{"title": "Wolf Biermann im Blick der Stasi", "start": "2026-11-02T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 7)", "address": "Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/gdr/stasi", "music"], "description": "A guided tour of the exhibition \"Einblick ins Geheime\" at the former Stasi headquarters. It presents documents on the surveillance of the singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann by the East German state security service. Biermann, who moved from Hamburg to the GDR in the early 1950s and influenced the cultural scene despite a ban on performing, was watched ever more intensively the more critically he expressed himself and the deeper his friendships with opponents of the SED regime grew. The tour also covers how the Stasi handled his expatriation in November 1976 and the reactions of the GDR cultural scene; afterwards visitors can see the sample file collection of the Stasi records archive and submit an application to view their own files.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wolf-biermann-im-blick-der-stasi-83942/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/450f824bde78691a0186e5a652c0558b86290f652aeb76a15bb9e7708b42fbab-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-02T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 7)", "address": "Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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 (Dokumentationszentrum)", "address": "Bernauer Straße 111, 13355 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature/biography"], "description": "A book presentation of „Ihr löscht das Feuer mit Benzin“ – Die Tagebücher Wolf Biermanns at the Berlin Wall Memorial. The historian Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk, a friend of the songwriter, is publishing excerpts from Biermann's extensive diaries on the 50th anniversary of his expatriation and his 90th birthday, presenting the book together with co-editor Arno Polzin. It tells of Biermann's life in the GDR and his sudden expatriation on 16 November 1976, which triggered an unexpected wave of protest. The talk is moderated by Doris Liebermann.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ihr-loscht-das-feuer-mit-benzin-die-tagebucher-wolf-biermann-11961/", "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": "Festival des kritischen Geistes", "start": "2026-11-06T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kino International", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 33, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/folk/singer-songwriter", "film/documentary", "history/gdr"], "description": "An evening festival with music, readings, conversations and film marking the 50th anniversary of Wolf Biermann's expatriation from the GDR. It is organised by the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, and Salwa Houmsi guides through the programme. After a concert in Cologne in 1976, the GDR stripped Biermann of his citizenship and refused to let him return, yet his voice only grew louder and moved divided Germany alike. Highlights include excerpts from the legendary Cologne concert of 1976, a keynote by Dr. Angela Merkel, a conversation between Wolf Biermann and Balbina, and the cinema documentary \"BIERMANN\" by Jens Meurer.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/festival-des-kritischen-geistes-9218/", "official_url": "https://www.yorck.de/specials/festival-des-kritischen-geistes", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f6147a1401a67d19f036447ef09712a08f315482b9a994589debb79b118c251f-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, "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": "Biermann", "start": "2026-11-02T12:45:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kino Toni & Tonino", "address": "Antonplatz 1, 13086 Berlin", "price": "10,-- €", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["music/folk/singer-songwriter", "film/documentary", "history/gdr"], "description": "\"Biermann\" is a documentary about the life and work of the poet and singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann. Jens Meurer, a winner of the European Film Award and the Golden Globe, traces Biermann's biography as an immediate, close-up retrospective, combining personal memories with political contemporary history. At its center are Biermann's origins, his turn to music, his work in the GDR, the Cologne concert of 1976 and its consequences, and his artistic work up to the present. The camera follows the 90-year-old at meetings with young artists, politicians and his family, weaving the footage into a collage of historical documents and previously unpublished archive footage.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/biermann-8778/", "official_url": "http://tilsiter-lichtspiele.de/kinoprogramm.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fe826c1f3087bbf126f0e2a89841744035e6f33d5bb393ee8d6e6dfc03c28819-2000.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", "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": "Einblick ins Geheime", "start": "2026-11-14T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 7)", "address": "Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei. / Admission is free.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/gdr/stasi"], "description": "\"Einblick ins Geheime\" (Glimpse into the Secret) is a guided tour of the exhibition at the Stasi Records Archive at the historic site of the former Stasi headquarters in Berlin-Lichtenberg. It is run by the Federal Archives' Stasi Records Archive in Berlin-Lichtenberg. The archive holds 111 kilometres of files collected by the secret police about people, and the exhibition makes the significance of this \"monument of surveillance\" tangible. After the tour, visitors can see a collection of reproductions of original Stasi files, including files of affected people who consented to their publication.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/einblick-ins-geheime-14165/", "official_url": "https://www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/vor-ort-entdecken/veranstaltungen/termin/einblick-ins-geheime-berlin-24-10-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4ba9e8d9bcb0b6c25b2741318c9a3437ec2e0262fc01abcee27839c4edced9d9-600.webp"}, {"title": "Geheim nach fünf (in italienischer Sprache)", "start": "2026-11-11T17:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 7)", "address": "Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/gdr/stasi"], "description": "„Segreti dopo le cinque“ is an evening guided tour, held entirely in Italian, through the exhibition „Einblick ins Geheime“ at the former Stasi headquarters. It is organised by the Bundesarchiv – Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv Berlin-Lichtenberg. For 40 years the Stasi secured the rule of the SED; the archive now holds 111 kilometres of files, many containing personal data collected by the secret police. After the tour, visitors can see a collection of reproductions of original Stasi files, including files of affected people who consented to their publication.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/geheim-nach-funf-in-italienischer-sprache-20477/", "official_url": "https://www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/vor-ort-entdecken/veranstaltungen/termin/segreti-dopo-le-cinque-berlin-11-11-2026/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Einblick ins Geheime", "start": "2026-11-14T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Normannenstraße 21a, Berlin", "address": "Normannenstraße 21a, 10365 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/gdr/stasi"], "description": "„Einblick ins Geheime“ is a guided tour of the exhibition about the Stasi Records Archive at the historic site of the former Stasi headquarters. It is run by the Federal Archives – Stasi Records Archive Berlin-Lichtenberg. The tour explains the Stasi's activities, the 111 kilometres of files held in the archive, and how citizens saved the records from destruction in 1990. Afterwards, visitors can view the collection of reproductions of original Stasi files.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/einblick-ins-geheime-2719/", "official_url": "https://www.einblick-ins-geheime.de/termin/einblick-ins-geheime-berlin-24-10-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c5a6803885915fa384f8960a786fe4a5fcd0201450505d1bd431716d691f9e7-1200.webp"}, {"title": "»Ihr löscht das Feuer mit Benzin«", "start": "2026-11-13T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "DDR-Museum", "address": "Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 1, 10178 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature"], "description": "A book presentation and discussion of »Ihr löscht das Feuer mit Benzin«, the first volume of Wolf Biermann's diaries. The historian Dr. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk, scholarly advisor at the DDR Museum, edits excerpts from the diaries for the first time, presenting an artist who consistently challenged the East German regime. The talk is moderated by Dr. Liza Soutschek. The event is part of the »Berlin Freedom Week« and takes place in the DDR Museum's conference room at Sankt Wolfgang-Str. 2.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ihr-loscht-das-feuer-mit-benzin-11722/", "official_url": "https://www.ddr-museum.de/de/veranstaltungen/buchvorstellung-ihr-loescht-das-feuer-mit-benzin", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8f94e15d6cf0ac1be9d0f2ae1f2a8fa3d4b9e4434b30f0da4250abce7db38369-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Einer Diktatur auf der Spur", "start": "2026-11-04T15:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bundesarchiv - Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv Rostock", "address": "Str. der Demokratie 2, 18196 Waldeck-Dummerstorf", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/gdr/stasi"], "description": "A guided tour through the Stasi Records Archive. It is based on the case of Sylke Glaser, arrested in 1988 after distributing leaflets and sending anonymous letters against the political conditions in the GDR, interrogated by the Stasi and sentenced to fifteen months imprisonment. It is hosted by the Federal Archives. The tour shows how the East German secret police worked and how people and the maritime economy were monitored in the region while escapes across the sea border were to be prevented.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/einer-diktatur-auf-der-spur-68406/", "official_url": "https://www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/vor-ort-entdecken/veranstaltungen/termin/einer-diktatur-auf-der-spur-mecklenburg-vorpommern-04-11-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6768c24aad5f0a5c456624064669e4de3e08a28d22a72173ce76ada2e0f192d9-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Frauen im Fokus der Staatssicherheit", "start": "2026-11-10T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stasi-Zentrale. Campus für Demokratie", "address": "Normannenstr. 20, 10365 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "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": "Staatssicherheitsinhaftierung", "start": "2026-10-15T10:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-01-06T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen", "address": "Genslerstraße 66, 13055 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/portrait-photography", "history/gdr/stasi"], "description": "\"Staatssicherheitsinhaftierung\" is a special exhibition showing 100 portrait photographs of former political prisoners of the German Democratic Republic's state security service. The pictures are the work of photographer André Wagenzik, who portrayed one hundred people persecuted for wanting freedom and for their political beliefs, recalling the importance of liberty, democracy and the rule of law.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/staatssicherheitsinhaftierung-15897/", "official_url": "https://www.stiftung-hsh.de/ihr-besuch/ausstellungen/staatssicherheitsinhaftierung", "image": "https://noky.io/images/904fdae80ee629d88cd1cce3bdeb0225967f63fee3dcfd4c6d16b726b6877382-600.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", "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": "Frauen im Dienst der Stasi", "start": "2026-11-07T12:45:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stasi-Zentrale. Campus für Demokratie", "address": "Normannenstr. 20, 10365 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "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"}]}