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Plötzlich Frei? Politisch Inhaftierte und der Mauerfall
Date details
- Date Thursday, 24/October/2024 18:00 bis 20:00
- Venue Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen - Hauptgebäude
- Address Genslerstraße 66, 13055 Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
Public transportation
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Große-Leege-Str./Freienwalder Str.
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Große-Leege-Str./Bahnhofstr.
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Liebenwalder Str.
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Werneuchener Str./Große-Leege-Str.
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Leuenberger Str.
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Konrad-Wolf-Str./Gärtnerstr.
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Liebenwalder Str./Landsberger Allee
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Große-Leege-Str./Freienwalder Str.
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Suddenly free? Political prisoners and the fall of the Wall
Conversation with contemporary witnesses
While more and more people demonstrated on the streets in the fall of 1989, resistance also grew among those who had been politically imprisoned, and with it the pressure on the GDR government. Two amnesties in October and December 1989 saw them gradually released. However, when the Berlin Wall came down on November 9, 1989, countless people streamed through the now open border crossings of the GDR, some of the political prisoners were still in jail.
What was the situation like in East German prisons at the time? What did the prisoners learn from the upheavals outside? At the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial, contemporary witnesses talk about what the fall of the Wall meant to them and what happened afterwards. What happened to the GDR prisons after the end of the GDR?
Manfred Haferburg, released from the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen remand prison on November 1, 1989
Birgit Schlicke, imprisoned in Hoheneck on November 9, 1989 and released 8 days later
Moderation: Isabel Fannrich (freelance journalist)
In cooperation with the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen MemorialTranslated with DeepL
What was the situation like in East German prisons at the time? What did the prisoners learn from the upheavals outside? At the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial, contemporary witnesses talk about what the fall of the Wall meant to them and what happened afterwards. What happened to the GDR prisons after the end of the GDR?
Manfred Haferburg, released from the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen remand prison on November 1, 1989
Birgit Schlicke, imprisoned in Hoheneck on November 9, 1989 and released 8 days later
Moderation: Isabel Fannrich (freelance journalist)
In cooperation with the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen MemorialTranslated with DeepL
Meeting point: Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial, Genslerstraße 66 , 13055 Berlin
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Warum wir sterben
Wir erleben eine Revolution in der Biologie: Unsterblichkeit, einst eine schwache Hoffnung, war noch nie so greifbar für uns. Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobelpreisträger für Chemie und Vorsitzender der Royal Society, berichtet in der Urania über die jüngsten... moreabout: Warum wir sterben
- Date:
- Thursday, 24/October/2024 19:30
- Venue:
- Urania Berlin - Kleist-Saal
- Address:
- An der Urania 17, 10787 Berlin-Schöneberg
- Price:
- from €8.00
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Kids im Park: Historische Fackelwanderung
Die Fackelwanderung im Museumspark ist für Kinder ein unvergessliches Ferien-Abenteuer, bei dem sie die Natur und die Historie dieses Ortes in einer ganz besonderen Stimmung erleben. Mit Taschenlampe und festem Schuhwerk führt der Weg am Tagebau entlang... moreabout: Kids im Park: Historische Fackelwanderung
- Date:
- Friday, 25/October/2024 17:30 (1 more date)
- Venue:
- Museumspark Rüdersdorf
- Address:
- Heinitzstraße 9, 15562 Rüdersdorf bei Berlin
- Price:
- from €23.00
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Wannsee - an den Ufern deutscher Geschichte
Jochen Arntz und Holger Schmale besprechen die faszinierende Geschichte des Wannsees, der nicht nur als malerischer See im Südwesten Berlins bekannt ist, sondern auch ein Ort mit tiefgehenden historischen und kulturellen Bedeutungen. Er steht für die... moreabout: Wannsee - an den Ufern deutscher Geschichte
- Date:
- Friday, 25/October/2024 19:30
- Venue:
- Urania Berlin - Kleist-Saal
- Address:
- An der Urania 17, 10787 Berlin-Schöneberg
- Price:
- from €8.00
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Classroom
Most people answer questions about their back- ground geographically – but is it really the place that shapes us? moreabout: Classroom
- Next date:
- Klassenzimmer mit Vanessa Vu
- Date:
- Friday, 25/October/2024 20:00
- Venue:
- Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
- Address:
- Kurfürstendamm 153, 10709 Berlin-Wilmersdorf
- Price:
- from €11.90
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Poetry Slam Schreibwerkstatt: Der Offene Workshop
Poetry Slam Schreibwerkstatt - Workshop Immer samstags können alle – egal ob Neuling oder alter Hase auf der Bühne – bei einem offenen Workshop mitmachen. Das Ziel ist es miteinander ins Schreiben zu kommen, kreativ zu werden, an Texten und / oder Performance... moreabout: Poetry Slam Schreibwerkstatt: Der Offene Workshop
- Date:
- Saturday, 26/October/2024 11:00 (4 more dates)
- Venue:
- CU.Office
- Address:
- Genter Straße 56, 13353 Berlin
- Price:
- from €10.00
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