{"title": "Frau Minister", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Einblick ins Geheime - Ausstellung zum Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv", "address": "Ruschestraße", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["history/gdr", "stage/theatre"], "description": "„Frau Minister“ is a theatre performance, a solo by and with Jule Torhorst. The actress takes up the question of power starting from her great-great-aunt Dr. Marie Torhorst, who became the first female minister of Germany (GDR) in 1947 yet remains nearly unmentioned in official historiography. In dialogue with archetypal female figures, the piece asks about emancipation in East and West and whether women can break free from the patriarchal style, reaching into the charged present. It is staged by the Bundesarchiv – Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv Berlin-Lichtenberg, co-organised by the Bezirksamt Lichtenberg von Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/frau-minister-28580/", "official_url": "https://www.einblick-ins-geheime.de/termin/frau-minister-berlin-11-11-2026/", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Einblick ins Geheime - Ausstellung zum Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv", "address": "Ruschestraße", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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": "LINA MORGENSTERN", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-30T19:30:00+01:00", "place": "Theater im Palais", "address": "Am Festungsgraben 1, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.reservix.de/berlin/venue/theater-im-palais-berlin/v16794", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/women/womens-rights", "stage/theatre/drama", "history/berlin"], "description": "Theater im Palais presents its in-house production \"LINA MORGENSTERN – Wie eine Frau Berlin veränderte\" as part of its series on Berlin personalities. After two years of research, author and filmmaker Gerhard J. Rekel brought the life of writer, women's rights campaigner and social activist Lina Morgenstern to the stage: she founded a charity, launched the first newspaper by women for women, organised the first International Women's Congress in Germany and became famous as \"Suppenlina\" for the Berlin soup kitchens she initiated. She is played by Alina Gause, who also composed the music, joined by Carl Martin Spengler and Dennis Weissert as her companions and adversaries.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lina-morgenstern-8100/", "official_url": "https://www.theater-im-palais.de/event/lina-morgenstern/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2b6b994453d68567b8df29302f5b20af83702525e35cb777ace656184254a6be-600.webp"}, {"title": "Helene Weigel – Revolutionärin im Rampenlicht", "start": "2026-11-12T17:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "place": "Brotfabrik", "address": "1, 13086 Berlin", "price": "€7 – €9 (zzgl. VVK)", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "9.00", "tickets_url": "https://lichtblick-kino.org/free-at-heart/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "stage/theatre"], "description": "A documentary about the actress Helene Weigel, who rose from being called the loudest actress in Berlin to a theater star and later headed the Berliner Ensemble. Direction, screenplay and production are by Maria Wischnewski. Using newly digitized archive material, personal letters and contemporary witnesses such as Katharina Thalbach, Johanna Schall and Manfred Karge, the film portrays the woman at Bertolt Brecht's side and her struggle for herself, the art of acting and cultural policy. It also tells of the private side of this highly political life, with letters spoken by Birgit Minichmayr and August Diehl.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/helene-weigel-revolutionarin-im-rampenlicht-48540/", "official_url": "https://lichtblick-kino.org/helene-weigel-revolutionaerin-im-rampenlicht/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1f30f475d9f8cd333781b6e41c02f3c640595e528757e25d864940010a9ecebf-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Wir sind anders! Wie die DDR Frauen bis heute prägt", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Forum Willy Brandt Berlin", "address": "Behrenstraße 15, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr"], "description": "A reading and conversation about the book „Wir sind anders!\" by Annette Schuhmann. The historian from the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History in Potsdam portrays 13 East German women – artists as well as workers, scientists as well as activists – and shows how memories, ruptures and origins continue to have an effect 35 years after reunification. Elke Sasse and Petra Steffan moderate, and the bookshop „Buchfink\" joins in with a book table. A joint event by the Willy-Brandt-Haus Lübeck with the women's office of the city of Lübeck and the equal opportunities office of the city of Wismar; registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wir-sind-anders-wie-die-ddr-frauen-bis-heute-pragt-29696/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c043b0c81e463db7c6232d9d1fa42cd5d53dfe0fa7bf9cda497949bc2c8d2088-2000.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": "", "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": "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": ""}, {"title": "HILDEGARD KNEF: ICH GLAUB‘, ‚NE DAME WERD‘ ICH NIE", "start": "2026-11-01T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "Theater im Palais", "address": "Am Festungsgraben 1, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Sonderpreis: 15,-€ pro Person", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.reservix.de/berlin/venue/theater-im-palais-berlin/v16794", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "music/chanson"], "description": "„HILDEGARD KNEF: ICH GLAUB', 'NE DAME WERD' ICH NIE“ is a theatre evening at the Theater im Palais in Berlin, a portrait of a modern woman. With texts and Hildegard Knef's unforgettable songs, Carl Martin Spengler (acting, vocals) and Jürgen Beyer (piano) paint a picture of the Berliner who had three brilliant careers as an actress, chanson singer and author. The stage version is by Ildiko Bognar, the musical arrangement by Ute Falkenau. The show portrays a woman of extremes who was always ahead of her time in her thinking and actions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/hildegard-knef-ich-glaub-ne-dame-werd-ich-nie-8093/", "official_url": "https://www.theater-im-palais.de/event/hildegard-knef-ich-glaub-ne-dame-werd-ich-nie/2026-10-21/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8a10e8a82bf7d2e9abe09f74adf8d6a401545c95a58ad38f373e5b3d04db4424-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Rosa L.", "start": "2026-11-06T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Ausverkauft", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://ticket.deutschestheater.de/eventim.webshop/webticket/eventlist?language=de&production=6703", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "history"], "description": "A theatre world premiere on the Kammer stage of the Deutsches Theater Berlin. Director Anica Tomić, who lives in Croatia, has adapted Margarethe von Trotta's film about Rosa Luxemburg for the stage together with author Jelena Kovačić and continues the story into the present day. The piece traces how Luxemburg became an icon of the European left and asks how her thinking can be read in a time of militarisation, rising nationalism and war becoming conceivable again. Based on the film by Margarethe von Trotta and the graphic novel by Kate Evans, in a translation by Ivna Žic.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/rosa-l-4407/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/rosa-l", "image": "https://noky.io/images/76c0432ed7c808c7c3ab05aeb8a2d2ab108107d9d1de1ec0c0267e66a1b34323-2000.webp"}, {"title": "L*Ost DDR Vortrag: „Lesben in der Provinz“ – damals und heute", "start": "2026-10-30T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Spinnboden Lesbenarchiv & Bibliothek e.V.", "address": "Anklamer Straße 38, 10115", "price": "Spende erwünscht.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "A talk with a contemporary witness conversation about lesbians in the GDR's provinces, then and now. Judith Geffert, who researched the 1989 lesbian conference in Halle, will talk with contemporary witnesses about the events of that time and their significance in the transformation process, and draw connections to the situation of lesbians living outside big cities today.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lost-ddr-vortrag-lesben-in-der-provinz-damals-und-heute-42855/", "official_url": "https://spinnboden.de/angebot/lost-ddr-vortrag-lesben-in-der-provinz-damals-und-heute/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0572be631cbe32e9bbcb66085617a842a0ca8e2c2755623b0a59e9a1b98aaa3f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Revolution, Revolte, Krach: HELENE WEIGEL – Revolutionärin im Rampenlicht", "start": "2026-11-11T20:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz", "address": "Linienstraße 227, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://ticket.volksbuehne-berlin.de/eventim.webshop/webticket/shop?event=23800", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary"], "description": "A documentary portrays the actress Helene Weigel, bringing her out of the shadow of her lifelong partner Bertolt Brecht. Director Maria Wischnewski combines interviews with contemporary witnesses, heirs and relatives with new, exciting archive material, while Birgit Minichmayr reads from Weigel's texts and letters. The result is the picture of an intelligent, combative woman who spent her life grappling with questions more topical than ever today. The private Weigel also comes to light, with contributors including Katharina Thalbach, Sarah Brecht, Johanna Schall and August Diehl.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/revolution-revolte-krach-helene-weigel-revolutionarin-im-ram-290/", "official_url": "https://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/produktionen/revolution-revolte-krach/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6c68a80a8a08c14808c9c9a55e4a4feac6f4f3ed54d4d6daa58cdfe35d9349ae-600.webp"}, {"title": "Frauen im Dienst der Stasi", "start": "2026-11-07T12:45:00+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": "tours", "tags": ["history/gdr/stasi"], "description": "\"Frauen im Dienst der Stasi\" is a guided tour on the historical grounds of the former Stasi headquarters in Berlin-Lichtenberg. Organised by the Bundesarchiv – Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv Berlin-Lichtenberg, it uses biographies and sample files to show how the Stasi collected, managed and exploited its information with the help of women. Visitors get to know the permanent exhibition in the Stasimuseum and can take a look at the former minister's floor. Participation is limited to 15 people, advance registration is possible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/frauen-im-dienst-der-stasi-58035/", "official_url": "https://www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/vor-ort-entdecken/veranstaltungen/termin/frauen-im-dienst-der-stasi-berlin-07-11-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cf137c6cc93196fd054d7fdb863f4d55e4917c12d8642c1f98c8be44ba9a0a68-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Performance von Ortrun Stanzel", "start": "2026-11-01T15:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "GEDOK Berlin", "address": "Suarezstraße 57, 14057 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/women", "stage/performance-art"], "description": "The performance by Ortrun Stanzel is part of the accompanying programme of the exhibition “Women support Women – 100 Jahre GEDOK” at Galerie GEDOK Berlin. Stanzel is one of fifteen artists of GEDOK Berlin selected by a jury, who created new works especially for the anniversary project. In the exhibition, the artists engage with the history of the GEDOK and ask about solidarity and visibility among women artists. The performance on this day takes place followed by the finissage at Galerie GEDOK.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/performance-von-ortrun-stanzel-11876/", "official_url": "https://gedokberlin.de/galerie-gedok-berlin/ausstellungen/336-neuaufnahmen-2027", "image": "https://noky.io/images/33ac285c0e6b56dee5d4bc4e75450d21031b25f1e93c6c5ff19172dbd1977323-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Helene Weigel – Revolutionärin im Rampenlicht", "start": "2026-11-08T15:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berliner Ensemble", "address": "Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin", "price": "12/9 EURO", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/shop", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "history/gdr"], "description": "„Helene Weigel – Revolutionärin im Rampenlicht“ is a film portrait of the actress and intendant Helene Weigel. Director Maria Wischnewski traces, with archive material, personal letters and contemporary witnesses such as Katharina Thalbach, Johanna Schall and Manfred Karge, her path from the „loudest actress in Berlin“ to intendant of the Berliner Ensemble. The film also tells of the private side of her highly political life and of the artistic-intellectual symbiosis between Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel. It presents a shrewd portrait of a woman of action who was too good for nothing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/helene-weigel-revolutionarin-im-rampenlicht-3780/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/helene-weigel-revolutionaerin-im-rampenlicht", "image": "https://noky.io/images/50468589c8f7e88c7fb547ae70a09f744cc95433b254bb0f8852dc8d7a8c9803-600.webp"}, {"title": "Verglühende Landschaften - Von Ost nach Jetzt", "start": "2026-11-03T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ballhaus Prinzenallee", "address": "Prinzenallee 33, 13359 Berlin", "price": "kostenlos", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["history/gdr", "stage"], "description": "\"Verglühende Landschaften - Von Ost nach Jetzt\" is a memory performance about Anja, born and raised in the GDR, who lost her familiar world when reunification came in 1989, when she was fifteen. She became a punk, fell in love with her first girlfriend and experienced the so-called baseball bat years of the 1990s first hand. The production by bandentheater, conceived and directed by Anika Lachnitt with performer Anja Gessenhardt, tells of new beginnings and loss, of flag ceremonies and neo-Nazi violence. It is spoken theatre with acrobatics on the Chinese pole, live music and video installation about identity, forgetting and the question of who you are when where you come from suddenly becomes history.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/vergluhende-landschaften-von-ost-nach-jetzt-3734/", "official_url": "https://www.ballhausprinzenallee.de/spielplan-ballhaus/vergluhende-landschaften---von-ost-nach-jetzt", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bb62bec789328d6dba1b4fe279085ad3a94eca32a2a589efa32ff0cc88d48783-2000.webp"}, {"title": "„Lesbische Selbstbehauptung in der DDR“", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Einblick ins Geheime - Ausstellung zum Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv", "address": "Ruschestraße", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer/lesbian", "history/gdr"], "description": "A book presentation followed by a discussion devoted to the book „Lesbische Selbstbehauptung in der DDR“. Drawing on texts, interviews and archival material, author Dr. Teresa Tammer tells the life story of Karin Dauenheimer, who as a theologian, feminist, lesbian and single mother did not fit the expectations of state and society. Dauenheimer wrote for a feminist underground magazine and organized women's festivals that became a crucial impetus for the emergence of a GDR-wide lesbian movement, which put her under the surveillance of the State Security for years. The event is hosted by the Bundesarchiv – Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv in cooperation with the Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft e.V. and the Saxon Commissioner for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship, with the author and the contemporary witness appearing in person.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesbische-selbstbehauptung-in-der-ddr-28579/", "official_url": "https://www.einblick-ins-geheime.de/termin/lesbische-selbstbehauptung-in-der-ddr-berlin-10-11-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a57c766cd14105a0a30a2f68bdafbb2960cec96aca57d799a41dcc27a27e4c3d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Ausstellung „Frauenarbeit – Frauenalltag – Frauenrechte“, ein Ausstellungsprojekt mit Zeitzeuginnen aus Brandenburg in der Bibliothek Schöneberg", "start": "2026-10-30T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bibliothek Schöneberg", "address": "Hauptstraße 40, 10827 Berlin", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/women"], "description": "The exhibition \"Frauenarbeit – Frauenalltag – Frauenrechte\" is a travelling exhibition shown in the large non-fiction room on the ground floor of the Schöneberg library. Behind it are the German Trade Union Confederation (Women in the DGB), presented in cooperation with the Partnership for Democracy Tempelhof-Schöneberg and the DGB Berlin-Brandenburg. It deals with the situation and experiences of working women in the GDR, after reunification and today, shown through women from different industries. Eight women from Brandenburg, active or former works council members, give the exhibition its face with their experiences from 60 years of life and work, complemented by historical material and everyday images.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ausstellung-frauenarbeit-frauenalltag-frauenrechte-ein-ausst-13245/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/563c984acb6d4d0f2bec037587dd1e89a2cd85e7c6919934dad390b145d4213d-1200.webp"}]}