Dominik Bloh - Die Straße im Kopf

In the organizer's words:

"For some, twenty square meters sounds small. For me, it's impossible to fill this space. I have a table where I can write and a mattress. I don't have a closet. I've been carrying everything I have in my black bag for a decade. I have an apartment, but no home.

I am no longer a street boy. My story has moved on. When I moved into a new apartment, I also had a breakthrough. Suddenly I was no longer a street person, but a Spiegel bestselling author. Doors have opened for me, many into a whole new world.

I can't forget where I come from. I carry survivor's guilt with me. That could be me, I keep thinking, when I see the people who are still on the streets. I thought, I won't live to be 30. Look what it is today."

In vivid, striking language, Dominik Bloh tells how his life has changed since his bestseller "Under Palms of Steel". How difficult it is to regain a foothold in "normal" life after years of homelessness. How it feels to live in two worlds - the new one as someone who is no longer homeless with a shower and privacy ... and the old street life that is still there, in his head, but also in the harsh reality of many thousands of people who are homeless in Germany. Dominik does not stop at his own story. He opens the reader's eyes to the parallel universe that exists right under his nose, but is usually not noticed. And without complaining or denouncing, he makes it clear what needs to happen to really change things.

Since then, Dominik has been traveling the country to read from his book, talk about his life and about GoBanyo. In the club, at the high school, in the bookstore around the corner, at the board meeting of some corporation... Everything is possible and everything has already happened. We look forward to seeing you again at the Spätcafé in the Glockenhof on 19.09.2025

Dominik Bloh, born in 1988, ended up on the street in Hamburg at 16 when his mother threw him out. He continued to go to school, graduated from high school and nobody noticed anything. After almost 11 years as a street kid, he now has a small apartment in Hamburg and has become a father. His book about his time on the streets, "Under Palms of Steel", was a Spiegel bestseller.

Among other things, Bloh initiated the "GoBanyo" project, a shower bus for the homeless, and was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his commitment. Today, he advises politicians and is involved in the national action plan against homelessness in order to achieve the German government's goal of overcoming the housing crisis in Germany.