{"title": "»Ihr löscht das Feuer mit Benzin«", "start": "2026-11-13T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "DDR-Museum", "address": "Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 1, 10178 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature"], "description": "A book presentation and discussion of »Ihr löscht das Feuer mit Benzin«, the first volume of Wolf Biermann's diaries. The historian Dr. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk, scholarly advisor at the DDR Museum, edits excerpts from the diaries for the first time, presenting an artist who consistently challenged the East German regime. The talk is moderated by Dr. Liza Soutschek. The event is part of the »Berlin Freedom Week« and takes place in the DDR Museum's conference room at Sankt Wolfgang-Str. 2.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ihr-loscht-das-feuer-mit-benzin-11722/", "official_url": "https://www.ddr-museum.de/de/veranstaltungen/buchvorstellung-ihr-loescht-das-feuer-mit-benzin", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8f94e15d6cf0ac1be9d0f2ae1f2a8fa3d4b9e4434b30f0da4250abce7db38369-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-13T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "DDR-Museum", "address": "Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 1, 10178 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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": "„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/fd51ab9ebb625aac48d5c9324abb9cadaaed9006a4752eaf0a8c6ffb77a95141-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Festival des kritischen Geistes", "start": "2026-11-06T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Rollberg Kino", "address": "Rollbergstraße 70, 12053 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature/poetry"], "description": "A festival evening of music, readings, talks and film about Wolf Biermann, whom the GDR stripped of his citizenship in 1976 after a concert in Cologne. It is staged by the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur on the 50th anniversary of his expatriation, hosted by Salwa Houmsi. The programme features a keynote by Angela Merkel, a conversation with Wolf Biermann and Balbina, a contemporary witness talk with Gabriele Stötzer, Doris Liebermann and Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk, and literary-artistic panoramas of Biermann's poems and literature from exile with, among others, Durs Grünbein, Thomas Brussig and Fabian Hinrichs. It closes with the cinema documentary \"BIERMANN\" by Jens Meurer.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/festival-des-kritischen-geistes-73117/", "official_url": "https://www.yorck.de/specials/festival-des-kritischen-geistes", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f6147a1401a67d19f036447ef09712a08f315482b9a994589debb79b118c251f-2000.webp"}, {"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": "Festival des kritischen Geistes", "start": "2026-11-06T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kino International", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 33, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/folk/singer-songwriter", "film/documentary", "history/gdr"], "description": "An evening festival with music, readings, conversations and film marking the 50th anniversary of Wolf Biermann's expatriation from the GDR. It is organised by the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, and Salwa Houmsi guides through the programme. After a concert in Cologne in 1976, the GDR stripped Biermann of his citizenship and refused to let him return, yet his voice only grew louder and moved divided Germany alike. Highlights include excerpts from the legendary Cologne concert of 1976, a keynote by Dr. Angela Merkel, a conversation between Wolf Biermann and Balbina, and the cinema documentary \"BIERMANN\" by Jens Meurer.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/festival-des-kritischen-geistes-9218/", "official_url": "https://www.yorck.de/specials/festival-des-kritischen-geistes", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f6147a1401a67d19f036447ef09712a08f315482b9a994589debb79b118c251f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "+++ ABGESAGT +++ Wolf Biermann im Blick der Stasi", "start": "2026-11-02T16:00:00+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": "tours", "tags": ["history/gdr/stasi"], "description": "The guided tour \"Wolf Biermann im Blick der Stasi\" takes visitors through the exhibition \"Einblick ins Geheime\" about the Stasi Records Archive. Organised by the Federal Archives' Stasi Records Archive Berlin-Lichtenberg, it shows surveillance documents on the singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann, how the Stasi handled his expatriation in November 1976, and the reactions of the GDR cultural scene. Biermann, a convinced socialist, moved from Hamburg to the GDR in the early 1950s and, despite a performance ban, was increasingly intensively surveilled by the secret police. Afterwards, visitors can view the sample files collection and submit a request to inspect their files on site; participation is limited to 15 people.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/abgesagt-wolf-biermann-im-blick-der-stasi-7129/", "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/5e29fc30800ad127b448a9dcaa6a2e7c43b80bb873f1734bd84de1ce72987856-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Biermann", "start": "2026-10-30T20:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bundesplatz Studio", "address": "Bundesplatz 14, 10715 Berlin", "price": "10,-- €", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/berlin/toni-berlin/vorstellung/3688995468", "category": "film", "tags": ["music/folk/singer-songwriter", "film/documentary", "history/gdr"], "description": "\"Biermann\" is a documentary about the life and work of the poet and singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann. Jens Meurer, a winner of the European Film Award and the Golden Globe, traces Biermann's biography as an immediate, close-up retrospective, combining personal memories with political contemporary history. At its center are Biermann's origins, his turn to music, his work in the GDR, the Cologne concert of 1976 and its consequences, and his artistic work up to the present. The camera follows the 90-year-old at meetings with young artists, politicians and his family, weaving the footage into a collage of historical documents and previously unpublished archive footage.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/biermann-8778/", "official_url": "http://tilsiter-lichtspiele.de/kinoprogramm.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fe826c1f3087bbf126f0e2a89841744035e6f33d5bb393ee8d6e6dfc03c28819-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Aufbruch und Abbruch. Vom Runden Tisch zum Parlamentssaal im Palast der Republik", "start": "2026-11-07T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://indiv.themisweb.fr/0426/fChoixSeanceWidget.aspx?idstructure=0426&EventId=1341&request=QcE+w0WHSuAzuy2B4/OGXXM5SHkQriVyPpSnIlSPgwi/SvTcAfT+aEjjNRciovQIRNkHdQdPpEPbes4EX/49Cg==", "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-vom-runden-tisch-zum-parlamentssaal-im-2562/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e34564113d159a91a5b5353bba257fd8d87edaeb255452c59f585bb9f7f1bf1c-600.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": "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": "Sonntagslesung", "start": "2026-11-08T10:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T10:30:00+01:00", "place": "Dünenpavillon (Raum 0.11), Ribnitzer Str. 1b, Berlin, 13051", "address": "", "price": "4,00 Euro", "price_from": "4.00", "price_to": "4.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/wwii", "literature/reading"], "description": "The Sonntagslesung is a public reading at which Wolfram Adolphi reads from his family-history novel „Hartenstein oder Die unerhörte Arbeit des Erinnerns“ and from the manuscript of his new book „Familiensache Russland. Ein baltendeutsches Panoptikum“. Behind the event is the Verein für aktive Vielfalt e.V., which invites people to reflect together. The occasion is the attack of fascist Germany on the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, 85 years ago.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/sonntagslesung-73384/", "official_url": "https://vav-lichtenberg.de/aktuelles/sonntagslesung-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9122dc6c4ed0db6219695259ca65c4716d0ea2466404d57f6e753582232b67b2-1200.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": ""}]}