{"title": "Jochen Thies: Geschichte der Hugenotten", "start": "2026-11-06T13:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Hugenottenmuseum Berlin", "address": "5, 10117 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/religious-history", "literature/book-presentation"], "description": "At a book presentation at the Huguenot Museum Berlin, the historian and publicist Jochen Thies presents his new book on the history of the Huguenots. The BeBra Verlag publishes the book in 2026. In it, Thies follows the paths of the religious refugees from the religious struggles of the 13th century to the exodus from France in 1685, telling of persecution, steadfastness and outstanding personalities. After a welcome by Pastor Sabine Beyer, he talks with the publisher Dr. Dirk Palm, and the publishing house invites guests to a champagne reception afterwards.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/jochen-thies-geschichte-der-hugenotten-22915/", "official_url": "https://www.hugenottenmuseum-berlin.de/veranstaltung/jochen-thies-geschichte-der-hugenotten", "image": "https://noky.io/images/253271d4248b9abe3b0d841b4405bc40b54a3b440fba307d3051dcfc1731e5b7-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-06T13:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Hugenottenmuseum Berlin", "address": "5, 10117 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Lesung und Werkstattgespräch", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Hugenottenmuseum im Französischen Dom", "address": "Gendarmenmarkt 5 10117 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/stefan-juergens-bram-stokers-dracula/?source=bde", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "A book presentation with a discussion at the Huguenot Museum. The renowned historian and publicist Jochen Thies presents his new book on the history of the Huguenots in conversation with BeBra publisher Dirk Palm; after a welcome by pastor Sabine Beyer, the publisher invites the audience to a champagne reception. The book spans from the religious struggles of the 13th century to the dramatic exodus of the refugees from France in 1685, marked by brutal persecution and unbending steadfastness, and a cultural transfer whose effects are still visible today. Thies follows the paths of the faith refugees across Europe, describes landscapes and historic places, and shows how the Huguenot heritage can help meet the challenges of the present and future.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesung-und-werkstattgesprach-28740/", "official_url": "https://www.hugenottenmuseum-berlin.de/veranstaltung/jochen-thies-geschichte-der-hugenotten", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6ac957a6316233ede96b7c912c83fabc307ebf7701c81ec06da6e5d7b382836f-600.webp"}, {"title": "„War mein Opa ein Nazi?“ Wie Nachfahren ihre NS-Familiengeschichte erforschen", "start": "2026-10-30T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Feurigstraße 68 10827 Berlin", "address": "Feurigstraße 68 10827 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era"], "description": "A jour fixe with a book presentation where descendants report on how they researched their own family's Nazi past. Berlin historian Dr. Johannes Spohr, who runs the archival research service »Present Past«, presents his new book together with the historian and publicist Friedrich Burschel: ten stories about ten ways in which descendants researched National Socialism in their own families. The welcome address and moderation are by Ragna Vogel, managing director of KONTAKTE-KOHTAKTbI e.V., followed by a reception for conversation and exchange. Admission is free; donations for the association's humanitarian projects for victims of National Socialism are welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/war-mein-opa-ein-nazi-wie-nachfahren-ihre-ns-familiengeschic-31444/", "official_url": "https://kontakte-kontakty.de/war-mein-opa-ein-nazi-wie-nachfahren-ihre-ns-familiengeschichte-erforschen-jour-fixe-am-30-10-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/86e8847620bdfb705ee187d4b3cb3f6cbe4dbe4a488e0b32795f525784fc98a9-2000.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": "ER-LESEN-ES 2026", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "der Klosterladen", "address": "Heckerdamm 232, 13627", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.karmel-berlin.de/derklosterladen/#assortment-occasions", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/spirituality"], "description": "\"ER-LESEN-ES 2026\" is an invitation to a talk, conversation and concert at the Memorial Church Maria Regina Martyrum in Berlin. The event is hosted by Karmel Regina Martyrum, a Carmelite convent with its own monastery shop. Its focus is the spiritual world of the order, such as the blessing gaze of God as Sister Mechthild describes in her portrait. The related programme also includes further dates at the memorial church through December.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/er-lesen-es-2026-26171/", "official_url": "https://www.karmel-berlin.de/kloster/veranstaltungen/er-lesen-es-2026.html?id=61", "image": "https://noky.io/images/43b28fd89d7fd2f729086b39b22c54fce21adbb4e6ab962f818b193ed6f44600-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Bibel und Welt: „Die Lutherin“ – mit Dagmar Tilsch", "start": "2026-11-03T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kapernaum Kirche", "address": "Seestraße 34/35", "price": "Eintritt frei – Spende erbeten", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/christian/bible", "history/reformation"], "description": "\"Bibel und Welt\" is an evening hosted by the Kapernaum congregation, this time about Katharina von Bora, one of the most important women of Reformation history. The impetus was the little book \"Käthe Luther. Die Weggenossin des Reformators\", found while tidying up by a congregation member, and together with what the congregation's shelf holds on the Lutherin there is plenty of material for the evening with Dagmar Tilsch. Admission is free, a donation is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/bibel-und-welt-die-lutherin-mit-dagmar-tilsch-28202/", "official_url": "https://kapernaum-berlin.de/2026/09/03/bibel-und-welt-september-2020/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/baa09594ad4c64223744eeb012ac34955aabc610802ee16c9714ce66f303e91a-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": ""}, {"title": "Grenzen, Gewalt, Geschichte", "start": "2026-11-09T12:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Historisches Museum Pei-Bau", "address": "Hinter dem Gießhaus 3 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://stiftungbrandenburgertor.de/veranstaltungen/liebermanns-welt/?source=bde", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/gdr"], "description": "„Grenzen, Gewalt, Geschichte“ is a free themed tour through selected exhibition rooms of the museum presenting rare objects from its collection that illustrate German division, flight and violence. The tour spans from a family's flight into Reformed exile during the confessional split of the Holy Roman Empire to a border stone of a city divided after 1914 on the German-Dutch border. Its highlight is the original diary of the student Peter Rutzen from 1963, which traces the dangerous attempt to dig an escape tunnel under Bernauer Straße. The tunnel was betrayed to the Stasi before anyone could flee, leading to numerous arrests in East Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/grenzen-gewalt-geschichte-24447/", "official_url": "https://www.dhm.de/veranstaltung/grenzen-gewalt-geschichte-1/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8cb7898919d22729568409b8beaf050bbd4ca5664a4e33046a02a34e062b01c5-600.webp"}, {"title": "Spazieren in Berlin", "start": "2026-11-04T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Dorotheenstädtische Buchhandlung", "address": "Turmstraße 5, 10559 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "The bookshop hosts a reading from Franz Hessel's book „Spazieren in Berlin“, a textbook on the art of strolling through Berlin first published in 1929. The actor Hans-Jürgen Schatz reads from it, and the evening is moderated by the publisher André Förster. Hessel (1880–1941) was a writer, editor and translator who lived in Berlin in the 1920s and emigrated to Paris in 1938. Walter Benjamin called the book a memorising while strolling, for which remembering was not the source but the muse.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/spazieren-in-berlin-22283/", "official_url": "https://www.dorotheenstaedtische.de/event/spazieren-in-berlin/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/faf9fe110b11b1f17ff173b8dee0dd9c07708277df0d93e23d4cc0f60c697d68-600.webp"}, {"title": "Bärentouren: Franzosen in Alt-Berlin", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-02-27T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "Schiller-Denkmal - Berlin", "address": "Gendarmenmarkt 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "19.80", "price_to": "19.80", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "Franzosen in Alt-Berlin is a guided historical city walk about the French in Berlin's old town. It is run by Bärentouren, a Berlin agency that has been offering researched historical tours with its own guides since 2004. The walk covers the French in old Berlin and the Edict of Potsdam of 1685, in which Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg granted them a safe and free retreat in all his lands and provinces.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/barentouren-franzosen-in-alt-berlin-15434/", "official_url": "https://baerentouren.de", "image": "https://noky.io/images/85b16e214ec92c2ae4a84cda38a7109e5ea4f824194d0bfb515d3cd71a34499e-600.webp"}, {"title": "Jennifer Evans & Guests: Buchpräsentation „Eine queere Art der Geschichte“", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schwules Museum *", "address": "Lützowstraße 73, 10785 Berlin", "price": "7 Euro (ermäßigt 4 Euro)", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "7.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/queer-history", "society/queer"], "description": "The Schwules Museum hosts a book presentation, in spoken German, of the German translation of Jennifer Evans' award-winning book „Eine queere Art der Geschichte“. Evans is a queer historian at Carleton University in Ottawa, who describes the museum as no passive archive but a living place of queer kinship. Her book traces the conflict-ridden yet productive struggles over sexualities and gender in art, politics and everyday life in East, West and reunified Germany since 1945, asking about gaps in historiography and archives. Together with invited „special guests“, she will also explore how historical research can help shape a radically intersectional future.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/jennifer-evans-guests-buchprasentation-eine-queere-art-der-g-12551/", "official_url": "https://www.schwulesmuseum.de/veranstaltung/jennifer-evans-guests-buchpraesentation-eine-queere-art-der-geschichte/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8d343629d92fbc086f55027651dbee79eb505a6c31c1f6f3479fa6f8a48cae1e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Bibelgesprächskreis", "start": "2026-11-10T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Berlin-Johannisthal", "address": "Sterndamm 94, 12487 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/bible"], "description": "The Bibelgesprächskreis is a gathering for conversation about the Bible at the Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Berlin-Johannisthal. It is hosted by the Protestant parish, which invites people to a shared exchange. The event's picture shows an invitation to talk about the Bible. Further dates are 10 and 24 November 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/bibelgesprachskreis-14814/", "official_url": "https://www.ev-kirche-johannisthal.de/events/event/bibelgespraechskreis/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2f861d0cd66772caa526cc7734ff719e218dcf4a527638c1e118076b65d69194-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Impuls und Diskussion: Endzeit-Faschismus & Apokalypse", "start": "2026-11-04T20:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T21:30:00+01:00", "place": "REFO", "address": "Wiclefstraße 32, 10551", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/fascism", "religion/theology"], "description": "An evening of reflection and discussion linking beliefs and patterns that emerge in both apocalyptic thinking and fascist worldviews, as ideas of the end times and of enemies become more radical. The event is hosted by the Reformationskirche Moabit (REFO), which runs discussion evenings on current questions in its church; the thematic input comes from the theologian Marie-Christin Barleben. It forms part of the program accompanying the exhibition \"Le Charme discret de la dictature\", which explores the seductive sides of dictatorships. After the short talk, the format invites everyone to share thoughts and exchange views on the topics presented.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/impuls-und-diskussion-endzeit-faschismus-apokalypse-32186/", "official_url": "https://www.refo-moabit.de/termin/impuls-und-diskussion-endzeit-faschismus-apokalypse/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5cbda5d89678886b893cdf0577af2ca5f4116472e5f70e397757ac0a290b6ccd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Freiheit, Solidarität und der Wunsch nach Erneuerung -", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "place": "Katholische Akademie in Berlin", "address": "Hannoversche Straße 5b, 10115 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["occasion/anniversary"], "description": "A discussion event marking the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian popular uprising. The Catholic Academy in Berlin, together with Renovabis, invites guests to talk about the meaning of \"1956\" in Hungarian memory culture and politics, as well as Hungary's present and future. Speakers include Zsuzsa Breier, Kornélia Kiss, Konrád Dejcsics and Gergely Romsics, moderated by Kai-Olaf Lang. The Research Prize Eastern Europe 2026 will be awarded directly afterwards.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/freiheit-solidaritat-und-der-wunsch-nach-erneuerung-9177/", "official_url": "https://www.katholische-akademie-berlin.de/veranstaltung/freiheit-solidaritaet/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b8b7f4c3d497311adbae1ad734494ff9dc6a8bd6e1d2b0784010b620067f31ab-1200.webp"}, {"title": "„Niewiedervereinigung: 100 Zwischenrufe zur deutschen Einheit“", "start": "2026-10-30T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-30T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "5 EUR / ermäßigt 3 EUR", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/reunification", "literature"], "description": "This event is a reading from the book „Niewiedervereinigung: 100 Zwischenrufe zur deutschen Einheit“ at the Humboldt Forum. It is part of the series „Über Grenzen: Ziehen, Einreißen, Verschieben“ at BERLIN GLOBAL. Author Paula Fürstenberg looks at German reunification from the perspective of a post-reunification generation, asking about the gaps in the narrative of unity, accompanied by unemployment, emigration and racist violence in the East. The reading is moderated by journalist and author Nhi Le.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/niewiedervereinigung-100-zwischenrufe-zur-deutschen-einheit-16573/", "official_url": "https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/termin/gespraech/niewiedervereinigung-100-zwischenrufe-zur-deutschen-einheit-169340/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e98cae2e745a3746936932cc1a28342234c61e7d88d397c2de9508a06e5f613b-1200.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": "Heimweh nach gestern. Eine Geschichte der Nostalgie in Deutschland", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Werkbundarchiv - Museum der Dinge", "address": "Leipziger Straße 54, 10117 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/mit-raketen-zu-planeten?page=10#dates", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/germany", "literature"], "description": "A book presentation and conversation at Werkbundarchiv - Museum der Dinge. The historian and curator Tobias Becker presents his book „Heimweh nach gestern. Eine Geschichte der Nostalgie in Deutschland“ and discusses it with the journalist and author Jens Bisky. In his book, Becker examines how divided and reunified Germany dealt with its past, from the rediscovery of the „Golden Twenties“ to Ostalgie. The event is free of charge and no registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/heimweh-nach-gestern-eine-geschichte-der-nostalgie-in-deutsc-12716/", "official_url": "https://museumderdinge.de/veranstaltungen/heimweh-nach-gestern-buchpraesentation/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5182d497ad4f198eb93e1448964222e9ef1167d650e86ec63aa8a6aaeb781fa1-600.webp"}]}