Lesung "Olympia" von Volker Kutscher

In the organizer's words:

In May 2025, Tempelhof will be celebrating 80 years since the end of the war.

On 22 May, Volker Kutscher, author of the series about Inspector Gereon Rath in Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s, will read from his crime novel "Olympia", in which one scene is set in the Columbia concentration camp.

In a subsequent discussion between him and Dr. Karoline Georg, the focus will be on a literary approach on the one hand and historical context on the other.

The books in the Rath series served as the basis for the well-known ARD series "Babylon Berlin"

About the book

While the Nazis put up a friendly front at the 1936 Olympics, the best-known detective in historical crime fiction uncovers an incredible conspiracy. In his eighth case, Gereon Rath ends up in the Olympic village. The 1936 Olympic Games are supposed to show the world how harmless the Nazis are. But during his undercover investigations, it becomes increasingly clear to Rath and others what a dangerous charade the regime is playing here. To make matters worse, the unconventional detective also has to deal with domestic problems, as his wife Charly suddenly runs away.

Moderation:
Dr. Karoline Georg, Director of the Silent Heroes Memorial and Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind Museum at the German Resistance Memorial Foundation

About Volker Kutscher:

Volker Kutscher, born in 1962, worked as a daily newspaper editor and screenwriter after studying German language and literature, philosophy and history before writing his first crime novel. He lives as a freelance author in Cologne and Berlin. His novel "Der nasse Fisch" (2007; tr: The Wet Fish), the first in his crime series about detective Gereon Rath in 1930s Berlin, was an instant bestseller and has been followed by eight more to date.

About Karoline Georg:

Dr. Karoline Georg is the director of the Silent Heroes Memorial and Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind Museum at the German Resistance Memorial Foundation. She wrote her doctoral thesis on the Columbia concentration camp, is the author of the publication "Why is the world silent?" and is a recognized expert on this topic.

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