Gefährlich gefährdet - Neuaneignung von Orten mit DDR-Geschichte

In the organizer's words:

The Berlin Palace of the Republic has been demolished. Which places with a GDR past are in a state of upheaval, awakening or demolition today?

The public evening panel, moderated by Shelly Kupferberg, asks experts with very different perspectives to assess how such places are perceived today and who makes decisions about them. As part of our program focus "Hin und weg. The Palace of the Republic is Present", we want to take a look into the future with this panel: How can we reinterpret, redesign and reinterpret GDR sites to make them fit for the future? We will combine looking forward with looking back: In what ways are places "burdened"? What is the (ideal, emotional, artistic, architectural, material) value of such a "place of remembrance" despite or because of its history? What role do personal perceptions, memories and emotions play? How do other parts of the country or countries deal with (state) politically charged places? How do memory and transformation go together?

The evening panel concludes the first day of our two-day symposium of the same name, in which representatives from politics, culture, research and business will discuss 33 places that are currently under threat, have already undergone a transformation or want to break new ground in the future.

PARTICIPANTS

Charlotte Gneuß was born in Ludwigsburg in 1992 after her parents left the GDR. She studied social work in Dresden, literary writing in Leipzig and scenic writing in Berlin. She is a guest author for "ZEIT Online", winner of the Leonhard Frank Scholarship for new drama and editor of the anthology "Glückwunsch", which was published by Hanser Berlin. Her debut novel "Gittersee" was longlisted for the German Book Prize 2023, was awarded the Literature Prize of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation 2023, the "aspekte" Literature Prize for "the best German-language debut" and the Nicolas Born Debut Prize and has been translated into numerous languages. Most recently, she edited the anthology "Diktatur und Utopie - wie erzählen wir die DDR?" published by S.Fischer.

Shelly Kupferberg (moderator), born in Tel Aviv in 1974, grew up in West Berlin. She studied journalism, theater and musicology at the Free University of Berlin and began working as a journalist for public broadcasting while still a student. In addition to numerous contributions for ARD, she has been presenting cultural, literary and social magazines for 30 years and works as a freelance editor and presenter for Deutschlandfunk Kultur and presents cultural programs on Radiodrei vom rbb. Her literary debut "Isidor" was published by Diogenes Verlag in August 2022. An adaptation of the book for the theater is in the works.

Klaus Lederer, born in Schwerin in 1974, is a member of the left-wing parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives. With a doctorate in law, he was the Berlin state chairman of DIE LINKE in Berlin from 2005 to 2016 and Mayor of Berlin and Senator for Culture and Europe from 2016 to 2023. In 2024, Kanon Verlag published his book "Mit links die Welt retten. For a radical humanism".

Louisa Slavkova is an important voice in the Bulgarian culture of remembrance and historical-political education. As the founder of the "Sofia Platform" foundation, she promotes the reappraisal of the communist past and dialog between the generations, also with the help of contemporary witnesses and AI(www.belene.camp). She regularly speaks in national and international media about the challenges and consequences of a lack of historical reappraisal. She is actively involved in memorial sites such as the former Belene labor camp and the establishment of a museum of communism in Sofia.

- 5 EUR, reduced 2,50 EUR

- Language: German

- Room 3, ground floor

- Belongs to: Goodbye, Palace