Events in January 2011
Press Invitation
Press Release, Thu 16 Dec 2010
We cordially invite you to these cultural events in January:
Program surrounding the Special Exhibiton „Forced Labor. The Germans, the Forced Laborers, and the War“
Talk with Contemporary Witness Helena Bohle-Szacki
In an interview with the journalist Ewa Czerwiakowski, the former forced laborer tells of her experiences in a satellite camp of Flossenbürg concentration camp. Helena Bohle-Szacki was born into a German-Polish-Jewish family in Bialystock in 1928. Arrested and deported by the Gestapo, she was forced to perform forced labor from fall 1944.
Organized in cooperation with the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future."
When: 10 January 2011, 6 pm
Where: Old Building ground level, Audtiorium
Admission: free
Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) on tel: +49 (0)30 25993 488 or reservierung@jmberlin.de
"Du Opfer... !" (You victim... !)
The Term "Victim": Past and Present
The term "victim" in the press refers to people who are injured or killed through acts of violence or disasters. During the Nazi era, people became victims of injustice. Anyone insulted as "victim" in today’s playgrounds is a "loser." How the term has changed in meaning and the contradictions this has led to will be discussed by the sociologist Norbert Dittmar, the political scientist Anne Goldenbogen, the historian K. Erik Franzen, and the Iranian expert in comparative religion Mohsen Mirmehdi. The journalist Doris Akrap will moderate the discussion.
Organized in cooperation with the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future."
When: 17 January 2011, 6 pm
Where: Old Building ground level, Audtiorium
Admission: free
Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) on tel: +49 (0)30 25993 488 or reservierung@jmberlin.de
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Cultural Program
Tracing history: "Community Mothers" and their perspectives on National Socialism
In publishing the book "Unsere Geschichten – Eure Geschichte? – Neuköllner Stadtteilmütter und ihre Auseinandersetzung mit dem Nationalsozialismus" (Our stories – your history? Community Mothers from Berlin’s Neukölln district and their thoughts on Nazism,") 14 immigrants and the "Action Reconciliation Service for Peace" (ARSP) have broken new ground. Women of Turkish, Kurdish, Kosovan, and Polish origin reflect in a very personal manner on their encounters with survivors of Nazism and relatives of Nazi perpetrators – and they consider them in the context of their own experiences of escape and migration as well as of their everyday life in Berlin Neukölln.
Three lady authors – Emine Elçi, Regina Cysewski und Makfirete Bakalli –
first read from their contributions and then talk to the Green Party politician Cem Özdemir, the political scientist Elke Gryglewski, and Jutta Weduwen (ARSP). Moderated by: Heike Kleffner (ARSP).
When: 25 January 2011, 7.30 pm
Where: Old Building second level, Geat Hall
Admission: free with tickets (available at the cash desk)
Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) on tel: +49 (0)30 25993 488 or reservierung@jmberlin.de
Long Museum Night "Body Meets Soul"
6 and 7 pm: "You’ve Come to a Family of Perfumers!"
Tour through the exhibition with the curators
6 to 10 pm: "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen!" (To me you are beautiful!)
Visitors can enjoy cosmetic refreshment à la Scherk products with facial toner and powder.
8, 9, 10 and 11 pm: Forced Laborers and Work Slaves
Tour through the special exhibition "Forced Labor"
When: 29 January 2011
During the Long Museum Night the Museum will be open until 2 am.
Where: Old Building and Libeskind Building
Admission: with the Long Museum Night ticket: 15 €, reduced rate 10 € (available at the cash desk)
The History of Jews and Dönme in Turkey
Part of the series "Discussions on Jewish Past and Present"
Three hundred years ago, supporters of Rabbi Schabbtai Zwi founded their own religious group. Following the example of their Messiah, they converted to Islam and became so-called "Dönme" (Turkish: converted). How were their relations with the Jewish community in the Ottoman Empire? What role do the two minorities play in the history of the Turkish republic? The Turcologist Corry Guttstadt and the historian Marc Baer address these and other questions at this evening event.
Organized in cooperation with the Center for Modern Oriental Studies.
When: 31 January 2011, 7.30 pm
Where: Old Building ground level, Auditorium
Admission: free with tickets (available at the cash desk)
Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) on tel: +49 (0)30 25993 488 or reservierung@jmberlin.de
