{"title": "DDRdirekt", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Einblick ins Geheime - Ausstellung zum Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv", "address": "Ruschestraße", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "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": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Einblick ins Geheime - Ausstellung zum Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv", "address": "Ruschestraße", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Brecht-Haus Untergrund Die multiliterarische Keller-Revue", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Brecht-Haus", "address": "Chausseestraße 125, 10115 Berlin", "price": "6,- € / ermäßigt: 4,- €", "price_from": "6.80", "price_to": "6.80", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.lfbrecht.de/produkte/4287-tickets-brecht-haus-untergrund-die-multiliterarische-keller-revue-literaturforum-im-brecht-haus-berlin-am-12-11-2026", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "In the cellar of the Brecht-Haus, an evening is devoted to Berlin's literary life and its voices beyond the big markets and fairs. Authors, song poets, performers and musicians present literary texts of the city past and present, entirely without big discussion. The result is a mix of texts, music and performance, now and then spiced with videos or digital dialogues. This time the three guests are the poet Marion Poschmann, the writer Helga Kurzchalia and the indiepop poet Josepha Conrad, hosted by Martin Jankowski.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/brecht-haus-untergrund-die-multiliterarische-keller-revue-75807/", "official_url": "https://lfbrecht.de/event/brecht-haus-untergrund-die-multiliterarische-keller-revue-17/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/90f32d44b0e80078e4a674a0749621116a0d1240404f915e094ed95b1651c0c2-600.webp"}, {"title": "Ostfrauen*Salon", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Einblick ins Geheime - Ausstellung zum Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv", "address": "Ruschestraße", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei. / Admission is free.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://luma.com/c24f4ugb", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr/stasi", "stage/performance-art", "society"], "description": "The Ostfrauen*Salon is an event of encounters, art and conversations as part of the Berlin Freedom Week. It is a joint project of the Economic Development Agency Lichtenberg, the Federal Archives' Stasi Records Archive and the Ostfrauen*Salon. A long table invites everyone to talk openly about East German identity and social change. There are also readings, a live podcast, a performance, art, a podcast listening station and a book table.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ostfrauensalon-32974/", "official_url": "https://www.einblick-ins-geheime.de/termin/ostfrauensalon-berlin-07-11-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/567ff93455e51fe183cc791e593c51016b9986c0024edc9d5cb84ef2e81d4f6d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Samstag im Archiv", "start": "2026-11-07T14:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv im Bundesarchiv", "address": "Normannenstraße 21a, 10365 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr/stasi"], "description": "„Samstag im Archiv“ is a monthly event offering talks and tours about the files of the East German secret police. It is hosted by the Bundesarchiv's Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv Schwerin; this time Dr. Ronny Heidenreich gives the talk „Echos aus Ungarn. Der Aufstand 1956 und sein Widerhall im Norden der DDR“ on the crushing of the Hungarian uprising and the reactions of the East German state security. Afterwards he leads a tour through the archive, which stores about 2,370 running metres of files of the state security of the Schwerin district. Visitors may also apply for personal access to their Stasi files, for which a valid identity document is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/samstag-im-archiv-73256/", "official_url": "https://www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/vor-ort-entdecken/veranstaltungen/termin/samstag-im-archiv-mecklenburg-vorpommern-07-11-2026/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Stimmen – Spuren und Séancen", "start": "2026-11-03T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Akademie der Künste", "address": "Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin", "price": "15 EUR (Ermäßigt: 9 EUR)", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://adk.eventim-inhouse.de/webshop/webticket/shop?event=20898", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/electronic", "occasion/all-souls-day", "literature"], "description": "“Stimmen – Spuren und Séancen” is an evening of readings, music and performance at the Akademie der Künste. Participants include Andy Ammer, Kerstin Hensel, Kathrin Röggla, Ulrich Peltzer, Steffi Weismann and the duo Driftmachine, among others. Following All Souls' Day, the evening is devoted to the sometimes ghostly voices of the past and invites the audience to a literary language performance and musical séance that culminates in an encounter between living authors and voices from the radio. It closes with a sampled, rhythmicized reading by Heiner Müller, accompanied by DJ sounds at the bar.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/stimmen-spuren-und-seancen-21466/", "official_url": "https://adk.de/programm/veranstaltungskalender/2026/11/stimmen-spuren-und-seancen/596632", "image": ""}, {"title": "Stimmen – Spuren und Séancen", "start": "2026-11-03T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kunstsammlung der Akademie der Künste", "address": "Luisenstraße 60, 10117 Berlin", "price": "15 EUR (Ermäßigt: 9 EUR)", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://adk.eventim-inhouse.de/webshop/webticket/shop?event=20898", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["stage/performance-art", "literature"], "description": "An evening of readings, music and performance devoted to the voice as literary expression, acoustic phenomenon and carrier of memory. Participants include Kerstin Hensel, Friedrich Dieckmann, Ulrich Peltzer and Kathrin Röggla, as well as Andy Ammer and the duo driftmachine. After an opening voice performance, a tour through three venues lets the voice be experienced anew as spoken language, historical recording, sound and bodily presence, with a „Séance Méchanique“ conjuring up voices of the past. The evening closes with an audioperformative live interpretation of sampled recordings of a Heiner Müller reading of Edgar Allan Poe, reassembled musically.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/stimmen-spuren-und-seancen-79986/", "official_url": "https://adk.de/programm/veranstaltungskalender/2026/11/stimmen-spuren-und-seancen/596632", "image": ""}, {"title": "Vortrag zu »Arbeitsgemeinschaften Junger Autoren in der SBZ/DDR« im Rahmen einer öffentlichen Ringvorlesung", "start": "2026-11-03T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-03T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Zweigbibliothek Germanistik", "address": "Dorotheenstraße 24, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature"], "description": "A public lecture at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as part of the lecture series »Literatur im geteilten Deutschland«. Marco Lorenz of the DIPF speaks on the topic »Man kann keinen Schriftsteller ‚erziehen'. Die Arbeitsgemeinschaften Junger Autoren in SBZ und DDR«. The series, organized by Prof. Dr. Ulrike Vedder and Prof. Dr. Stefan Willer, examines the functions of literature during Germany's division, such as its cultural-political significance in the GDR and FRG and the role of authors who moved between the two states. The lecture takes place in lecture hall 1.101 in the university building at Hegelplatz.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/vortrag-zu-arbeitsgemeinschaften-junger-autoren-in-der-sbzdd-72113/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ec8e4603688b161fee4abeb38f28a13050e2b128afa7bd043da3cf1ebe97ef8b-2000.webp"}, {"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", "tickets_url": "", "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": "Zwischen Werkbank und Wohnzimmer. Alltag in der DDR", "start": "2026-11-01T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "Museum Lichtenberg im Stadthaus", "address": "Türrschmidtstraße 24, 10317 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/printmaking", "history/gdr"], "description": "A workshop for adults with a guided tour through Museum Lichtenberg's permanent exhibition on everyday life in the GDR, from prefab housing and the punk movement to contract labour and emigration applications, using Berlin-Lichtenberg as an example. Afterwards, a hands-on art session lets participants try out different printing techniques and take their own works home. The afternoon is accompanied by art historian Susanne Sabouri and artist Anastasia Mikhaylova. The workshop is free of charge and requires no registration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zwischen-werkbank-und-wohnzimmer-alltag-in-der-ddr-23613/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Wolf Biermann im Blick der Stasi", "start": "2026-11-02T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-02T17:30:00+01:00", "place": "Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 7)", "address": "Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/gdr/stasi"], "description": "A guided tour through the exhibition „Einblick ins Geheime“ at the former Stasi headquarters. Organised by the Stasi Records Archive of the Federal Archives, it presents surveillance files on Wolf Biermann, a singer-songwriter who shaped East German culture despite a performance ban. It also covers his stripping of citizenship in 1976 and the cultural scene's response. Afterwards, visitors can view the sample file collection, including a faithfully reproduced file volume on Biermann.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wolf-biermann-im-blick-der-stasi-16718/", "official_url": "https://www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/vor-ort-entdecken/veranstaltungen/termin/wolf-biermann-im-blick-der-stasi-berlin-02-11-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ba0b0fc81a890735148ce4d437282060e9c648dff4a4959a725ef4663225ed68-600.webp"}, {"title": "Träumen: Annemirl Bauer und Bärbel Bohley im Dialog mit Christian Borchert, Jürgen Graetz, Barbara Klemm und Elske Rosenfeld", "start": "2026-09-24T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Galerie im Turm", "address": "1, 10243 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/gdr", "art"], "description": "An exhibition that brings the GDR artists and political activists Annemirl Bauer and Bärbel Bohley together in dialogue with Christian Borchert, Jürgen Graetz, Barbara Klemm and Elske Rosenfeld. It is staged by the Galerie im Turm with the ifa as the final show of the six-part series Publik Machen: Zu Arbeit und Wirken des Zentrums für Kunstausstellungen der DDR. Works from the estates of the two artists, who openly challenged the repressive GDR system, are shown alongside photographs of them in their personal and artistic surroundings. Curated by Sandra Teitge and Susanne Weiß (ifa), the exhibition uses the Galerie im Turm itself as a starting point, a venue that excluded both women during their lifetimes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/traumen-annemirl-bauer-und-barbel-bohley-im-dialog-mit-chris-11944/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/007561ae4ae71c1f927779b53a8532090629770c60e8e98034a124c084b2bd64-2000.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": "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": "Theateraufführung 'Monika Haeger - inside stasi' - eine Stasiagentin aus Überzeugung", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Gedenkbibliothek zu Ehren der Opfer des Kommunismus in Berlin", "address": "Nicolaikirchplatz 5-7 10178 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/stefan-juergens-bram-stokers-dracula/?source=bde", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["history/gdr/stasi", "stage/theatre/documentary-theatre"], "description": "", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/theaterauffuhrung-monika-haeger-inside-stasi-eine-stasiagent-15943/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6725e69343efbb6a82a631f33fed36ffd519dbd6f3ae288c87424ccf6a310f1c-600.webp"}, {"title": "Geschichten aus der Klimazukunft – Teilnehmende der Kreativen Schreibwerkstatt lesen ihre Texte in der Ingeborg-Drewitz-Bibliothek", "start": "2026-11-03T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Gottfried-Benn-Bibliothek", "address": "Nentershäuser Platz 1, 14163 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/science-fiction", "nature/climate/climate-change"], "description": "Participants of a creative writing workshop at the Volkshochschule Steglitz-Zehlendorf read their own texts about stories from the climate future. Together with author and editor Katrin Imma Deibert and science editor Antonia Rötger, they explored in writing what our future might feel like. In vivid texts they tell of adapting and rebelling, of longing and desire, of leaving and arriving. Admission is free and no registration is needed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/geschichten-aus-der-klimazukunft-teilnehmende-der-kreativen-57828/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7b66f2695c14bc7ed2ba482f0c2f9b66c1ad207e71f1e807077b401243d63ecb-1200.webp"}]}