Trude Teige: Wir sehen uns wieder am Meer

In the organizer's words:

What still shapes us today: about humanity in difficult times and building a new future - the great new novel by the successful Norwegian author.

2024: Juni Bjerke receives a phone call. Only now does she learn of the fate of her grandmother Tekla's beloved friends.
1944: Norway is occupied by the Germans. The young nurse Birgit meets 16-year-old Nadia, who has been deported from Ukraine for forced labor in the fish factory. When Birgit joins the resistance and Nadia meets a collaborator, they find themselves in extreme danger. They only share their secrets with the "German girl" Tekla. Far beyond the war, the friends have to make decisions that will shape the lives of their children and grandchildren.

"Storytelling is important. In order to be able to live ourselves, we need to know what our family has experienced. The war experiences of women are just as dramatic as those of men. Historians have let women down. What I am looking for is what has been concealed." Trude Teige

Trude Teige is one of Norway's best-known authors, TV presenters and journalists. In her novels, she offers a moving insight into unknown pieces of our history and shows how fate also shapes the following generations. "When Grandmother Danced in the Rain" and "And Grandfather Breathed with the Waves" were on the SPIEGEL bestseller list for months. The author's work has been translated into many languages. Trude Teige has three grown-up children and lives with her family on the Oslo Fjord and in Grimstad in southern Norway.

Moderation: Günther Frauenlob

Admission: 17 €

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