Forgotten Future

Images of the upheaval in East Germany 

The social change in the East associated with the end of the GDR and German reunification has many facets and faces: the new political conditions or the rupture in many life stories that continues to have an impact today. Holger Herschel's twelve photographic series from different phases of the upheaval can be understood as a kind of visual archaeology. In dialogue with the images, the various essays take us to places that are undergoing transformation, show people caught between old and new certainties, and illuminate the interiors of a changing material culture. On the evening, editors Jürgen Danyel and Holger Herschel will present the text and image volume published by Ch. Links Verlag. 

Lecture and discussion:
Dr Jürgen Danyel, historian, Berlin
Holger Herschel, photographer, Berlin

Moderator:
Sören Marotz, Exhibition Director, DDR Museum

Admission is free of charge.

11 February 2026, 6 pm

Conference room DDR Museum
Sankt Wolfgang-Str. 2
10178 Berlin

Here you can see the location.

The event will take place in German.