "address": "Brunnenstr. 181, 10119 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction", "society/women"], "description": "A reading from the series „Auf den Spuren vergessener Schriftstellerinnen“ dedicated to the Berlin writer Annemarie Weber. Publisher Britta Jürgs introduces the author, born in 1918 and died in 1991, and Simone Hausdorf reads. Weber's novel portrays with wit the contrasting worlds of the wild sixties in West Berlin, between marriage and pills, left-wing demos and stylish receptions. The event is free and requires no registration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesereihe-auf-den-spuren-vergessener-schriftstellerinnen-96850/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f4ef89a2cb1e5b4323ec5040459bde9ecf4e63745cf7fd28a08eec0913b7626d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "BÜHNENTAUSCH \" Die Frauen tragen die Last\" - Lesung & Gespräch mit Rainer Drews", "start": "2026-11-17T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stadtteilbibliothek Frohnau", "address": "Fuchssteinerweg 17, 13465 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/postwar-germany", "literature"], "description": "A reading followed by a conversation under the title „BÜHNENTAUSCH „Die Frauen tragen die Last“ - Lesung & Gespräch mit Rainer Drews“. Behind it is Rainer Drews, an author born in Berlin-Hermsdorf, an educationalist who taught at universities in Berlin and Potsdam, reading from his biographical reportage „Leben am Hermsdorfer Waldsee“. It traces the lives of Maria Koerfgen and her daughter Renate, who from 1947 onwards had to manage alone as a widow and half-orphan after son and son-in-law went missing in the war. Claudia Wasow-Kania of the Museum Reinickendorf gives the welcome; participation is only possible with registration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/buhnentausch-die-frauen-tragen-die-last-lesung-gesprach-mit-82211/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c63e3e1b8e725a01141475468b78dc7276cdbc54e015ac9f96c9a83e69dde7ce-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Nach Mitternacht", "start": "2026-11-16T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater am Frankfurter Tor", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 133, 10243 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "history/nazi-era"], "description": "„Nach Mitternacht“ is a stage play based on the novel by Irmgard Keun, in a monologue version by Gottfried Greiffenhagen, directed by Irene Christ and performed by Johanna Marie Bourgeois. The nineteen-year-old Susanna experiences 48 hours in 1936: her passionate love for Franz, everyday life under the „Rassegesetze“ and the denunciations of the Nazi regime. A public appearance by Hitler before an enthusiastic crowd on the Frankfurt Opernplatz becomes the starting point of momentous events, and the once humorous observer finds herself in the middle of it all, forced to grow up. Shortly before midnight, during an exuberant celebration, Susanna must make a momentous decision about her life.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/nach-mitternacht-7991/", "official_url": "https://www.theater-am-frankfurter-tor.de/produktionen/nach-mitternacht.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/67f4f4fbefdcc0a5052d2fdbd39459fb12798c37dfd820fa0cf28605913bcbfe-600.webp"}, {"title": "Leben am Hermsdorfer Waldsee „Die Frauen tragen die Last“", "start": "2026-11-17T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stadtteilbibliothek Frohnau", "address": "Fuchssteinerweg 17, 13465 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/postwar", "literature/biography"], "description": "Author Dr. Rainer Drews reads from his book at this event about life at the Hermsdorfer Waldsee. It combines a book presentation with a conversation, and Claudia Wasow-Kania gives the welcome. A biographical reportage traces the lives of two women: Maria Koerfgen, left entirely on her own as a widow with her daughter Renate from 1947 after both her son and her son-in-law went missing in the war, coped with the daily challenges of the following years only under the greatest strains. Their life paths and the moving fates in their family are recounted, as part of “Bühnentausch” 2025, a cooperation between the Museum Reinickendorf and the Stadtbibliothek Reinickendorf.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/leben-am-hermsdorfer-waldsee-die-frauen-tragen-die-last-12356/", "official_url": "https://museum-reinickendorf.de/termine/leben-am-hermsdorfer-waldsee-die-frauen-tragen-die-last-lesung-dr-rainer-drews/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c24ac5d27db283cb52ea31f8f3ebea3b733841b36696b114b0dc83744be73ec2-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Literarische Erinnerungsbilder", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung", "address": "Straße der Pariser Kommune 8A, 10243 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/germany", "literature"], "description": "\"Literarische Erinnerungsbilder\" is a reading followed by a conversation. The authors Regina Scheer and Annett Gröschner read from their family novels \"Machandel\" and \"Schwebende Lasten\", in which individual fates form a multiperspectival mosaic of twentieth-century German history; the conversation is moderated by literary scholar Therese Hörnigk. The event takes place in the Eva-Mamlok-Bibliothek of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and is accessible, registration is requested. Literary images of memory are meant to broaden the range of society's perceptions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/literarische-erinnerungsbilder-97085/", "official_url": "https://www.rosalux.de/veranstaltung/es_detail/YWZCR/literarische-erinnerungsbilder?cHash=784309a7c779e052580b64ff3c5d54eb", "image": "https://noky.io/images/575c4c578c748ea7fdb4b59a6de9414192fc00aa1475a32faab15ae71ceac786-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Schweigen - eine dokumentarische Graphic Novel", "start": "2026-11-19T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in der Villa Oppenheim", "address": "Schloßstraße 55, 14059 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/comics/graphic-novels", "history/nazi-era"], "description": "A reading and conversation with Birgit Weyhe about her documentary graphic novel „Schweigen“. In it, she recalls two women of different generations: Ellen Marx, the only member of her Jewish family to survive Nazi persecution after emigrating from Berlin to Buenos Aires at seventeen, and Elisabeth Käsemann, who set out for Argentina against the backdrop of the student movement. The graphic novel repeatedly touches on local history and opens a narrative about the entanglements between Germany and Argentina, the Argentine military dictatorship, and the political failure connected with it. Based on in-depth research, it confronts the experiences of violence and the defiant remembrance in Argentine society.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/schweigen-eine-dokumentarische-graphic-novel-72959/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/572bb2868b2cd7d852c6810eceaf38a550041157dec34c8c44f570dccdbebeb5-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Nie wieder!", "start": "2026-11-08T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Grips Theater im Podewil", "address": "Klosterstraße 68 10179 Berlin", "price": "10 €, ermäßigt 5 €", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/reading"], "description": "\"Nie wieder!\" is a musical reading in remembrance of the victims of the Nazi dictatorship. Three performers (Eva Blum, Michaela Hanser, Falk Berghofer) read from Inge Deutschkron's \"Ich trug den gelben Stern\", accompanied by Volker Ludwig's \"Zeitlosen Lieder\" from \"Ab heute heißt Du Sara\", newly arranged for choir. The vocal.ensemble.tempelhof as well as Matthias Witting with arrangements and piano take part. The evening is meant to be stirring and encouraging at once, dealing with humanity, solidarity and civil courage.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/nie-wieder-4635/", "official_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/spielplan/nie-wieder/3387", "image": ""}, {"title": "THERE IS NO PAST IN BERLIN: Ioana Cristina Casapu in conversation with Alexander Wells", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Lettrétage", "address": "Veteranenstr. 21, 10119 Berlin", "price": "on a donation basis (recommended 5-10€)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/berlin", "literature"], "description": "A literary evening of readings, conversation and mutual interviewing at Lettrétage. Romanian author and curator Ioana Cristina Casapu welcomes Australian writer and critic Alexander Wells for the second edition of her series „THERE IS NO PAST IN BERLIN“, which she initiated together with Lars Jongeblod. Starting from Karl Scheffler's verdict that Berlin is „condemned forever to becoming“, they ask how much of the past we carry into a new life, tracing writers who came to Berlin to begin again – from Isherwood's Schöneberg and Joseph Roth's streets to today's perpetually unfinished capital. Casapu draws on her essay collection „Berliner Tagebuch – Die Geschichte meiner inneren Mauer“ (2025), Wells on essays following Joseph Roth, questioning young Australians in Berlin and examining how the Stasi became part of a reassuring Western narrative.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/there-is-no-past-in-berlin-ioana-cristina-casapu-in-conversa-7372/", "official_url": "https://www.lettretage.de/programm/there-is-no-past-in-berlin-ioana-cristina-casapu-in-conversation-with-alexander-wells", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5e09be97596bab3997375df8499f6ed2c59095e2ee59382927e1616fdeeb5a42-1200.webp"}]}