{"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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-07T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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": "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"}, {"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": "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": "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": "80. Waisenhausgespräch – “Lernt die Menschheit nie? Erinnerungskultur als Mehrgenerationenprojekt”", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Betsaal, Berliner Straße 120-121, 13187 Berlin", "address": "", "price": "Eintritt frei / free entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/memory-culture", "literature/reading"], "description": "The 80th Waisenhausgespräch asks how a culture of remembrance can succeed as a project across generations. Organized by the Cajewitz Stiftung together with the SchuleEins and the Theater OfW, it features pupils presenting their research into the history of the former orphanage, a staged reading by Anja S. Gläser and Florentine Schara (text and staging by Philipp Urrutia, with English surtitles), and a panel discussion with Lena Ditte Nissen and Rosa Jellinek. In this way the historic building's Betsaal becomes a place of living memory where past and present enter into dialogue.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/80-waisenhausgesprach-lernt-die-menschheit-nie-erinnerungsku-72986/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Frauen und Revolution", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berliner Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, Besuchszentrum Ostkreuz", "address": "Revaler Straße 29, 10245 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/revolutions", "society/gender"], "description": "“Frauen und Revolution” is a theme evening with a discussion about what role female voices play in revolutions, then and now. From the revolutions of 1848 and 1918 to political upheavals around the world, it looks at women as actors in revolutionary movements and asks how they shape political change. Together the audience discusses female perspectives on revolution, democracy and social change; guests include the author Shila Behjat. The event takes place as part of the changing exhibition “Stimmen – Ein Ausstellungsexperiment zwischen Demokratiegeschichte und Gegenwart” in cooperation with the Berliner Landeszentrale für politische Bildung; admission is free, registration is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/frauen-und-revolution-16803/", "official_url": "https://forum1848.de/veranstaltungen/stimmen-frauen-revolution/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0d47bc1053ff6769a228f55c1a9b83fcccb97e2e6afa28d7e45c713b068ac6f1-2000.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": "Dialogische Führung: Josef Kaiser und die Gestaltung des Palastes der Republik", "start": "2026-11-09T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berlinische Galerie", "address": "Alte Jakobstraße 124-128, 10969 Berlin", "price": "Die Teilnahme an der Führung ist im Museumseintritt enthalten.", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/gdr/architecture"], "description": "A dialogue-based guided tour within the exhibition \"Josef Kaiser. Bauen für die DDR\", in which Ursula Müller and Prof. Dr. Wolf Eisentraut share their memories in conversation. The subject is Josef Kaiser and the design of the Palast der Republik, one of the best-known buildings of the GDR. The conversation looks at the architectural ideas of that era and how the building came into being. The event is aimed at teenagers and adults.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/dialogische-fuhrung-josef-kaiser-und-die-gestaltung-des-pala-11660/", "official_url": "https://berlinischegalerie.de/veranstaltung/dialogische-fuehrung-josef-kaiser-bauen-fuer-die-ddr/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ae2fe01f65bc73f59a05e6998c691044b9e7dc862a52f4147f6c86b7075ac7ee-1200.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": "Kolonialismus erinnern. Vom Konzept zum Ort", "start": "2026-11-13T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz", "address": "Linienstraße 227, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "„Kolonialismus erinnern. Vom Konzept zum Ort“ is an evening devoted to the question of how a central learning and memorial site on the history of colonialism could be designed in Berlin. The event brings together perspectives from academia, art, architecture, activism and memorial policy practice, sharing with a broad audience the conceptual and spatial foundations of the future site as well as the structures and networks that could sustain it. Artistically, the evening is framed by the dance company Fii ak Fee with the work DEM DEM and by Nathalie Vairac, who reads for the first time from Felwine Sarr's „Traces – A Speech to African Nations“. The event takes place in cooperation with „Kolonialismus erinnern“ and further partners, with simultaneous translation into English and French.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/kolonialismus-erinnern-vom-konzept-zum-ort-293/", "official_url": "https://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/produktionen/kolonialismus-erinnern/20261113-1900/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Erinnerungsort Kolonialismus. Call & Response mit Alice Hasters und Khuê Phạm.", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz", "address": "Linienstraße 227, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "A keynote dialogue on the question of how a central place of learning and remembrance for the history of colonialism and its continuities can be shaped. Following an introduction by literary scholar and curator Ibou Diop, Alice Hasters and Khuê Phạm take up questions about forms, practices and politics of remembering and bring them into conversation with each other, after which the exchange continues with the audience. The event reflects on the Erinnerungskonzept Kolonialismus (2025), initiated by actors of Berlin's civil society, which combines activist, scholarly and artistic positions and presents guidelines for engaging with and remembering Berlin's long-suppressed colonial history. In cooperation with Kolonialismus erinnern, the dialogue opens the event „Kolonialismus erinnern. Vom Konzept zum Ort.“ on 13 November.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/erinnerungsort-kolonialismus-call-response-mit-alice-hasters-283/", "official_url": "https://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/produktionen/kolonialismus-erinnern/20261109-1700/", "image": ""}, {"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"}]}