{"title": "Günter de Bruyn | Kindheit und Jugend in Britz", "start": "2026-11-06T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T17:15:00+01:00", "place": "Ochsenstall", "address": "Alt-Britz 81, 12359 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature"], "description": "A reading from the memoirs of Günter de Bruyn, whose family moved into the new Britz housing a hundred years ago, shortly after his birth. The writer, known as an outsider of GDR literature, recalls his childhood and youth in the 1930s: rural idyll and sweeping modernity, family security, and the oppressive constraints of the National Socialist Volksgemeinschaft on the road to catastrophe, which many of the portrayed people did not survive and which left the bombed-out parental home in ruins. Far more than a nostalgic look back, de Bruyn tells of everyday conformity and refusal under totalitarian rule and of learning individual resistance against collectivist constraints. Wolfgang de Bruyn, a literary scholar, preservationist and writer, is the son and trustee of the Günter-de-Bruyn-Stiftung; he reads from his father's memoirs and his own memories, moderated by Henning Holsten.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gunter-de-bruyn-kindheit-und-jugend-in-britz-57936/", "official_url": "https://schloss-gutshof-britz.de/schloss-britz/veranstaltungen/kalender/guenter-de-bruyn-kindheit-und-jugend-britz", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ac414498aec15d6b99ca54d60c2a57858b1d6ced28e03f3101339ccb7d5d9f28-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-06T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T17:15:00+01:00", "place": "Ochsenstall", "address": "Alt-Britz 81, 12359 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "BIESDORFER BEGEGNUNG", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schloss Biesdorf", "address": "Alt-Biesdorf 55, 12683 Berlin", "price": "6 Euro", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/20th-century", "literature"], "description": "BIESDORFER BEGEGNUNG is an event at Schloss Biesdorf dedicated to the writer Günter de Bruyn, who would have turned 100 on 1 November. Behind the format stands the association Freunde Schloss Biesdorf, which fosters exchange between citizens and representatives from politics, society and science. The conversation partners are Wolfgang de Bruyn, the writer's son, and Carola Wiemers, author of „..... Günter de Bruyns Märkische Fahrten“.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/biesdorfer-begegnung-72834/", "official_url": "https://freunde-schloss-biesdorf.de/?p=6865", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e8e709364cf919f56ceddc91c9df280f42a48d5ff1a0adfd9021ba77fb5bb221-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Gudrun Bernhagen liest", "start": "2026-11-04T14:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stadtteilzentrum PestalozziTreff", "address": "Pestalozzistraße 1A, 12623 Berlin", "price": "6 Euro inklusive Kaffeegedeck", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/postwar-germany", "literature/reading"], "description": "Gudrun Bernhagen reads excerpts from her novel \"Und ... und ... und ... kann ich gut\", which is about the childhood years of a girl from 1945 to 1952. She is accompanied musically by Adrian Wagner and Rudolf Bernhagen. Admission includes a coffee set, and registration is possible by phone at 56 58 69 20. The reading takes place at the Stadtteilzentrum „Pestalozzi-Treff\".", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gudrun-bernhagen-liest-72804/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Ditha Brickwell liest aus ihren neuesten Werken", "start": "2026-11-04T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T19:30:00+01:00", "place": "Kladow Forum", "address": "Neukladower Allee 9", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/reading"], "description": "Ditha Brickwell reads from two of her most important novels, which also have a little to do with Kladow, at Kladower Forum, capping the evening with a »Zuckerl« from her hometown Vienna. »Der Kinderdieb« tells of Otto, a young man coming of age in the dark Vienna of the 1950s, who falls in love with a refugee girl from Hungary and does something unheard of to find comfort. »Die andere Seite der Nacht. Eine Erzählung vom Standhalten und Überleben« recounts the fate of Jewish families in Berlin and their Christian helpers during the National Socialist era. The author, committed to justice and democratic values, engages lively with her audience.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ditha-brickwell-liest-aus-ihren-neuesten-werken-26240/", "official_url": "https://kladower-forum.de/veranstaltung/ditha-brickwell-liest-aus-ihren-neuesten-werken/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0334517afc520c0930cd118d8e6673f313b3f61d3f5030c7facb4c5c027c3d44-2000.webp"}, {"title": "\"Wassermilch und Spitzenwein\" - Eine Berliner Familiengeschichte", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Flughafen Tempelhof", "address": "Platz der Luftbrücke 5 12101 Berlin", "price": "Kostenlose Tickets!", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.de/e/elshan-ghasimi-reinterpretation-des-radif-dastgah-e-chahargah-tickets-1997393231925", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/memoir"], "description": "A reading with Irene Bindel from her autobiographical book “Wassermilch und Spitzenwein”. The author, born in Berlin in 1938 as the daughter of a Jewish father, tells of her childhood in the National Socialist era, of persecution and her father having to go into hiding, and of the new beginning after 1945, shaped by encounters with the American occupiers. Afterwards she speaks about her personal experiences and answers questions from the audience, with the evening guided by the historian Irmgard Zündorf. The event takes place as part of Berlin Freedom Week.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wassermilch-und-spitzenwein-eine-berliner-familiengeschichte-12669/", "official_url": "https://www.thf-berlin.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung/berlin-freedom-week-wassermilch-und-spitzenwein", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1bd42dba9ff116a9bb9215b6baddb856dfb97bdac374c2e5ad20bf6614941769-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Lesung & Gespräch mit Friedrich Burschel zu PRESENT PAST. Wie Nachfahren ihre NS-Familiengeschichte erforschen (empfohlen ab 16 Jahre)", "start": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Die gute Seite", "address": "Richardplatz 16, 12055 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://dieguteseiteberlin.buchhandlung.de/shop/article/57157258/present_past.html", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era"], "description": "A reading and conversation with author Friedrich Burschel, who talks about his own family research into the National Socialist era. At the centre is the volume „Present Past“, in which ten descendants describe how they investigated their family's Nazi past and how they deal with what they found. Burschel, who works on anti-fascism at the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, contextualises the stories and then invites an audience discussion on memory politics. The event is part of the autumn series 2026 of the Neukölln bookshops against right-wing populism and racism.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesung-gesprach-mit-friedrich-burschel-zu-present-past-wie-n-48498/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a49c27e608476b4c56a6c9195696c4be5a36311623fceb5d740b3742f4278648-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Ditha Brickwell liest aus ihren neuesten Werken", "start": "2026-11-04T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T19:30:00+01:00", "place": "Haus Kladower Forum", "address": "Kladower Damm 387, 14089 Berlin – Kladow", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction"], "description": "Ditha Brickwell reads from her latest works at the Kladower Forum. The author, born in Vienna and living in Vienna and Berlin, previously an architect and educational economist, presents two of her most important novels, which also have something to do with Kladow. Der Kinderdieb tells of Otto, an adolescent in the dark Vienna of the 1950s, who falls in love with a refugee girl from Hungary, loses this love and does something unheard-of. Die andere Seite der Nacht tells of the fate of Jewish families in Berlin and their Christian helpers during the National Socialist era, with the courage and empathy of strong women in the leading role.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ditha-brickwell-liest-aus-ihren-neuesten-werken-57885/", "official_url": "https://kladower-forum.de/veranstaltung/ditha-brickwell-liest-aus-ihren-neuesten-werken/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/74ab934cf35add2dbd6f0ef68f4fed1e9a064023ec6522e4e6637a3258fb1c54-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Eine Berliner Familiengeschichte von über 100 Jahren – Lesung und Gespräch mit der Zeitzeugin Irene Bindel", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bezirkszentralbibliothek Pablo Neruda", "address": "Frankfurter Allee 14a, 10247 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/biography/autobiography", "history/nazi-era"], "description": "A reading followed by a conversation at the Bezirkszentralbibliothek Pablo Neruda. Irene Bindel, a contemporary witness born in Berlin in 1938, reads from her book „Wassermilch und Spitzenwein“ and tells of her family history spanning more than a century. As the daughter of a Christian mother and a Jewish father, she recounts her family's fate during the Nazi era and the difficult post-war years – her father was imprisoned by the Nazi regime and never returned, while her young mother had to struggle through a time of hardships alone with her daughter. Drawing on her mother's diaries, she offers very personal insights into this moving era, invites the audience to ask questions in the ensuing conversation, and the event is a cooperation between the Gilberto-Bosques-Volkshochschule Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, the Stadtbibliothek Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and the Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit in Berlin e.V.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/eine-berliner-familiengeschichte-von-uber-100-jahren-lesung-31736/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/stadtbibliothek-friedrichshain-kreuzberg/bibliotheken/bezirkszentralbibliothek-pablo-neruda/veranstaltungen-projekte/eine-berliner-familiengeschichte-von-ueber-100-jahren-lesung-und-gespraech-mit-der-zeitzeugin-irene-bindel-1712806.php", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6db1ad9d16ca379cc65669840255ecd48f4ed05c8af944d03201eff22a31ce15-600.webp"}, {"title": "Auf Wiederlesen #57: Holger Franke liest \"Abendlicht\" von Stefan Hermlin", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-30T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "Galerie KungerKiez", "address": "Karl-Kunger-Straße 15 12435 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei, Spenden willkommen!", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/reading"], "description": "A public reading at a gallery in Berlin's Alt-Treptow: Holger Franke reads from Stefan Hermlin's prose collection \"Abendlicht\". Published in 1979, the book tells, in 22 texts, of a first-person narrator looking back on his life, from childhood in a well-to-do bourgeois family and a critical young man's path into the Communist Party to impressions of the Nazi era and repeated attempts at resistance. The author's concern is a more humane way of dealing with one another in society. Admission is free, donations are welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/auf-wiederlesen-57-holger-franke-liest-abendlicht-von-stefan-67841/", "official_url": "https://kungerkiez.de/austellungs-details/auf-wiederlesen-57-holger-franke-liest-abendlicht-von-stefan-hermlin.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/12d3aa419235d755381d0888c74a6c5501188dd77e6ca9f9f110859194793650-1200.webp"}, {"title": "„Ihr löscht das Feuer mit Benzin“ – Die Tagebücher Wolf Biermanns", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer", "address": "", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.de/e/elshan-ghasimi-reinterpretation-des-radif-dastgah-e-chahargah-tickets-1997393231925", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature/diary"], "description": "A book presentation for „„Ihr löscht das Feuer mit Benzin“ – Die Tagebücher Wolf Biermanns“, presenting excerpts from the diaries of the singer-songwriter. The historian Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk, a friend of Biermann's, is publishing them on the 50th anniversary of Biermann's expatriation and his 90th birthday, and presents the book together with co-editor Arno Polzin. The conversation is moderated by Doris Liebermann. The event takes place in the visitor centre of the Berlin Wall Memorial, is free of charge, and registration is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ihr-loscht-das-feuer-mit-benzin-die-tagebucher-wolf-biermann-30517/", "official_url": "https://www.stiftung-berliner-mauer.de/de/gedenkstaette-berliner-mauer/besuch/programm/ihr-loescht-das-feuer-mit-benzin-die-tagebuecher-wolf?date=2026-11-12T19%3A00%3A00%2B0100", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fd51ab9ebb625aac48d5c9324abb9cadaaed9006a4752eaf0a8c6ffb77a95141-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Misha Schoeneberg liest aus „Vielleicht wollte er gar nicht schweigen er fand bloß die Worte nicht” mit musikalischer Begleitung", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Buchhandlung am Schäfersee", "address": "Markstraße 6, 13409 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature", "music"], "description": "Misha Schoeneberg reads from his book „Vielleicht wollte er gar nicht schweigen er fand bloß die Worte nicht“, accompanied by musician Michael Gerlinger, who sings songs by Leonard Cohen in German to the guitar. In this deeply personal book, the author traces the story of his father, a member of a Jewish Berlin family who survived the horrors of Auschwitz. It is about silence and speechlessness in the family, remembrance culture and the upheavals of the present up to the events of October 7. The reading takes place at Buchhandlung am Schäfersee in Berlin; advance registration is possible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/misha-schoeneberg-liest-aus-vielleicht-wollte-er-gar-nicht-s-13471/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b76d528393fa3deeeebccf968b564e266c0db82854844ae3c870ae2192546799-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Bär. Ein Zeitzeuge erzählt", "start": "2026-11-09T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Podewil", "address": "Klosterstraße 68 10179 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/service/Kartenkauf", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/theatre/documentary-theatre", "history/nazi-era"], "description": "A documentary theatre piece for children aged 9 and up, in which a teddy bear over 100 years old, nicknamed »Bär«, tells of his long life. It is based on the memoirs of Irene Grumach-Shirun, written down by Jill Levenfeld, and tells of the life of a Jewish child under the Nazi dictatorship. The bear remembers beautiful but also very bad moments, for example when the walls shook from the bombs, or when Irene's grandmother was deported. Long closed-off rooms are brought back to life with shadow play and sound; the morning performance is followed by a discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/bar-ein-zeitzeuge-erzahlt-20436/", "official_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/stuecke/baer/148", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a93638932d4b24517e3356bd4b77c4cafb608896a5eb2570574d797eaeeaf917-600.webp"}, {"title": "Nie wieder!", "start": "2026-11-08T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Grips Theater im Podewil", "address": "Klosterstraße 68 10179 Berlin", "price": "10 €, ermäßigt 5 €", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/service/Kartenkauf", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/reading"], "description": "\"Nie wieder!\" is a musical reading in remembrance of the victims of the Nazi dictatorship. Three performers (Eva Blum, Michaela Hanser, Falk Berghofer) read from Inge Deutschkron's \"Ich trug den gelben Stern\", accompanied by Volker Ludwig's \"Zeitlosen Lieder\" from \"Ab heute heißt Du Sara\", newly arranged for choir. The vocal.ensemble.tempelhof as well as Matthias Witting with arrangements and piano take part. The evening is meant to be stirring and encouraging at once, dealing with humanity, solidarity and civil courage.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/nie-wieder-4635/", "official_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/spielplan/nie-wieder/3387", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3fd757bef5c56dfb4c19553e9e54875a2635e25dfc835b43fcbe730f9f6eb07a-600.webp"}, {"title": "NIE WIEDER!", "start": "2026-11-08T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "GRIPS Theater", "address": "Altonaer Straße 22, 10557 Berlin", "price": "10 €, ermäßigt 5 €", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/festivals/biennale-2027/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "\"Nie wieder!\" is a musical reading in remembrance of the victims of the Nazi dictatorship. Three actors (Eva Blum, Michaela Hanser, Falk Berghofer) read from Inge Deutschkron's \"I Wore the Yellow Star\", accompanied by the vocal.ensemble.tempelhof with Matthias Witting on arrangements and piano. Volker Ludwig's \"Timeless Songs\" from \"From Today Onward, Your Name Is Sara\" are heard, newly arranged for choir. A moving and at the same time uplifting evening about humanity, solidarity, and moral courage.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/nie-wieder-73484/", "official_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/spielplan/nie-wieder/3387", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2e98f1c29586661e3887f5110d23387f8fce41a1d41aa130199a8568ef344a7a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Einer von Euch sein. von Susi Claus und Astrid Endruweit", "start": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-10T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "Brotfabrik", "address": "1, 13086 Berlin", "price": "Spende (Richtwert 5 €, zzgl. VVK)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "stage/puppetry"], "description": "“Einer von Euch sein.” is a staged reading in the form of figure theatre about childhood and youth from 1933 to 1945, between participation, refusal and deportation. The production by Susi Claus and Astrid Endruweit, directed by Astrid Endruweit with dramaturgy and performance by both, is for young people aged 13 and up and adults. It tells how children who were friends were suddenly split into “one kind” and “the other”, how “Heil Hitler” replaced “Good morning” at school, and how Jewish children were excluded, persecuted and deported. The reading is based on original documents and anonymised eyewitness accounts, and includes a temporary monument by Stefka Ammon and puppet building by Judith Mähler.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/einer-von-euch-sein-von-susi-claus-und-astrid-endruweit-67587/", "official_url": "https://brotfabrik-berlin.de/veranstaltung/einer-von-euch-sein/2026-11-10/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1e9e5b246de1a8afabefd550f237b67d2def2c59b0941b15ea77501c67ce754b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "„Ihr löscht das Feuer mit Benzin“ – Die Tagebücher Wolf Biermanns", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer (Dokumentationszentrum)", "address": "Bernauer Straße 111, 13355 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature/biography"], "description": "A book presentation of „Ihr löscht das Feuer mit Benzin“ – Die Tagebücher Wolf Biermanns at the Berlin Wall Memorial. The historian Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk, a friend of the songwriter, is publishing excerpts from Biermann's extensive diaries on the 50th anniversary of his expatriation and his 90th birthday, presenting the book together with co-editor Arno Polzin. It tells of Biermann's life in the GDR and his sudden expatriation on 16 November 1976, which triggered an unexpected wave of protest. The talk is moderated by Doris Liebermann.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ihr-loscht-das-feuer-mit-benzin-die-tagebucher-wolf-biermann-11961/", "official_url": "https://www.stiftung-berliner-mauer.de/de/gedenkstaette-berliner-mauer/besuch/programm/ihr-loescht-das-feuer-mit-benzin-die-tagebuecher-wolf?date=2026-11-12T19%3A00%3A00%2B0100", "image": "https://noky.io/images/468c3e2303d2945a5b91354a64b899e14add9d2eb47a18927f9f867bd4c68c99-600.webp"}, {"title": "ZEIT-Recherchen: War Opa ein Nazi?", "start": "2026-11-09T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berliner Ensemble", "address": "Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin", "price": "16/9 EURO", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "16.00", "tickets_url": "https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/stefan-juergens-bram-stokers-dracula/?source=bde", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era"], "description": "\"ZEIT-Recherchen: War Opa ein Nazi?\" is a talk as part of a discourse event on the anniversary of the November pogroms of 1938. Caterina Lobenstein speaks with Götz Aly and Christian Staas, in cooperation with DIE ZEIT. Millions of Germans were in the Wehrmacht and the NSDAP, yet many of their descendants knew nothing about it; recently anyone can search the membership files for relatives with just a few clicks. The discussion asks what looking into one's own family reveals about German culture of remembrance, when coming to terms with the past becomes honest confrontation or merely a soothing ritual, and how remembrance changes as more Germans have no personal connection to the Nazi era.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zeit-recherchen-war-opa-ein-nazi-3781/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/zeit-recherchen-war-opa-ein-nazi", "image": "https://noky.io/images/75b21b28fad8ef289a588522ebde26e73b59e215f54fa8e020ae894cc2067f44-600.webp"}]}