Film evening “Mein Kiez. History(s) of the divided Berlin”
16th May | 6 pm | Roof top FHXB Museum
As a film student in 1991, Can Candan interviewed migrants of Turkish origin from Kreuzberg: What did the fall of the Wall mean for them and their everyday lives? What fears and hopes did they associate with it? How did they deal with the flare-up of racism?
In “Walls 2.0”, authors Jana König, Elisabeth Steffen and Inga Turczyn interview some of the participants in “Duvarlar” again: How do they view issues such as racism, nationalism and economic exploitation today? Are there new 'walls'? People from the eastern part of Berlin also have their say.
“Duvarlar - Mauern - Walls” (D, 2000), directed by Can Candan
Excerpts from the film “Walls 2.0 - migrant and anti-racist perspectives on the fall of the Wall” (D, 2011)
Film talk
Pia Eiringhaus, Curator Outreach at the Berlin Wall Foundation
Jana König, Head of Collection at the FHXB Museum
Inga Turczyn, freelance author and director for documentary film
Moderation: Nora Hogrefe, Head of the Coordination Office for Historical City Markings, Active Museum
Free admission | Event in German spoken language | Wheelchair-accessible
A cooperation between the Berlin Reappraisal Commissioner and the FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum.
Further information at
https://www.berlin.de/aufarbeitung/mein-kiez/artikel.1421814.php
"99 scattered pearls" - Reading with Halim Youssef
23 May | 6 pm | Rooftop floor of the FHXB Museum
As part of the Kurdish Culture Days, Yekmal e.V. invites you to a reading with Halim Youssef followed by a discussion with Sozdar Jafarzadeh at the FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum.
Halim Youssef is a German-Syrian writer and translator. Born in northern Syria, he now lives in Germany and writes short stories, plays and novels in Kurdish, Arabic and German, in which he explores themes such as identity, migration and homelessness.
His novel "99 Scattered Pearls" tells the story of the translator Azados, who comes to Germany from northern Syria, based on his own life. Here he meets, among others, Hamza, a refugee from Turkey who was persecuted as a Kurd in his home country and is labelled a 'Turk' by right-wingers in Germany. In 99 chapters, the relationship between language, belonging and self-realisation is dealt with in a tense and sensitive way, while at the same time the conditions under which Kurdish people live in Syria, Turkey and Iraq, but also here in Germany, become clear.
Following the reading, Halim Youssef and Sozdar Jafarzadeh will discuss perspectives and realities of literary work and self-realisation in the diaspora and invite the audience to join in the discussion.
Free admission | Reading in German spoken language | Wheelchair-accessible
To the programme of the Kurdish Culture Days:
https://yekmal.com/kurdische-kulturtage-programm-2024/
Long Week of Neighbourhood History: city tours in Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain on 25 May, 29 May and 1 June
25. Mai | 29. Mai | 1. Juni
City tour 1:
Migrant self-organisation against racism and fascism
Saturday, 25 May, 1 pm
Meeting point: Garden of the FHXB Museum
On the city tour at Kottbusser Tor, the junction point of Kreuzberg's migration history since the 1960s, we will explore places of social dynamics of migrant self-organisation and resistance against racism and fascism together. A journey through time and space that brings us closer to the power of solidarity and political engagement in Kreuzberg.
Registration required
Contact: veranstaltungenfhxb-museum.REMOVE-THIS.de
City tour 2: 17 June 1953 in Friedrichshain
Wednesday, 29 May, 5 pm
Meeting point: Frankfurter Tor at the steps in front of the "Brewdog" pub
71 years ago, on 17 June, there was a nationwide popular uprising in the GDR. There are numerous biographical and geographical references in the Friedrichshain district around the former Stalinallee that can be discovered on this city tour.
Registration required
Contact: Tom-Aaron Aschke, tomaaron.aschkegmail.REMOVE-THIS.com
City tour 3: Power station, piano plague and coal mountain. A consumer and environmental history of Kreuzberg
Saturday, 1 June, 1:30 pm
Meeting point: Ohlauer Str./Paul-Lincke-Ufer
Environmental history is dedicated to the many interactions between humans and the environment. The fight against microbes will be just as much a part of the city tour as the change in household management and our role as consumers. We will also follow the many struggles of Berliners for public parks, cycle paths and an environment worth living in.
Registration required