{"title": "Come Together - Zeitzeugen", "start": "2026-11-17T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Katholische Kirchengemeinde Heilig Geist", "address": "Bayernallee 28, 14052 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr"], "description": "An evening of conversation on the theme of \"Zeitzeugen\" (contemporary witnesses) in the parish hall of Heilig Geist. The guest is Alfred-Mario Molter, a former CDU politician who wants to talk about the period around German reunification. He was among other things a member of the first freely elected Berlin city assembly and later of the Berlin House of Representatives, and as a committed Catholic can share his experiences with the church in the GDR. The event is organized by the Catholic parish Heilig Geist, with the invitation from Cordula Kollotschek.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/come-together-zeitzeugen-108171/", "official_url": "https://www.heiliggeist-berlin.de/news/meldung/news-title/come-together-zeitzeugen/", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-17T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Katholische Kirchengemeinde Heilig Geist", "address": "Bayernallee 28, 14052 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Predigtreihe „Geschichten vom Glauben“ – MEIN GOTT mit Michael Müller (SPD Regierender Bürgermeister Berlin a.D.)", "start": "2026-11-15T11:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Katholische Kirchengemeinde Heilig Geist", "address": "Bayernallee 28, 14052 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion"], "description": "In the sermon series „Geschichten vom Glauben“, the Catholic parish Heilig Geist invites personalities from politics and culture to speak about their faith on selected Sundays at 11:30. The date on 15 November 2026 features Michael Müller, SPD and former Governing Mayor of Berlin. The series takes place at the parish Heilig Geist.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/predigtreihe-geschichten-vom-glauben-mein-gott-mit-michael-m-109717/", "official_url": "https://www.heiliggeist-berlin.de/news/meldung/news-title/predigtreihe-an-ausgewaehlten-sonntagen-um-1130-h-geschichten-vom-glauben/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Come together - Offene Kirche in der Mitte Berlins. Eine Gemeindeversammlung.", "start": "2026-11-08T12:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T13:00:00+01:00", "place": "Berlin: St. Marienkirche Mitte", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/christian/protestant", "community"], "description": "A congregation assembly titled \"Come together - Offene Kirche in der Mitte Berlins\" at St. Marienkirche Mitte. The Ev. Kirchengemeinde St. Marien-Friedrichswerder invites people to discuss together what the church's long tradition as an open place can mean for its future. Taking part are chairwoman Dr. Sabine O'Hara and pastors Dr. Alexander Arno Heck and Michael Kösling. For nearly 800 years since its founding, the church has been a meeting place, refuge, place of comfort and celebration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/come-together-offene-kirche-in-der-mitte-berlins-eine-gemein-82301/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Klingel bei…? Begleitprogramm zur Ausstellung – Zeitzeug*innen im Gespräch. Ein Abend mit und über Zeitzeug*innen", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museum Lichtenberg im Stadthaus", "address": "Türrschmidtstraße 24, 10317 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "An evening of conversation held as accompanying programme for the exhibition „Klingel bei…?“. Contemporary witnesses talk with co-curator Karl-Heinz Steinle about queer lived realities in Lichtenberg, sharing memories, anecdotes and personal perspectives. Rare interview and film clips make the evening a lively encounter with queer history.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/klingel-bei-begleitprogramm-zur-ausstellung-zeitzeuginnen-im-12364/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Gespräche bei Brot und Wein", "start": "2026-11-04T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "Berliner Dom", "address": "Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/disability", "religion"], "description": "\"Gespräche bei Brot und Wein\" is an open congregational event at Berlin Cathedral, where topics of \"God and the world\" are discussed over bread and wine. The series is run by Berlin Cathedral; each evening opens with an introductory talk, followed by an open exchange among participants and with the evening's guest. This evening features Deacon Martin Jeutner on participation and personal responsibility of people needing assistance, looking critically at the period before 1989 reunification using the Stephanusstiftung Berlin as an example. The event takes place in the Sophie-Charlotte-Saal, access via Portal 2 / gatekeeper.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gesprache-bei-brot-und-wein-12996/", "official_url": "https://www.berlinerdom.de/termine/detail/show/2026-10-21-gespraeche-bei-brot-und-wein/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c4cd547409d7b3ea04bd8593d8e0251515133596471e508324b01eaa32b117e1-600.webp"}, {"title": "Ökumene: Austausch im Kirchencafé", "start": "2026-11-17T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-17T20:30:00+01:00", "place": "Neuapostolische Kirche Berlin - Charlottenburg", "address": "Wernigeroder Straße 10, 10589 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/christian/ecumenism"], "description": "At the ecumenical exchange in the church café, a guest from another congregation pays a visit. The guest is Father Manfred Hösl SJ from St. Canisius. He wants to get to know the New Apostolic Congregation of Berlin-Charlottenburg. The meeting place is the Neuapostolische Kirche Berlin - Charlottenburg at Wernigeroder Straße 10.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/okumene-austausch-im-kirchencafe-100820/", "official_url": "http://berlin-charlottenburg-nordwest.nak-nordost.de/db/643119", "image": ""}, {"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": "Gottesdienst auf der Grenze - mit Abendmahl", "start": "2026-11-08T10:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kapelle der Versöhnung", "address": "Bernauer Straße 8, 10115 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "worship", "tags": ["history/gdr/peaceful-revolution", "religion/christian/protestant"], "description": "An open-air service held outdoors at the Chapel of Reconciliation, celebrated with Holy Communion. It is organised by the chapel in cooperation with the congregations at Gesundbrunnen and Weinberg; it is led by the pastoral team, with Dr. Jens Mruczek taking part. It commemorates the Peaceful Revolution and the fall of the Wall on 9 November 1989. The music is provided by the Lazarus trombone choir under the direction of Benjamin Geiger.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gottesdienst-auf-der-grenze-mit-abendmahl-28194/", "official_url": "https://kapelle-versoehnung.de/kalender/?etID=814889&dest=extern&until=yes&q=", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0cdc0f37c8cc1bd2f07b86fc35207209ac328473c75a87845b0b151f2faa855a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Zeitfragengottesdienst – Kindheit und Kriegserfahrung nach 1945", "start": "2026-11-15T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Emmaus-Kirche", "address": "Onkel-Tom-Straße 80, 14169 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "worship", "tags": ["art/architecture/bauhaus", "religion"], "description": "A Zeitfragengottesdienst is an evening church service in which an external speaker gives a talk on a social, religious or ethical topic, framed by song, a biblical reading and prayer. On the topic \"Bauhaus-Moderne und Religion\", Dr. Andreas Butter of the Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau speaks on the tension between religion and modern movements, including religious moments in artists from Walter Gropius to Bruno Taut. The illustrated lecture is followed by an invitation to questions and discussion over a cup of tea. The series is run by the congregation and offers a forum to representatives of various fields.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zeitfragengottesdienst-kindheit-und-kriegserfahrung-nach-194-14682/", "official_url": "https://www.ema-gemeinde.de/gottesdienste/zeitfragengottesdienste", "image": ""}, {"title": "Gottesdienst mit Einführung von Dr. Jens Mruczek", "start": "2026-11-05T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kapelle der Versöhnung", "address": "Bernauer Straße 8, 10115 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/protestant"], "description": "A service at the Chapel of Reconciliation at which Pastor Dr. Jens Mruczek will be installed in his office. He is being introduced as pastor at the Chapel of Reconciliation and as commissioner for the regional church's remembrance work. The service is led by Regional Bishop (Generalsuperintendentin) Dr. Julia Helmke. The chapel is a church place of remembrance and the spiritual centre of the Berlin Wall Memorial.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gottesdienst-mit-einfuhrung-von-dr-jens-mruczek-28192/", "official_url": "https://kapelle-versoehnung.de/kalender/?etID=808382&dest=extern&until=yes&q=", "image": ""}, {"title": "Matinée: Die katholische Kirche in der NS-Diktatur mit Dr. Michael F. Feldkamp", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Institutskirche St. Afra", "address": "Graunstraße 31, 13355 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt ist frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/christian/catholic", "history/nazi-era"], "description": "A matinee at the Institutskirche St. Afra with Dr. Michael F. Feldkamp. The event's topic is the Catholic Church under the Nazi dictatorship. The matinee is hosted by the Institut St. Philipp Neri, in whose church it takes place.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/matinee-die-katholische-kirche-in-der-ns-diktatur-mit-dr-mic-23227/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-philipp-neri.de/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Friedensdekade: Lesung mit Musik – Aus den Gefängnisbriefen Max Josef Metzgers", "start": "2026-11-17T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kapernaum Kirche", "address": "Seestraße 34/35", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["occasion/peace-decade", "literature"], "description": "A reading with music within the Friedensdekade, a series of church services and events. The Kapernaum congregation hosts it together with the ecumenical working group Wedding. It features readings from the prison letters of Max Josef Metzger, read by Reinhold Thiede with music by Franz-Josef Wohlleben.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/friedensdekade-lesung-mit-musik-aus-den-gefangnisbriefen-max-32511/", "official_url": "https://kapernaum-berlin.de/2026/09/04/friedensdekade-08-18-11-2026/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Gottesdienst am Volkstrauertag mit Abendmahl", "start": "2026-11-15T10:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-15T11:30:00+01:00", "place": "Berlin: St. Marienkirche Mitte", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "worship", "tags": ["occasion/memorial/volkstrauertag", "religion/christian/protestant"], "description": "A church service on the German day of mourning for the war dead, held with Holy Communion at St. Mary's Church in central Berlin. It is led by Bishop Dr. Christian Stäblein and Pastor Michael Kösling, with church organist Xaver Schult plus the Ratzeburg Cathedral Choir and the MarienKantorei Berlin directed by Christian Skobowsky and Marie-Louise Schneider. A church café follows afterwards. The church can be reached via the Alexanderplatz station.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gottesdienst-am-volkstrauertag-mit-abendmahl-82304/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Wissenschaftliches Kolloquium: Adenauer's Heirs", "start": "2026-11-12T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Kohl-Stiftung", "address": "Friedrichstraße 187, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/germany", "society/politics"], "description": "A scholarly colloquium about the CDU/CSU after the Adenauer era. The Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Kohl-Stiftung is hosting its 8th scholarly colloquium on the book “Adenauer's Heirs: The CDU/CSU from Détente to Reunification”. The author Dr. Ronald Granieri and Dr. Hugo Müller-Vogg present the years that were decisive for the union; the discussion is moderated by Dr. Michael Borchard. It also explores how Helmut Kohl prevailed against Rainer Barzel and Franz-Josef Strauß and how a party can preserve its brand core while reaching new groups of voters. The event is aimed at a specialist audience; those interested can contact the foundation by email.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wissenschaftliches-kolloquium-adenauers-heirs-75827/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9ce7bfc795418989612861d79c53660a7162a36b20308691b5446467b9b85c32-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sturzlage", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-16T00:00:00+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": "Gottesdienst zum Progromgedenken", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Evangelische Matthäus-Kirche Steglitz", "address": "Schloßstraße 44, 12165 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "worship", "tags": ["history/nazi-era/pogroms", "religion/christian/protestant"], "description": "A church service commemorating the November pogroms. It is organised by the Evangelische Matthäus-Kirchengemeinde Steglitz and led by Pastor Paulus Hecker. The service takes place at the Evangelische Matthäus-Kirche in Berlin-Steglitz and is held in German. It is listed in the service database of the Kirchenkreis Steglitz.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gottesdienst-zum-progromgedenken-94525/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "DDRdirekt", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stasi-Zentrale. Campus für Demokratie", "address": "Normannenstr. 20, 10365 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature"], "description": "\"DDRdirekt\" is a reading and performance with music about workers writing in the GDR. It is organised by the Bundesarchiv – Stasi Records Archive Berlin-Lichtenberg, the Lichtenberg district office of Berlin and the Büro für organische Poesie. anna martha and Thomas Hartung searched the archive for writing workers and discovered voices from a vanished society – sometimes fully in line with official ideology, sometimes full of nuance, contradictions and cautious criticism. With sounds of factory halls and housing shortages, of the collective, football and big dreams, they bring these surprising texts to life again, accompanied by music by Christian Beckers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ddrdirekt-28578/", "official_url": "https://www.einblick-ins-geheime.de/termin/ddrdirekt-berlin-09-11-2026/", "image": ""}]}