{"title": "Aufbruch und Abbruch. Vom Runden Tisch zum Parlamentssaal im Palast der Republik", "start": "2026-11-07T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://indiv.themisweb.fr/0426/fChoixSeanceWidget.aspx?idstructure=0426&EventId=1341&request=QcE+w0WHSuAzuy2B4/OGXXM5SHkQriVyPpSnIlSPgwi/SvTcAfT+aEjjNRciovQIRNkHdQdPpEPbes4EX/49Cg==", "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-vom-runden-tisch-zum-parlamentssaal-im-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", "tickets_url": "", "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": "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", "tickets_url": "", "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", "tickets_url": "", "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": "„Niewiedervereinigung: 100 Zwischenrufe zur deutschen Einheit“", "start": "2026-10-30T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "5 EUR / ermäßigt 3 EUR", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/reunification", "literature"], "description": "This event is a reading from the book „Niewiedervereinigung: 100 Zwischenrufe zur deutschen Einheit“ at the Humboldt Forum. It is part of the series „Über Grenzen: Ziehen, Einreißen, Verschieben“ at BERLIN GLOBAL. Author Paula Fürstenberg looks at German reunification from the perspective of a post-reunification generation, asking about the gaps in the narrative of unity, accompanied by unemployment, emigration and racist violence in the East. The reading is moderated by journalist and author Nhi Le.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/niewiedervereinigung-100-zwischenrufe-zur-deutschen-einheit-16573/", "official_url": "https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/termin/gespraech/niewiedervereinigung-100-zwischenrufe-zur-deutschen-einheit-169340/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/14149d7214a8e7465078031a2f0660b9d59e8fc2f194d169e26c95ae08b5a3c8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Auf den Spuren der Geschichte", "start": "2026-11-01T13:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "9 EUR", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.humboldtforum.org/#/product/event/241?lang=de", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/berlin"], "description": "The event \"Auf den Spuren der Geschichte\" is an overview tour about the history of the site where the Humboldt Forum stands today. It is offered by the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss. Using selected stops and objects, it traces the site's history from the time of the electors, kings and emperors to the debate over demolishing the Palast der Republik. The tour invites discussion about historical images and their impact in the present.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/auf-den-spuren-der-geschichte-22932/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a57bf98a92fb92fad9a6726ebc71e383846c4931d0f981a902a79b529d603e6e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Palästina zwischen Augen: Zwischen Solidarität und Schweigen: Was bleibt? Palästinensische Stimmen in der DDR und heute", "start": "2026-10-31T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK)", "address": "Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 11-13, 10178 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "history/gdr"], "description": "A conversation event within the project „Palästina zwischen Augen“ at the neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK) in Berlin-Mitte. Mahmoud Dabdoub and Sophie Ataya talk with each other, moderated by Irit Neidhardt; the topic is Palestinian voices in the GDR and today, between solidarity and silence. The conversation is held in English and admission is free. An awareness team will be present at all events, and the nGbK has a complaints procedure.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/palastina-zwischen-augen-zwischen-solidaritat-und-schweigen-10275/", "official_url": "https://ngbk.de/de/programm/termine/palaestina-zwischen-augen-between-solidarity-and-silence-what-remains-palestinian-voices-in-the-gdr-and-now", "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", "tickets_url": "", "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": "Erzählsalon Migration: Wir haben keine Wahl, aber eine Stimme!", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berlin Museum: Ephraim-Palais", "address": "Fidicinstraße 40, 10965 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.stadtmuseum.de/#/product/event/801", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/migration", "society/activism"], "description": "The “Erzählsalon Migration: Wir haben keine Wahl, aber eine Stimme!” is an informal storytelling event at the Berlin Museum: Ephraim-Palais. It is the second instalment of a new quarterly series by the Stadtmuseum Berlin, in which actors from migrant and diasporic communities share their stories of migration and resistance. This edition is about migrant struggles and international solidarities from the 1970s to the 1990s, when Berlin (West) was shaped by resistance and fights for a more just world. Contemporary witnesses such as political scientist and urban researcher Max Welch Guerra tell these stories with photos, documents and music; moderation is by Aurora Rodonò, curator for migration history, and visitors are welcome to bring their own mementos.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/erzahlsalon-migration-wir-haben-keine-wahl-aber-eine-stimme-16877/", "official_url": "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/veranstaltungen/erzaehlsalon-migration-wir-haben-keine-wahl-aber-eine-stimme", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f032946314bbfa165cd0081a68e36afe6d9c0defe3c0f8f8a60a3780b0aaf605-2000.webp"}, {"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", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/gender", "history"], "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": "", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.stiftung-hsh.de/ihr-besuch/veranstaltungen/anmeldung", "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", "tickets_url": "https://berlinischegalerie.de/tickets/", "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": "PEN Berlin: Geht's noch?", "start": "2026-11-01T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T17:00:00+01:00", "place": "Berliner Ensemble", "address": "Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Preis 16/9 EURO", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "16.00", "tickets_url": "https://berliner-ensemble.eventim-inhouse.de/webshop/webticket/shop?event=15937", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "A public discussion event with conversations about home and democracy after the elections in East Germany and Berlin. The writers' association PEN Berlin invites guests from politics and culture as well as the audience, which is welcome to ask questions, join in and disagree. It asks questions such as: can people with different political opinions still talk to each other? What divides East and West, what connects them, and what has changed in recent years? The series is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for East Germany and has previously travelled through East Germany and Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/pen-berlin-gehts-noch-3773/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/pen-berlin-gehts-noch", "image": "https://noky.io/images/33b1cbab610ffda3d8005e5c5ef3739321581f59829c18d13e9a6b19846bbd58-1200.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, "tickets_url": "", "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": "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", "tickets_url": "https://ticket.volksbuehne-berlin.de/eventim.webshop/webticket/shop?event=23831", "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, "tickets_url": "", "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": "Stand und Perspektiven der Visual History", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Topographie des Terrors", "address": "Niederkirchnerstraße 8, 10963 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history"], "description": "A talk titled \"Stand und Perspektiven der Visual History\" at the Topographie des Terrors memorial site in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The speaker is Prof. Dr. Gerhard Paul, retired professor of history and its didactics at the Europa-Universität Flensburg. No further details about the content are given.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/stand-und-perspektiven-der-visual-history-30441/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}