Event Archive

The DDR Museum's Event Archive

The DDR Museum regularly offers free events in its own conference room. Here you can find past events and search for a topic in the search field. 

You can find the video recordings of the discussions, book presentations, exhibition openings etc. in the respective event.

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In a catamaran through Siberia

An expedition through the vastness of the Soviet Union.
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Popvideos made in the GDR

Musician IC Falkenberg and author Heike Sittner in conversation.
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The Drushba Route

The largest construction site in the GDR in Thomas Billhardt's pictures
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1,376 kilometres between East and West

Bildervortrag mit Marco Bertram zu seiner Grenzwanderung vor 20 Jahren.
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A life for aviation

Scenic reading with Interflug pilot Heinz-Dieter Kallbach.
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Little Brother, big brother – The GDR and the Soviet Union

Exhibition opening in cooperation with the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst
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Walter Ulbricht – A German Communist

Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk presents the first volume of his Ulbricht biography.
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You don't die in the third act!

Actor Peter Bause reads from his memoirs.
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Long Night of the Museums 2023

The DDR Museum takes part under the motto »Born in the G.D.R.«
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Paradise and Purgatory

Peter Wensierski reads from his book »Jena Paradise«.
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Wear and tear to the point of catastrophe – Industrial accidents in the GDR

Prof. Dr. Thomas Lindenberger discusses the topic of industrial accidents in the GDR.
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»Beyond the Wall« – Book presentation

Conversation about a »New History of the GDR« by Katja Hoyer
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»I, on the other hand, sing« – Film screening

Film by Prof. Jürgen Haase about the singer-songwriter Stephan Krawczyk
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Book premiere »GDR Daily Life in 200 Objects«

Book premiere of the illustrated book »GDR Daily Life in 200 Objects« with lecture and follow-up discussion
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»Raid in Toyland« – Book launch

Expropriation of toy collectors in the GDR – cooperative event with the Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft
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»Diploma Films from Babelsberg« – Film screening

Presentation of the edition »Babelsberger Freiheiten«
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»Germany's peatlands« – Book launch

Ecological importance of peatlands in eastern Germany
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»Tower with view« – Book launch

The Berlin TV Tower and its surroundings
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Ideology behind glass – Lecture

Museum architecture and exhibition design in the GDR
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»There is a time for everything« – Book Premiere

Old Town Rehabilitation in Eastern Germany - Event in cooperation with the Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung e.V.
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Amiga: Vinyl sound of the east

Event to mark the 75th anniversary of »Amiga«
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Border regime – Reading

Dirk Meissner reads from his novel »Grenzregime«
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Death flight to the West

Radio play about the balloon escape of Winfried Freudenberg
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One Country - Two Cultures?

Michael Hametner presents his book »Deutsche Wechseljahre«
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Tamara Bunke – Staged Reading

Staged reading: »A heroine is made«
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Bogensee – Lecture & Discussion

Event in cooperation with the Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung e.V. (IRS)
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From Prefabricated Building to Large Housing Estate

Presentation of the new standard work on housing construction in the DDR
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Mental Scars

Biographies of politically persecuted people from the DDR
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