{"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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Einblick ins Geheime - Ausstellung zum Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv", "address": "Ruschestraße", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Lesebühne: „Lesbische Selbstbehauptung in der DDR“", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 22)", "address": "Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist 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": ["society/queer/lesbian", "history/gdr"], "description": "A book presentation and discussion with a conversation afterward. Drawing on texts, interviews and archival material, Dr. Teresa Tammer tells the life story of Karin Dauenheimer, who as a theologian, feminist, lesbian and single mother did not conform to the expectations of state and society, wrote for a feminist underground magazine, and organized women's festivals that became a crucial impulse for the emergence of a GDR-wide lesbian movement, placing her under the Stasi's surveillance for years. The author and the contemporary witness appear together on stage. The event is part of the Lesebühne series.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesebuhne-lesbische-selbstbehauptung-in-der-ddr-20460/", "official_url": "https://www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/vor-ort-entdecken/veranstaltungen/termin/lesbische-selbstbehauptung-in-der-ddr-berlin-10-11-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8fe597a19a39d627d5e9ab2974a8b5a765b22cc9d667819f651f6503f61ca7d4-600.webp"}, {"title": "Queer Thursay: Frauke Hippler und Zeitzeug*innegespräch", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stadtteilbibliothek Buch", "address": "Wiltbergstraße 21 13125 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "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/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "As part of the Queer Thursay series, the Stadtteilbibliothek Buch hosts a talk followed by conversations with contemporary witnesses. Frauke Hippler, a cultural scholar who completed her master's degree at the University of Leipzig, tracked down and examined coded contact ads placed by women who loved women in the Wochenpost, one of the most widely read magazines of the GDR. Being lesbian was long taboo in the GDR, and with no official meeting places, women* sought all kinds of ways to find like-minded people – the ads speak their own language. The talk explores this hidden chapter and these routes of making contact.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-thursay-frauke-hippler-und-zeitzeuginnegesprach-16805/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=288671&ls=10&c=409", "image": "https://noky.io/images/573b025978cde125a5cb2b152f59ace4fd981f1a7ab717c99fa3a698b97e570a-1200.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": "Lesben in der Provinz – damals und heute", "start": "2026-10-30T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "EWA-Frauenzentrum", "address": "Prenzlauer Allee 6 10405 Berlin", "price": "Gratis / free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "A talk with photos and a conversation with contemporary witnesses about the lives of lesbians in small towns of the GDR. In 1989, Christiane Kloweit and Ina Röder Sissoko researched the realities of lesbian life in the provinces; their findings were presented at the first lesbian conference of the GDR in Halle. Judith Geffert illuminates the history of this conference in the autumn of the 1989 political upheaval and its significance for the visibility of lesbian life. She draws connections to the situation of lesbians outside large cities today.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesben-in-der-provinz-damals-und-heute-16579/", "official_url": "https://www.ewa-frauenzentrum.de/Kultur/Veranstaltungen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b5aa69eeb67d8799b25766deda7caeae4b7231c585a01254afbc8c14fcd810b7-600.webp"}, {"title": "Queer Thursday: Frauke Hippler und Zeitzeug*innengespräch", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bibliothek Buch", "address": "Wiltbergstraße 19-23, 13125 Berlin-Buch", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "A talk about hidden personal ads placed by women who love women in the Wochenpost, one of the most widely read magazines in the GDR. Frauke Hippler, who studied at the Institute of Cultural Sciences at Leipzig University and wrote her master's thesis on the subject, searched out these concealed ads and interviewed the women. Since being lesbian was long taboo in the GDR and official meeting places were lacking, women* sought all kinds of ways to find like-minded people. The ads speak their own language and offer a glimpse into this hidden life.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-thursday-frauke-hippler-und-zeitzeuginnengesprach-32905/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=288671&ls=0&c=409&v_ort=47759&date_start=23.10.2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/573b025978cde125a5cb2b152f59ace4fd981f1a7ab717c99fa3a698b97e570a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "L*Ost : Lesben in der Provinz“ – damals und heute Vortrag von Judith Geffert und Zeitzeug*innengespräch, Ort: EWA e.V. – Frauenzentrum Prenzlauer Allee 6 10405 Berlin", "start": "2026-10-30T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Sonntags-Club", "address": "Greifenhagener Straße 28, 10437 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer/lesbian", "history/gdr"], "description": "A talk by Judith Geffert with a conversation featuring contemporary witnesses about the lives of lesbians in the East German provinces. In 1989, Christiane Kloweit and Ina Röder Sissoko interviewed lesbians living in small towns and presented these conversations at the first GDR lesbian conference, „Lesben im Umfeld der Kirche“, in Halle. Geffert has researched this conference and will talk with contemporary witnesses about the events of that time and their significance in the transformation process of 1989. She will also connect them to the situation of lesbians living outside big cities today; the event takes place at the women's centre EWA e.V.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lost-lesben-in-der-provinz-damals-und-heute-vortrag-von-judi-76227/", "official_url": "https://programm.sonntags-club.de/programm/lost-lesben-in-der-provinz-damals-und-heute-vortrag-von-judith-geffert-und-zeitzeuginnengespraech-ort-ewa/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0572be631cbe32e9bbcb66085617a842a0ca8e2c2755623b0a59e9a1b98aaa3f-1200.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": "Zu warm für die DDR? – Queeres Leben zwischen Anpassung und Emanzipation - Vortrag von Peter Rausch | Queer Monday", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek", "address": "Bizetstraße 41, 13088 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/festivals/biennale-2027/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "A lecture as part of the 'Queer Monday' series, in which the Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek meets the Sonntagsclub. It is given by Peter Rausch, co-founder of the GDR's first gay-lesbian emancipation group (HIB) and of the Sonntags-Club e. V., who still works as a contemporary witness for queer history. The lecture looks at the GDR's four decades and traces the development of homosexuality, homophobia, emancipation and sexual culture chronologically. Afterwards there is time for questions, discussion and conversation, and everyone interested is welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zu-warm-fur-die-ddr-queeres-leben-zwischen-anpassung-und-ema-2579/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=290828&ls=20&c=409", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bdd61acbf68f63db7b281228cfefea6e3f2f1d896d867e77dd66b5bdf9c049d0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Selbstbehauptung und Widerstand von queeren Menschen im Nationalsozialismus", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand", "address": "Stauffenbergstraße 13-14", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "society/queer"], "description": "An evening of talks and discussion on self-assertion and resistance by queer people under National Socialism. Prof. Dr. Martin Lücke speaks on the persecution and resistance of homosexual men, and Dr. Claudia Schoppmann on the living conditions and forms of defense of lesbian women, moderated by staff of the Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand. Around 10,000 homosexual men were sent to concentration camps, lesbian women were interned even without a legal basis, and there was diverse resistance, for example in oppositional groups or through marriages of convenience. The occasion is the extension of the memorial's permanent exhibition with this new area; registration by 4 November is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/selbstbehauptung-und-widerstand-von-queeren-menschen-im-nati-22557/", "official_url": "https://www.gdw-berlin.de/angebote/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung/event/1565-selbstbehauptung-und-widerstand-von-queeren-menschen-im-nationalsozialismus", "image": ""}, {"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": "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": "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": ""}, {"title": "Queer und jüdisch im \"Dritten Reich\" und darüber hinaus", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Mitte Museum", "address": "Pankstraße 47, 13357 Berlin", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "religion/jewish", "society/queer"], "description": "Mitte Museum hosts an evening of talks about people who were both queer and Jewish. Four speakers shed light on Jewish-queer life stories between 1933 and 1945 and beyond, from Gertrude Sandmann to gay and lesbian Jews in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Paige Harouse, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, Jake Schneider and Rafael Nasemann present their topics, including the remembrance project \"Queere Held*innen\". A shared exchange follows; the event takes place in spoken German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-und-judisch-im-dritten-reich-und-daruber-hinaus-12330/", "official_url": "https://www.mittemuseum.de/de/veranstaltung/2026/queer-und-juedisch-im-dritten-reich-und-darueber-hinaus", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e87ba75a48aad48550b6a7857f4cba5182c7ffc54c5048e82c91b74627345947-1200.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"}, {"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": "Zwischen Sturm und Stille", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Dorotheenstädtische Buchhandlung", "address": "Turmstraße 5, 10559 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/germany/left-wing-militancy/raf", "literature/biography/autobiography"], "description": "A reading and conversation held at a bookshop in Moabit. Astrid Proll presents her autobiography »Zwischen Sturm und Stille. Wie ich der RAF entkam«, moderated by Phillip Heinisch. As a founding member of the Red Army Fraction, she looks back on her life: beginnings, going underground, imprisonment and a new start. Admission is free, with registration by phone given.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zwischen-sturm-und-stille-14546/", "official_url": "https://www.dorotheenstaedtische.de/event/zwischen-sturm-und-stille/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f5448abba9c42467d80fb5339c93b413f30174adfe05dc8fccfac44861e93bcb-600.webp"}]}