{"title": "Sturzlage", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-16T18:30:00+01:00", "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/laufzeitangebot/ausstellung/mirae-kh-rhee-weiterreichen-165896/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr/peaceful-revolution"], "description": "\"Sturzlage\" is an event dealing with the democratic awakening of 1989/90. It centers on the Central Round Table at Schloss Schönhausen in Pankow, where crucial decisions were made. From December 1989 to March 1990, representatives of the citizens' movements and parties met there. 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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": "Diskurs in der Philharmonie: »Wie lange steht die »Brandmauer« noch?«", "start": "2026-10-29T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Philharmonie", "address": "Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, 10785 Berlin", "price": "13 €", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "13.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/ticketinfo/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/contemporary-history", "society/politics"], "description": "The discussion series Diskurs in der Philharmonie hosts political conversations at the Berlin Philharmonie. Moderator Christiane Florin talks with politician Clara von Nathusius (Junge Union) and political scientist Julia Reuschenbach about how much longer the \"firewall\" against the AfD will hold after Germany has voted. State elections in Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin have shaken up the political landscape. In autumn 2026 they ask how the country presents itself.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/diskurs-in-der-philharmonie-wie-lange-steht-die-brandmauer-n-8715/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57048/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f3220e5f616b5451090c574e41e9d36fbb20ee11188ca222770660008b34f002-600.webp"}, {"title": "Theateraufführung \"Mikrokosmos 1990. Anfang und Ende eines Landes\"", "start": "2026-11-04T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen", "address": "", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/documentary-theatre", "history/gdr"], "description": "The Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial presents the research-based theatre piece „Mikrokosmos 1990. Anfang und Ende eines Landes“ by the theatre collective Vajswerk. It follows four young people from Leipzig, Rostock, Hoyerswerda and Berlin through the year 1990, who after the Peaceful Revolution and the fall of the Wall face the question: „Und wie geht es weiter?“ Based on research into historical material, the piece creates a many-layered portrait of a country in upheaval, telling of a generation's experiences in the year of German unity and drawing a line to the present. The joint event with the district's business development office of Lichtenberg sets the stage for the Berlin Freedom Week 2026 and invites reflection on the upheavals of the Wende era as well as on freedom and democracy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/theaterauffuhrung-mikrokosmos-1990-anfang-und-ende-eines-lan-45229/", "official_url": "https://www.stiftung-hsh.de/ihr-besuch/veranstaltungen/mikrokosmos-1990", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7fa097dec5bcfe2a975448da157f828b5b285f149b466ee80511507b77ee8c3b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "STIMMEN", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Friedhof der Märzgefallenen", "address": "Ernst-Zinna-Weg 1 10249 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/democracy"], "description": "STIMMEN is a multimedia exhibition about the history of democracy, the present and participation. It was created by volunteers in the participation project „Demokratiegeschichte(n)“ together with historians of forum 1848, supported by the Stiftung Orte der deutschen Demokratiegeschichte. The contributions combine historical sources with personal views on the history of the cemetery and the revolutions of 1848 and 1918, from revolutionary demands and the women's movement to personal experiences. The cemetery of the March Fallen, which since 1848 commemorates people who fought for political rights and freedom, is at once the setting and part of the exhibition.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/stimmen-15822/", "official_url": "https://forum1848.de/ausstellungen/stimmen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/550c5330bc520c32877adb4d7112ac94243fcf7b554fbac6196a16956c5d4797-600.webp"}, {"title": "STIMMEN. Ein Ausstellungsexperiment zwischen Demokratiegeschichte und Gegenwart", "start": "2026-09-15T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-11-09T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "forum 1848 am Friedhof der Märzgefallenen", "address": "Ernst-Zinna-Weg 1, 10249 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/germany"], "description": "\"STIMMEN. Ein Ausstellungsexperiment zwischen Demokratiegeschichte und Gegenwart\" is a multimedia rotating exhibition shown in the exhibition containers of forum 1848 at the Friedhof der Märzgefallenen. It emerged from the participation project „Demokratiegeschichte(n)\", funded by the Stiftung Orte der deutschen Demokratiegeschichte, in which volunteers researched and developed their own contributions together with the forum's historians. The show brings together personal takes on the cemetery's history and the revolutions of 1848 and 1918, pairing historical sources with present-day perspectives. The cemetery itself is part of the exhibition, which invites listening, exploring and taking part.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/stimmen-ein-ausstellungsexperiment-zwischen-demokratiegeschi-12782/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c44b5e9dce3e41b07242e5d40c21906dfe1c76d4fb86e7f05a006cf8e4b8e326-2000.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": "https://www.eventim.de/artist/winfried-glatzeder/", "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": "https://noky.io/images/fc5c2ecaa26477b4abaf702a62d55bafe5cba3f71174a147e7d5183ce2ab3391-600.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": "Diskurs in der Philharmonie. Deutschland hat gewählt. Wie lange steht die »Brandmauer« noch?", "start": "2026-10-29T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Foyer im Kammermusiksaal - Philharmonie Berlin", "address": "Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "13.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.rundfunkchor-berlin.de/konzerte/rundfunkchorlounge-26-27-sauberes-wasser-und-schmutzige-geschaefte/?source=bde", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "Diskurs in der Philharmonie is a panel discussion held in the upper foyer of the Kammermusiksaal at the Philharmonie. Prominent guests discuss current questions of politics, society, culture and history, moderated by Christiane Florin. This edition asks, following Germany's election, how much longer the »Brandmauer« will hold. Clara von Nathusius and Julia Reuschenbach sit on the panel.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/diskurs-in-der-philharmonie-deutschland-hat-gewahlt-wie-lang-30412/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57048", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7462ece3bd5615497ac0d8e28d60dcfc40989bf8a12538bad0999523fceb49bd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Lebendige Bibliothek in Zittau", "start": "2026-11-06T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Anne Frank Zentrum", "address": "Rosenthaler Straße 39, 10178 Berlin", "price": "kostenlos", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history"], "description": "The Living Library »Seitenblicke – Ungehörte Geschichten und wiederentdeckte Erzählungen zu 1989/90« invites people to hear and share personal perspectives on the years 1989/90. It takes place as part of the annual reading night and is hosted by the Hillersche Villa together with the AG Dialog and the Anne Frank Zentrum. The event shares stories that have so far remained unheard in public discourse. Participation is free, open to all, and dropping by spontaneously is possible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lebendige-bibliothek-in-zittau-11135/", "official_url": "https://www.annefrank.de/termine/termin/lebendige-bibliothek-in-zittau", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ed2471f5f7718a0cae61a73fd53da971cb5401beebc5ef776c5244295ae0ba18-2000.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": "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": "https://www.visitberlin.de/de/events-ticket-tipps-berlin", "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": "Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden. Rosa Luxemburg und die Demokratie heute", "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": "A talk at the Deutsches Theater as part of the series \"Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte\" takes up Rosa Luxemburg and the lasting relevance of her famous sentence on the freedom of those who think differently. The series is run by DT Kontext, the theatre's discussion programme. The panel features political and social scientist Naika Foroutan and historian Uwe Sonnenberg of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, moderated by André Mumot. The discussion asks what her idea of a living democracy and free speech can mean in the crises of the 21st century.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden-rosa-luxemburg-und-die-demo-4405/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden", "image": ""}, {"title": "Ask Me – Ruin und Rausch", "start": "2026-11-05T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kulturforum, Neue Nationalgalerie", "address": "", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.smb.museum/ticketshop", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/modern-art", "history/weimar-republic"], "description": "In the „Ask Me“ format, art mediators are on hand directly in the exhibition rooms of the Neue Nationalgalerie for conversations, questions and short impulses – here under the title „Ruin und Rausch“. Starting from the painting „Potsdamer Platz“, the shared conversation explores the faces Berlin wore in the tumult of the 1910s to 1930s, offering a quick look at the history of the era. Afterwards, visitors can explore expressive and New Objectivity works from the collection on their own, in dialogue with the poetry of the time. The offering is part of the „Volkswagen Group Art4All“ series and the exhibition „Ruin und Rausch. Berlin 1910–1930“, and admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ask-me-ruin-und-rausch-10918/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/ask-me-ruin-und-rausch-2026-11-05-160000-162873/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ea71078bf868424315528506d23be3bdb242fb85593d76615a99cccc7d9d15fa-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Ein Land im Container", "start": "2026-10-08T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "DDR-Museum", "address": "Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 1, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr"], "description": "„Ein Land im Container\" is an event at the DDR Museum in Berlin about the disposal of GDR state symbols. The museum is behind it, and it deals with the removal of signs of SED rule from public space after the GDR came to an end. Much of this ended up in bulky-waste containers as the public space visibly changed in the weeks and months before 3 October 1990.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ein-land-im-container-3479/", "official_url": "https://www.ddr-museum.de", "image": "https://noky.io/images/337070af1e99a203206c58fb9f09f5f91f0bb5751c8ca0a72b78f9a4e72c3767-2000.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": "https://noky.io/images/7aa2101ebdb1e7c9d848ab2a6feca4ad93419b9b3033a82504bb3b1632dc84a0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "'Tanzflächen der Wiedervereinigung' im Kraftwerk", "start": "2026-10-29T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-29T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Kraftwerk Berlin", "address": "Köpenicker Str. 70 10179 Berlin", "price": "gratis", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/reunification", "music/club-culture"], "description": "The exhibition 'Tanzflächen der Wiedervereinigung' at Kraftwerk shows the social upheaval surrounding the fall of the Wall as seen by club, subcultural and youth culture in Berlin and eastern Germany. More than 30 stories and contributions from private and institutional archives, personal memories and artistic positions create a many-voiced picture of a time between new departures and loss, fresh freedoms, conflict and radical change. The contributions lead from Berlin clubs to eastern German cities and rural areas, and from pre-1989 youth and subcultures to the open spaces of the post-reunification years. Visitors can experience the former cult club and the extraordinary industrial building.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/tanzflachen-der-wiedervereinigung-im-kraftwerk-2524/", "official_url": "https://tanzflaechen-der-wiedervereinigung.de/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/565b41755486a48f6081dcb468ed4e81f6c4c02aa701b773076842284f036828-600.webp"}]}