{"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": "https://luma.com/c24f4ugb", "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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Einblick ins Geheime - Ausstellung zum Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv", "address": "Ruschestraße", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Frauen* Erzählsalon", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bona Peiser", "address": "Oranienstraße 72, 10969 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling"], "description": "Frauen* Erzählsalon is an open gathering centred on exchange and storytelling. Organised by Elişi Evi e.V., it offers the chance to build practical German skills, watch films, take part in workshops, and tell or listen to fairy tales. The terms \"Frauen\" and \"Mädchen\" include all people who identify as women or girls or are read as such.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/frauen-erzahlsalon-31250/", "official_url": "https://bona-peiser.de/events/frauen-erzaehlsalon/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/89ff90ff0f91743269f7dfb4884369cf779e448a2804480f857edc850e0562e5-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Frauen im Dienst der Stasi", "start": "2026-11-07T12:45:00+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 \"Frauen im Dienst der Stasi\" takes visitors across the historic grounds of the former Stasi headquarters in Berlin-Lichtenberg. It is run by the Bundesarchiv – Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv Berlin-Lichtenberg. Participants get to know the permanent exhibition on the Stasi Records Archive and can glimpse an archive room holding original files. Using biographies and sample files, the tour shows how the Stasi gathered, managed and exploited its information with the help of women.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/frauen-im-dienst-der-stasi-11749/", "official_url": "https://www.einblick-ins-geheime.de/termin/frauen-im-dienst-der-stasi-berlin-07-11-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cf137c6cc93196fd054d7fdb863f4d55e4917c12d8642c1f98c8be44ba9a0a68-1200.webp"}, {"title": "\"Die Akten lügen nicht und sagen auch nicht die Wahrheit\"", "start": "2026-11-11T16:30:00+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": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["history/gdr/stasi"], "description": "A seminar workshop with an introductory guided tour and a visit to the archive, marking 35 years since the Stasi Records Act was passed. It is organized by the Federal Archives' Stasi Records Archive in Berlin-Lichtenberg in cooperation with the Margarete Steffin Adult Education Centre in Berlin-Lichtenberg and forms part of the Berlin Freedom Week. Using press reports and publications by authorities and the Bundestag, participants retrace the historical steps and arguments behind the act, which is considered a worldwide model for handling the records of a secret police. An introduction to how the files can be accessed and background on the 1991 Bundestag debate, in which a parliament decided for the first time on access to a secret police's records, round off the event.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/die-akten-lugen-nicht-und-sagen-auch-nicht-die-wahrheit-22311/", "official_url": "https://www.einblick-ins-geheime.de/termin/die-akten-luegen-nicht-und-sagen-auch-nicht-die-wahrheit-berlin-11-11-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5e6142a656759b421ffc09e0a3911ec1680e5ea3cf927ff8e63ccf5f80f145c1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Frauen im Fokus der Staatssicherheit", "start": "2026-11-10T17:00:00+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 \"Frauen im Fokus der Staatssicherheit\" takes visitors through the permanent exhibition on the Stasi Records Archive and offers a look into a records room holding original files. It is organised by the Bundesarchiv – Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv Berlin-Lichtenberg. Using exhibits and sample files, it shows how oppositional women came into the focus of the state security service and were systematically surveilled. Participation is limited to 15 people, and advance registration by email or phone is possible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/frauen-im-fokus-der-staatssicherheit-22310/", "official_url": "https://www.einblick-ins-geheime.de/termin/frauen-im-fokus-der-staatssicherheit-berlin-10-11-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/25b58e510d25cc5211d577a7d0169d9b86ed7a25984d4226bc50ed9cee72cf7d-1200.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": "Berlin Freedom Week", "start": "2026-11-07T08:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-14T08:00:00+01:00", "place": "", "address": "Berlin", "price": "Variiert je nach Veranstaltung", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["history/berlin-wall", "society/democracy"], "description": "Berlin Freedom Week is a citywide initiative for freedom and democracy that marks the anniversary of the fall of the Wall with guided tours, workshops, films, readings, discussions and events for children. It is an initiative of the Axel Springer Freedom Foundation, the Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft, visitBerlin and the World Liberty Congress, held under the patronage of Berlin's Governing Mayor. The programme approaches freedom from different perspectives: current events in several countries, global protest movements, digital freedom and past understandings of freedom. Highlights include the Berlin Freedom Conference, the Ostfrauen*Salon at the Stasi headquarters, contemporary witness talks about escape assistance at the Berlin Wall, and the Stories of Freedom film series.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/berlin-freedom-week-16876/", "official_url": "https://berlin-freedom-week.com/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ae6a571649a3fa91c60a6de77329bb1a03abce980714c1dbed1f7c90d3dd0f3b-600.webp"}, {"title": "Samstag im Archiv", "start": "2026-11-07T14:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv im Bundesarchiv", "address": "Normannenstraße 21a, 10365 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr/stasi"], "description": "„Samstag im Archiv“ is a monthly event offering talks and tours about the files of the East German secret police. It is hosted by the Bundesarchiv's Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv Schwerin; this time Dr. Ronny Heidenreich gives the talk „Echos aus Ungarn. Der Aufstand 1956 und sein Widerhall im Norden der DDR“ on the crushing of the Hungarian uprising and the reactions of the East German state security. Afterwards he leads a tour through the archive, which stores about 2,370 running metres of files of the state security of the Schwerin district. Visitors may also apply for personal access to their Stasi files, for which a valid identity document is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/samstag-im-archiv-73256/", "official_url": "https://www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/vor-ort-entdecken/veranstaltungen/termin/samstag-im-archiv-mecklenburg-vorpommern-07-11-2026/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Salon im Zentrum am Zoo: 80 Jahre DEFA", "start": "2026-11-07T15:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zentrum am Zoo", "address": "Hardenbergplatz 13, 10623 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["film/history"], "description": "The Salon im Zentrum am Zoo takes a look behind the film scenes of the GDR under the theme \"80 Jahre DEFA\". Together with Stefanie Eckert, chairwoman of the DEFA-Stiftung, the audience takes a closer look at films between ideology and everyday life – housing, leisure, wanderlust and life in the GDR. Short film sequences, surprising insights and above all time for conversation, memories and different perspectives round things off. The event is for everyone who would like to see the DEFA once again through different eyes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/salon-im-zentrum-am-zoo-80-jahre-defa-21912/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-stadtmission.de/informieren/termine/detail/salon-im-zentrum-am-zoo-80-jahre-defa", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1922e94ca1d09c92bce4a21c004c0e4d155a43429bce231f2db379217c7e98b2-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Ostberlin Poetry Slam Herbst", "start": "2026-11-05T20:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kino Union", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "12.90", "price_to": "14.90", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "Ostberlin Poetry Slam is an evening of poetry, comedy and storytelling in the old hall of the cinema. It is presented by the Kiezpoeten Berlin. Poets, comedians and narrators from near and far take the stage. The slam sweetens the winter days, warming the heart with warm words and cozy rhymes to carry you through autumn.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ostberlin-poetry-slam-herbst-32580/", "official_url": "https://www.kino-union.de/event/127848", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2a19c87faafbe4197111203fce89f9fc04ab4c8588b9b020e272bf38f4e6240d-600.webp"}, {"title": "Erzählsalon Migration: Wir haben keine Wahl, aber eine Stimme!", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berlin Museum: Ephraim-Palais", "address": "Fidicinstraße 40, 10965 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.stadtmuseum.de/#/product/event/801", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/migration", "society/activism"], "description": "The “Erzählsalon Migration: Wir haben keine Wahl, aber eine Stimme!” is an informal storytelling event at the Berlin Museum: Ephraim-Palais. It is the second instalment of a new quarterly series by the Stadtmuseum Berlin, in which actors from migrant and diasporic communities share their stories of migration and resistance. This edition is about migrant struggles and international solidarities from the 1970s to the 1990s, when Berlin (West) was shaped by resistance and fights for a more just world. Contemporary witnesses such as political scientist and urban researcher Max Welch Guerra tell these stories with photos, documents and music; moderation is by Aurora Rodonò, curator for migration history, and visitors are welcome to bring their own mementos.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/erzahlsalon-migration-wir-haben-keine-wahl-aber-eine-stimme-16877/", "official_url": "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/veranstaltungen/erzaehlsalon-migration-wir-haben-keine-wahl-aber-eine-stimme", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f032946314bbfa165cd0081a68e36afe6d9c0defe3c0f8f8a60a3780b0aaf605-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Einblicke in die Sonderausstellung „OSTGEBIETE / ZIEMIE ZACHODNIE. Eine deutsch-polnische Spurensuche“ (EN)", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-01-17T11:30:00+01:00", "place": "Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung", "address": "Stresemannstraße 90, 10963 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/photography", "history/german-polish-history"], "description": "This is an English-language guided tour through the special exhibition „OSTGEBIETE / ZIEMIE ZACHODNIE. Eine deutsch-polnische Spurensuche“ at the Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung in Berlin. It is run by the Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung and opens up central themes, artistic positions and questions of the exhibition. At its core are the stories, memories and historical traces behind the photographic works, along with differing perspectives on remembrance, origin, loss and belonging. It lasts 40 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/einblicke-in-die-sonderausstellung-ostgebiete-ziemie-zachodn-15590/", "official_url": "https://www.flucht-vertreibung-versoehnung.de/de/veranstaltung/einblicke-die-sonderausstellung-ostgebiete-ziemie-zachodnie-eine-deutsch-polnische-15", "image": "https://noky.io/images/11478a75d7c252eb1ad291b44fda2b13bd88a61ae00e42b8ae24e8aae8c988cb-600.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": "Frauen und Revolution", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berliner Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, Besuchszentrum Ostkreuz", "address": "Revaler Straße 29, 10245 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/gender", "history"], "description": "“Frauen und Revolution” is a theme evening with a discussion about what role female voices play in revolutions, then and now. From the revolutions of 1848 and 1918 to political upheavals around the world, it looks at women as actors in revolutionary movements and asks how they shape political change. Together the audience discusses female perspectives on revolution, democracy and social change; guests include the author Shila Behjat. The event takes place as part of the changing exhibition “Stimmen – Ein Ausstellungsexperiment zwischen Demokratiegeschichte und Gegenwart” in cooperation with the Berliner Landeszentrale für politische Bildung; admission is free, registration is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/frauen-und-revolution-16803/", "official_url": "https://forum1848.de/veranstaltungen/stimmen-frauen-revolution/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0d47bc1053ff6769a228f55c1a9b83fcccb97e2e6afa28d7e45c713b068ac6f1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Salon Graubunt 60+", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Kiezanker 36", "address": "Cuvrystraße 13-14, 10997 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["community"], "description": "Salon Graubunt 60+ is a get-together in the café of Kiezanker 36, a family and neighbourhood centre in the Wrangelkiez. Behind the salon is a group that grew out of the Wrangelkiez neighbourhood centre. The group has questions and visions and wants to exchange ideas with visitors. What happens in the salon is decided by those who come.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/salon-graubunt-60-76043/", "official_url": "https://familienzentrum-wrangelkiez.de/veranstaltung/salon-graubunt-60/2026-11-12/", "image": ""}, {"title": "FRUIT SALON - Readings & Art @ The Hoxton", "start": "2026-11-05T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-05T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "The Hoxton Hotel", "address": "Meinekestraße 18-19 10719 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "art"], "description": "FRUIT SALON is Berlin’s newest literature and arts event, taking place quarterly at The Hoxton. Hosted by writer and performer Demi Anter, this new night blends a poetry open mic with an interactive art salon and a quirky community space. The aim of FRUIT SALON is to create a fun, high-energy, and supportive event for writers of all experience levels across Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/fruit-salon-readings-art-the-hoxton-16819/", "official_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fruit-salon-readings-art-the-hoxton-tickets-2003140494141?aff=berlineventswebsite", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cfb3a5504c0062e9f7dd542f280052cf1fb935067eb5f742635c5430b6c0eb49-600.webp"}, {"title": "OST WEST OST", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-10-23T00:00:00+02:00", "place": "U-Bahnhof Schillingstraße", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 32 10178 Berlin", "price": "Gratis", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/gdr"], "description": "OST WEST OST is an exhibition on postwar modernism in Berlin. It brings the rebuilding of the city after 1945 to life along the architectural ensembles of Karl-Marx-Allee, with comparative views of the Hansaviertel and of postwar modernism elsewhere. Across three levels of the Schillingstraße and Weberwiese underground stations a history walk leads to 24 selected anchor buildings with information on their history, design and use, the middle level covers the planning and construction of the street and life on it, contemporary photographers present the architecture in new ways, and local clubs show their cultural engagement on site.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ost-west-ost-15230/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/daab93139212a9210134291d5408ab10c10888c9c1e1e692ea8a7362c96fb23d-600.webp"}]}