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Opa im Zweiten Weltkrieg
Date details
- Date Thursday, 05/December/2024 19:00 bis 20:45
- Venue Topographie des Terrors - Dokumentationszentrum
- Address Niederkirchnerstraße 8, 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg
Public transportation
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Train (S-Bahn)
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S Anhalter Bahnhof
- S1
- S2
- S26
- S25
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S+U Potsdamer Platz Bhf
- S1
- S2
- S25
- S26
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S Anhalter Bahnhof
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Underground
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Bus
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Wilhelmstr./Kochstr.
- M29
- N6
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Abgeordnetenhaus
- M41
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S Anhalter Bahnhof
- M41
- M29
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Leipziger Str./Wilhelmstr.
- 200
- N2
- 300
- M48
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U Kochstr./Checkpoint Charlie
- M29
- N6
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S+U Potsdamer Platz Bhf
- 200
- N2
- 300
- M41
- M48
- M85
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U Mohrenstr.
- M48
- 300
- M85
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U Stadtmitte
- 200
- N2
- N6
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S Potsdamer Platz Bhf/Voßstr.
- M41
- M48
- M85
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Charlottenstr.
- M29
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Varian-Fry-Str./Potsdamer Platz
- 200
- M48
- M85
- N2
- 300
- M41
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Schöneberger Brücke
- M29
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Wilhelmstr./Franz-Klühs-Str.
- N6
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Willy-Brandt-Haus
- M41
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U Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park
- M29
- N1
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Wilhelmstr./Kochstr.
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Train
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S+U Potsdamer Platz Bhf
- RE3
- RE4
- RB10
- RB14
- RE8
- RE5
- RB24
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S+U Potsdamer Platz Bhf
Grandpa in the Second World War
Puppet theater by and with Ilka Vierkant
Werner Vierkant was a Reichsbahn director in Krakow during the Second World War. In France, his granddaughter meets a married couple from Toulouse - Jean and Marie Vaislic, who survived Auschwitz and Ravensbrück. Jean, then Janek Vaislic, had to lay tracks in Auschwitz-Birkenau as a concentration camp inmate, which Werner Vierkant may have planned. The encounter with Jean and Marie becomes the impetus for the granddaughter to develop an evening of puppet theater against forgetting.
Ilka Vierkant is an actress who toured Europe for many years with FAMILIE FLÖZ. For her, the granddaughter of a Nazi perpetrator, the encounter with the survivors of the Holocaust raises many questions and painful feelings, which she addresses in her play.
Following the performance, there will be an opportunity for a discussion with Ilka Vierkant and Dr. Stephanie Bohra (Topography of Terror Foundation).Translated with DeepL
Ilka Vierkant is an actress who toured Europe for many years with FAMILIE FLÖZ. For her, the granddaughter of a Nazi perpetrator, the encounter with the survivors of the Holocaust raises many questions and painful feelings, which she addresses in her play.
Following the performance, there will be an opportunity for a discussion with Ilka Vierkant and Dr. Stephanie Bohra (Topography of Terror Foundation).Translated with DeepL
Meeting point: Auditorium
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The Giant Mechanical Nativity Scene from the Ore Mountains
One highlight in the permanent exhibition at the Museum of European Cultures is the mechanical 'Weihnachtsberg', a giant nativity scene set in a hillside town that originates from the Erzgebirge, near the border of Germany and the Czech Republic, in the... moreabout: The Giant Mechanical Nativity Scene from the Ore Mountains
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Back! Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age
On the upper floor, the 'Museum of Prehistory and Early History' takes visitors on a tour through the oldest eras of human history. With its unique collections on the prehistory and ancient history of Europe and near-lying regions of Asia, the museum... moreabout: Back! Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age
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The Crown of Kerch
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The Worlds of Rococo
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