{"title": "Lesung mit Bundeskanzlerin a. D. Dr. Angela Merkel", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "BuchBox! Kiezbuchhandlung", "address": "Lettestraße 5, 10437 Berlin", "price": "52 €", "price_from": "52.00", "price_to": "52.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.kbb.eu/hkw.webshop/webticket/bestseatselect?eventId=17278", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature/memoir"], "description": "The sold-out reading with Angela Merkel, German Chancellor from 2005 to 2021, centres on her memoir \"Freiheit\", which she wrote together with her long-time adviser Beate Baumann. In it she looks back on her life in two German states, from childhood and studies in the GDR to the year 1989 and her meetings with the most powerful people in the world. After the reading, the book can be bought and signed live on the day of the signing session, while free tickets are available. The event is a cooperation between BUCHBOX!, Kiepenheuer & Witsch and the HKW.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesung-mit-bundeskanzlerin-a-d-dr-angela-merkel-13444/", "official_url": "https://www.buchboxberlin.de/event-calendar/lesung-mit-bundeskanzlerin-d-dr-angela-merkel", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b57dc5412740faa14759cfb82ea6bda5421ddd6fc4ce5b9aa1631e59ba0d8ec0-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "BuchBox! Kiezbuchhandlung", "address": "Lettestraße 5, 10437 Berlin", "tickets": "sold_out"}], "similar": [{"title": "Signierstunde mit Angela Merkel in Berlin", "start": "2026-11-10T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "BuchBox! Kiezbuchhandlung", "address": "Lettestraße 5, 10437 Berlin", "price": "kostenlos", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.de/e/signierstunde-mit-angela-merkel-in-berlin-tickets-2003453566549", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/biography/autobiography", "history/germany"], "description": "Angela Merkel signs copies of her autobiography »Freiheit« at the BuchBox! Kiezbuchhandlung. Entry is only possible with a free ticket that must be obtained in advance. A maximum of two copies per person can be signed, and personal dedications and selfies are not offered.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/signierstunde-mit-angela-merkel-in-berlin-21977/", "official_url": "https://www.buchboxberlin.de/event-calendar/signierstunde-mit-angela-merkel-berlin", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b57dc5412740faa14759cfb82ea6bda5421ddd6fc4ce5b9aa1631e59ba0d8ec0-600.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": "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": "\"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": "„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": "Buchvorstellung: „Swan Song” von Earl Spencer", "start": "2026-11-04T20:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "DT Bühne - Deutsches Theater Berlin", "address": "Schumannstraße 13 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://ticket.deutschestheater.de/eventim.webshop/webticket/shop?event=22109", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/memoir", "society"], "description": "A book presentation and talk: Earl Spencer presents his book „Swan Song” and speaks with Annette Dittert about life with his sister, Princess Diana. Alexander Khuon will read.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/buchvorstellung-swan-song-von-earl-spencer-16792/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/buchvorstellung-swan-song-von-earl-spencer", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d99ea450a8c4b2fb7ee0694628c3b221ade76624254a984441c9f0e79e5e6612-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sophie Calle »Erinnerungen an Ostberlin«", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Berlin", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "tickets_url": "https://literatur-berlin.tickettoaster.de/produkte/4255-tickets-sophie-calle-erinnerungen-an-ostberlin-literaturhaus-berlin-berlin-am-11-11-2026", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "A book launch at Literaturhaus Berlin where Sophie Calle presents her new book »Erinnerungen an Ostberlin«. In it, the French artist documents places in Berlin from which the visible symbols of East German history were removed after reunification, asking passers-by and residents to describe what had once filled these now-empty spaces. In conversation with the author and filmmaker Felix von Boehm, she talks about remembering, her art and writing. The event is held in French with simultaneous German interpretation by Kerstin Elsner; Carolin Haupt reads.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/sophie-calle-erinnerungen-an-ostberlin-209/", "official_url": "https://li-be.de/programm/veranstaltungen/sophie-calle-erinnerungen-an-ostberlin/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Umkämpfte Freiheit", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-10T19:00:00+01:00", "place": "Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Kohl-Stiftung", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "A panel discussion on the future of the transatlantic relationship and on what freedom means today on both sides of the Atlantic. The panelists are Dr. Ronald Granieri of the U.S. Army War College, Dr. Norbert Röttgen and Dr. Rachel Tausendfreund of the DGAP; the conversation is moderated by the journalist Dr. Melinda Crane. The event is a cooperation between the Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Kohl-Stiftung and the Konrad-Adenauer-Forum Berlin and takes place at the Konrad-Adenauer-Forum Berlin. Registration was requested, but the event is unfortunately fully booked.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/umkampfte-freiheit-75826/", "official_url": "https://adenauerhaus.de/aktuelles-und-termine/termine/umkaempfte-freiheit-amerika-europa-und-die-zukunft-des-transatlantischen-verhaeltnisses", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b38e272d55786505c5b6daff0bf364dd225d2189455bb97b71aefeb211c6a865-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Die Mauer - Innen - Dazwischen - Außen", "start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ballhaus Wedding", "address": "Wriezener Straße 6, 13359 Berlin", "price": "15 € Vorverkauf - 18 € AK", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/berlin-wall", "literature/reading"], "description": "A literary and scenic evening featuring readings from „Fall: Berlin, 1989“. Author Claire Elizabeth Terry and Kathrin Berger connect the story of the fall of the Wall with scenic moments and drawings. In German and English, a shared exchange on walls and freedom follows.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/die-mauer-innen-dazwischen-auen-21827/", "official_url": "https://www.ballhauswedding.de/details-registrierung/die-mauer-innen-dazwischen-aussen", "image": "https://noky.io/images/68850f2f3633bdd4609c8d53845848fb987864d4cc975df90243ac2bfe17d939-2000.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": "Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte 3: Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/politics", "society/democracy"], "description": "„Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte 3: Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden“ is a discussion event in the DT Kontext series, held in the Rangfoyer of the Deutsches Theater. The panel features political and social scientist Naika Foroutan, head of the German Institute for Migration and Integration Research, and historian Uwe Sonnenberg of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, moderated by André Mumot. At its centre is Rosa Luxemburg's famous line „Freiheit ist immer auch die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden“ and her legacy at a time when democratic values are under pressure worldwide. The discussion asks what her courage, her critique of the system and her idea of political participation can teach us for the challenges of the 21st century. Admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-ande-16847/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden", "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://museumderdinge.org/events/heimweh-nach-gestern-book-presentation/", "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"}]}