Konzert "Klosterbrüder" mit Zeitzeugengespräch

Already a rock legend in GDR times, the "Klosterbrüder" are still on tour today - with a politically enforced long break: the band, founded by Magdeburg students in 1963, was targeted early on by GDR cultural functionaries. Their name and growing fan base made them the target of state repression. Due to ongoing harassment, the musicians applied to leave the country in 1981 - with dramatic consequences: The band was banned from performing and two members, Hans-Joachim Kneis and Dietrich Kessler, were imprisoned.
On August 22, the "Klosterbrüder " returned to the stage - this time in the courtyard of the former Stasi headquarters. Together with singer Steffi Breiting, they will perform their greatest hits, including "Was wird morgen sein", "Wenn ich zwei Leben hätt" and "Verkehrte Welt".
Before the concert, bandleader and composer Dietrich Kessler will give insights into his time behind bars, which he wrote about in his book "Stasi Prison".

The event is being organized in cooperation with the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial, the Berlin Wall Foundation, the Robert Havemann Society, the Berlin Commissioner for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship and the Federal Archive - Stasi Records Archive.