{"title": "ZEIT-Recherchen: War Opa ein Nazi?", "start": "2026-11-09T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berliner Ensemble", "address": "Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin", "price": "16/9 EURO", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "16.00", "tickets_url": "https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/stefan-juergens-bram-stokers-dracula/?source=bde", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era"], "description": "\"ZEIT-Recherchen: War Opa ein Nazi?\" is a talk as part of a discourse event on the anniversary of the November pogroms of 1938. Caterina Lobenstein speaks with Götz Aly and Christian Staas, in cooperation with DIE ZEIT. Millions of Germans were in the Wehrmacht and the NSDAP, yet many of their descendants knew nothing about it; recently anyone can search the membership files for relatives with just a few clicks. The discussion asks what looking into one's own family reveals about German culture of remembrance, when coming to terms with the past becomes honest confrontation or merely a soothing ritual, and how remembrance changes as more Germans have no personal connection to the Nazi era.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zeit-recherchen-war-opa-ein-nazi-3781/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/zeit-recherchen-war-opa-ein-nazi", "image": "https://noky.io/images/75b21b28fad8ef289a588522ebde26e73b59e215f54fa8e020ae894cc2067f44-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-09T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berliner Ensemble", "address": "Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "„War mein Opa ein Nazi?“ Wie Nachfahren ihre NS-Familiengeschichte erforschen", "start": "2026-10-30T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Feurigstraße 68 10827 Berlin", "address": "Feurigstraße 68 10827 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era"], "description": "A jour fixe with a book presentation where descendants report on how they researched their own family's Nazi past. Berlin historian Dr. Johannes Spohr, who runs the archival research service »Present Past«, presents his new book together with the historian and publicist Friedrich Burschel: ten stories about ten ways in which descendants researched National Socialism in their own families. The welcome address and moderation are by Ragna Vogel, managing director of KONTAKTE-KOHTAKTbI e.V., followed by a reception for conversation and exchange. Admission is free; donations for the association's humanitarian projects for victims of National Socialism are welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/war-mein-opa-ein-nazi-wie-nachfahren-ihre-ns-familiengeschic-31444/", "official_url": "https://kontakte-kontakty.de/war-mein-opa-ein-nazi-wie-nachfahren-ihre-ns-familiengeschichte-erforschen-jour-fixe-am-30-10-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/86e8847620bdfb705ee187d4b3cb3f6cbe4dbe4a488e0b32795f525784fc98a9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lesung & Gespräch mit Friedrich Burschel zu PRESENT PAST: Wie Nachfahren ihre NS-Familiengeschichte erforschen. Empfohlen ab 16 Jahre.", "start": "2026-11-10T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Die gute Seite", "address": "Richardplatz 16, 12055 Berlin", "price": "Kostenlos", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://dieguteseiteberlin.buchhandlung.de/shop/article/57157258/present_past.html", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era"], "description": "A reading and conversation with author Friedrich Burschel, who talks about his own family research into the National Socialist era. At the centre is the volume „Present Past“, in which ten descendants describe how they investigated their family's Nazi past and how they deal with what they found. Burschel, who works on anti-fascism at the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, contextualises the stories and then invites an audience discussion on memory politics. The event is part of the autumn series 2026 of the Neukölln bookshops against right-wing populism and racism.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesung-gesprach-mit-friedrich-burschel-zu-present-past-wie-n-48498/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a49c27e608476b4c56a6c9195696c4be5a36311623fceb5d740b3742f4278648-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Besuch der Sonderausstellung: „Holocaust - Was wussten die Deutschen?“", "start": "2026-11-07T11:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T12:30:00+01:00", "place": "Topographie des Terrors", "address": "Niederkirchnerstraße 8, 10963 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/holocaust", "society/queer"], "description": "A guided visit for queer FLINTA* people through the special exhibition „Holocaust – Was wussten die Deutschen?“ at Topographie des Terrors, held as part of the weeks against antisemitism. The invitation comes from LesLeFam (Treffpunkt LesLeFam), while the tour itself is led by a person from Topographie des Terrors. It addresses the historical connections and the different forms of knowledge, partial knowledge and looking away during the National Socialist era. The group aims to create a shared space for critically engaging with Nazi history and culture of remembrance; the event takes place in German spoken language and is a sober (alcohol-free) event.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/besuch-der-sonderausstellung-holocaust-was-wussten-die-deuts-26966/", "official_url": "https://leslefam.de/event/commnity-ausflug-zur-sonderausstellung-holocaust-was-wussten-die-deutschen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cd8c934a184d389b7adf2e95182383da1e177521d9ba3a921bc42bc7231945c3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Judith Hermann – Ich möchte zurückgehen in der Zeit", "start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Buchhandlung Braun & Hassenpflug", "address": "Fischerhüttenstraße 79, 14163 Berlin", "price": "15,- € Eintritt", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/reading"], "description": "A literary evening with Judith Hermann about her new book »Ich möchte zurückgehen in der Zeit« (S. Fischer Verlage, 2026). In it, she follows the traces of her grandfather, who was stationed in Radom, Poland, for the SS during the Second World War. She links her writing to his long-denied history, travels from Poland to her sister in Naples, and explores the remembering and forgetting of later generations. Admission is 15 euros.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/judith-hermann-ich-mochte-zuruckgehen-in-der-zeit-13450/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/19d1dd811743c90346f47bc12eeee13a4f0c7cd87e1c68cae3836a3aab32f6ee-1200.webp"}, {"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://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/mit-raketen-zu-planeten?page=10#dates", "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"}, {"title": "Krakau unter deutscher Besatzung 1939–1945. Geschichte und Erinnerung", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas", "address": "Cora-Berliner-Straße 1, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era"], "description": "A lecture and discussion event about the history of Kraków under German occupation from 1939 to 1945 and the everyday life of the different population groups, including the complete exclusion of the Jewish population, the ghetto established in Podgórze and the concentration camp in Płaszów. It is jointly hosted by the Stiftung Topographie des Terrors, the Deutsches Kulturforum östliches Europa and the Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas together with the Deutsch-Polnische Gesellschaft Berlin. Following an introductory talk by Isabel Röskau-Rydel, Edyta Gawron, Stephan Lehnstaedt and Isabel Röskau-Rydel will discuss; the conversation is moderated by Uwe Neumärker. Present-day places and forms of remembrance of the Nazi crimes in Poland's second-largest city are also addressed; the event takes place in German and Polish with simultaneous interpretation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/krakau-unter-deutscher-besatzung-19391945-geschichte-und-eri-28577/", "official_url": "https://www.stiftung-denkmal.de/aktuelles/krakau-unter-deutscher-besatzung-1939-1945-geschichte-und-erinnerung/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f8e01a7188752997003a3a48931e9cf80cb11d7ca882459f51e5e9938ce45d45-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Nie wieder!", "start": "2026-11-08T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Grips Theater im Podewil", "address": "Klosterstraße 68 10179 Berlin", "price": "10 €, ermäßigt 5 €", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/service/Kartenkauf", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/reading"], "description": "\"Nie wieder!\" is a musical reading in remembrance of the victims of the Nazi dictatorship. Three performers (Eva Blum, Michaela Hanser, Falk Berghofer) read from Inge Deutschkron's \"Ich trug den gelben Stern\", accompanied by Volker Ludwig's \"Zeitlosen Lieder\" from \"Ab heute heißt Du Sara\", newly arranged for choir. The vocal.ensemble.tempelhof as well as Matthias Witting with arrangements and piano take part. The evening is meant to be stirring and encouraging at once, dealing with humanity, solidarity and civil courage.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/nie-wieder-4635/", "official_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/spielplan/nie-wieder/3387", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3fd757bef5c56dfb4c19553e9e54875a2635e25dfc835b43fcbe730f9f6eb07a-600.webp"}, {"title": "Misha Schoeneberg liest aus „Vielleicht wollte er gar nicht schweigen er fand bloß die Worte nicht” mit musikalischer Begleitung", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Buchhandlung am Schäfersee", "address": "Markstraße 6, 13409 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature", "music"], "description": "Misha Schoeneberg reads from his book „Vielleicht wollte er gar nicht schweigen er fand bloß die Worte nicht“, accompanied by musician Michael Gerlinger, who sings songs by Leonard Cohen in German to the guitar. In this deeply personal book, the author traces the story of his father, a member of a Jewish Berlin family who survived the horrors of Auschwitz. It is about silence and speechlessness in the family, remembrance culture and the upheavals of the present up to the events of October 7. The reading takes place at Buchhandlung am Schäfersee in Berlin; advance registration is possible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/misha-schoeneberg-liest-aus-vielleicht-wollte-er-gar-nicht-s-13471/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b76d528393fa3deeeebccf968b564e266c0db82854844ae3c870ae2192546799-2000.webp"}, {"title": "NIE WIEDER!", "start": "2026-11-08T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "GRIPS Theater", "address": "Altonaer Straße 22, 10557 Berlin", "price": "10 €, ermäßigt 5 €", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/festivals/biennale-2027/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "\"Nie wieder!\" is a musical reading in remembrance of the victims of the Nazi dictatorship. Three actors (Eva Blum, Michaela Hanser, Falk Berghofer) read from Inge Deutschkron's \"I Wore the Yellow Star\", accompanied by the vocal.ensemble.tempelhof with Matthias Witting on arrangements and piano. Volker Ludwig's \"Timeless Songs\" from \"From Today Onward, Your Name Is Sara\" are heard, newly arranged for choir. A moving and at the same time uplifting evening about humanity, solidarity, and moral courage.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/nie-wieder-73484/", "official_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/spielplan/nie-wieder/3387", "image": ""}, {"title": "80. Waisenhausgespräch – “Lernt die Menschheit nie? Erinnerungskultur als Mehrgenerationenprojekt”", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Betsaal, Berliner Straße 120-121, 13187 Berlin", "address": "", "price": "Eintritt frei / free entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/memory-culture", "literature/reading"], "description": "The 80th Waisenhausgespräch asks how a culture of remembrance can succeed as a project across generations. Organized by the Cajewitz Stiftung together with the SchuleEins and the Theater OfW, it features pupils presenting their research into the history of the former orphanage, a staged reading by Anja S. Gläser and Florentine Schara (text and staging by Philipp Urrutia, with English surtitles), and a panel discussion with Lena Ditte Nissen and Rosa Jellinek. In this way the historic building's Betsaal becomes a place of living memory where past and present enter into dialogue.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/80-waisenhausgesprach-lernt-die-menschheit-nie-erinnerungsku-72986/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Mein Berlin - ein Ort mit Gedächtnis?", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "KulturMarktHalle", "address": "Hanns-Eisler-Straße 93, 10409 Berlin", "price": "kostenlos", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/berlin-bike-berliner-mauertour-mit-dem-fahrrad#/experience/BTM00020101074869526", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/antisemitism"], "description": "\"Mein Berlin - ein Ort mit Gedächtnis?\" is a film offering an artistic and journalistic approach to the uncertainty that many Berlin Jews have experienced since October 7, 2023. It portraits six Jewish people living in Berlin without showing their faces; the renunciation of identifiability is both a protective measure and part of the artistic concept. The camera stays close but never revealing, observing movements, gestures and living spaces, showing apartments, workplaces, family objects and favorite places in the city. At a time when antisemitism is becoming visible and more radical again in Germany, the film looks not only at those affected but also at the majority society – at its reactions, withheld empathy, distance and silence.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/mein-berlin-ein-ort-mit-gedachtnis-20445/", "official_url": "https://www.kulturmarkthalle.berlin/event-details/film-mein-berlin-ein-ort-mit-gedachtnis", "image": "https://noky.io/images/82239c6147b5d1474e3a6175e1cb2ed9ce7bdd7dfd29c6b405981d37477b795a-600.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": "Krakau unter deutscher Besatzung 1939–1945. Geschichte und Erinnerung", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Topographie des Terrors", "address": "Niederkirchnerstraße 8, 10963 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "A panel discussion with a lecture on the history of Kraków under German occupation from 1939 to 1945 and how it is remembered today. Isabel Röskau-Rydel gives the introductory lecture; Edyta Gawron, Stephan Lehnstaedt and Isabel Röskau-Rydel take part in the panel, moderated by Uwe Neumärker. The event sheds light on the everyday life of the various population groups under German civil administration, the persecution of the Jewish population, the ghetto in Podgórze and the Płaszów concentration camp, and the annihilation of the Jewish population and the intellectual elite. It also looks at present-day places and forms of remembrance of the Nazi crimes in Poland's second-largest city.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/krakau-unter-deutscher-besatzung-19391945-geschichte-und-eri-12691/", "official_url": "https://www.topographie.de/veranstaltungen/detail/krakau-unter-deutscher-besatzung-1939-1945-geschichte-und-erinnerung", "image": ""}, {"title": "Wider das Vergessen – Gedenken an die Reichspogromnacht", "start": "2026-11-09T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Evangelisches Gemeindezentrum Hellersdorf", "address": "Glauchauer Straße 7, 12627 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "\"Wider das Vergessen - Gedenken an die Reichspogromnacht\" is a joint walk to Stolpersteine, where a rose is laid down in remembrance. The invitation comes from the Protestant congregation, which sets a sign against antisemitism with this walk. The small memorial plaques set into the pavement recall the fate of people who were persecuted, displaced or murdered during the Nazi era. This year the walk turns to the Stolpersteine in Biesdorf to learn more about the history of the people and families they commemorate; the walking distance is about 3 km, and public transport is used.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wider-das-vergessen-gedenken-an-die-reichspogromnacht-72362/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8ef0707e0562289007c8912d8be506ecac48a4e8f479d5d15ff23f7e5609d059-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Der Holocaust – Was wussten die Deutschen?", "start": "2026-10-08T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-12-30T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Topographie des Terrors", "address": "Niederkirchnerstraße 8, 10963 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.topographie.de/shop/detail/der-holocaust-was-wussten-die-deutschen-the-holocaust-what-did-the-germans-know", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/holocaust"], "description": "\"Der Holocaust – Was wussten die Deutschen?\" is a special exhibition of the Stiftung Topographie des Terrors in Berlin. It asks which information about the Holocaust was accessible in the German Reich and what people who were neither directly involved in the crimes nor persecuted themselves perceived and did with their knowledge. Three parts structure the show: „Propaganda\" on what the Nazi regime publicly announced about the persecution and murder of Jewish people, „Hinweise im Alltag\" on rumours and unofficial reports of the mass killings, and „Vom Puzzleteil zum Bild\" on how individuals combined information to form an overall picture.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/der-holocaust-was-wussten-die-deutschen-3490/", "official_url": "https://www.topographie.de/ausstellungen/der-holocaust-was-wussten-die-deutschen#1-1", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0508c8fdca85e3f40e4064e16b42c6f614d77f7774c420a1669838d4ac6f610d-600.webp"}, {"title": "Eine Berliner Familiengeschichte von über 100 Jahren – Lesung und Gespräch mit der Zeitzeugin Irene Bindel", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bezirkszentralbibliothek Pablo Neruda", "address": "Frankfurter Allee 14a, 10247 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/biography/autobiography", "history/nazi-era"], "description": "A reading followed by a conversation at the Bezirkszentralbibliothek Pablo Neruda. Irene Bindel, a contemporary witness born in Berlin in 1938, reads from her book „Wassermilch und Spitzenwein“ and tells of her family history spanning more than a century. As the daughter of a Christian mother and a Jewish father, she recounts her family's fate during the Nazi era and the difficult post-war years – her father was imprisoned by the Nazi regime and never returned, while her young mother had to struggle through a time of hardships alone with her daughter. Drawing on her mother's diaries, she offers very personal insights into this moving era, invites the audience to ask questions in the ensuing conversation, and the event is a cooperation between the Gilberto-Bosques-Volkshochschule Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, the Stadtbibliothek Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and the Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit in Berlin e.V.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/eine-berliner-familiengeschichte-von-uber-100-jahren-lesung-31736/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/stadtbibliothek-friedrichshain-kreuzberg/bibliotheken/bezirkszentralbibliothek-pablo-neruda/veranstaltungen-projekte/eine-berliner-familiengeschichte-von-ueber-100-jahren-lesung-und-gespraech-mit-der-zeitzeugin-irene-bindel-1712806.php", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6db1ad9d16ca379cc65669840255ecd48f4ed05c8af944d03201eff22a31ce15-600.webp"}]}