{"title": "Deciphering Family Histories – Introduction to Sütterlin", "start": "2026-11-08T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T17:00:00+01:00", "place": "Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung", "address": "Stresemannstraße 90, 10963 Berlin", "price": "free of charge", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["history/germany", "literature"], "description": "A workshop in which participants learn to read old handwriting: Sütterlin, the cursive script of many letters and diaries by German refugees and expellees. After a brief introduction to the history of the script, the letters are practised hands-on and selected short texts from the Documentation Centre Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung's collection are deciphered together. The workshop is led by Gesa Füßle, a translator, editor and specialist in deciphering Sütterlin. Participants are welcome to bring their own documents to practise reading historical handwriting.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/deciphering-family-histories-introduction-to-sutterlin-11733/", "official_url": "https://www.flucht-vertreibung-versoehnung.de/en/veranstaltung/deciphering-family-histories-introduction-sutterlin-2", "image": "https://noky.io/images/643f4dcf24d76d3dd4d44cc2ba4e09659ee9349ad5b695870c84cf861ca66518-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-08T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T17:00:00+01:00", "place": "Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung", "address": "Stresemannstraße 90, 10963 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Schreibwerkstatt", "start": "2026-10-31T13:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ephraim-Palais", "address": "Poststraße 16, 10178 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["art/calligraphy", "history"], "description": "The Schreibwerkstatt (writing workshop) is a free creative offer for families in the museum lab of the Ephraim-Palais in the Nikolaiviertel. It is run by the Berlin Museum, whose educators give insights into historical and modern writing techniques. Participants try out wax tablets, quills with ink on paper or graphite pencils on slates and create their own texts in different ways, as people did 120 years ago, from first letters to small calligraphy artworks. The workshop is aimed at children who can already write a little.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/schreibwerkstatt-3034/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e9470c06dbac93467fdebc410c26a8bc8e40d326f3af763ee345fbc5ddd34a86-1200.webp"}]}