Urgroßvater in Uniform - Eine antifaschistische Familienfeier

In the organizer's words:

In every family that lived in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, there are references to National Socialism - yet most people know very little about the concrete form of their own family history in the fascist regime of extermination. Actor Konstantin Bez, born in Tübingen in 1990, with the support of singer* Shlomi Moto Wagner (born in Tel Aviv in 1984), invites us to search for buried family memories of National Socialism. In the context of a middle-class family celebration, what is often suppressed or idealized is brought to the table: The role of one's own ancestors during the Second World War. Based on autobiographical research, Bez examines the ideational and material heritage of his Swabian family of origin and uses the stories of his relatives to question the inventory of the German self-narrative of guilt and atonement, remembering and forgetting. He is accompanied by Wagner, whose Jewish-Israeli family history is connected to the Nazi era in a completely different way. Can we try to remember together? And what about the connection to fascism today?

Research theater by Konstantin Bez (research, text, direction, performance)
and Shlomi Moto Wagner (music, singing, performance)
Dramaturgy: Anna Volkland
Production: Ymusic

28.05.2025, 19:00 Premiere (with dinner and talkback)
29.05.2025, 16:00 2nd performance (with coffee & cake and post-show talk)

Where:
Industriesalon
Reinbeckstr. 10
12459 Berlin-Oberschöneweide

Admission: 8€/12€