Born in 1925 in Berlin, Theodor Michael was the son of a German and a Cameroonian. After the early death of his parents, the boy had to struggle through as an extra in so-called "Völkerschauen" and UFA colonial films until his imprisonment in a forced labor camp in 1943.
He survived and after the liberation, he was first suspected of collaborating with the Nazis. At that time he could not imagine that he might retire as a "Regierungsdirektor" of the Federal Intelligence Service. Theodor Michael’s biography tells German history of the 20th century from a little-known angle.
Moderation:
Yasemin Shooman, Head of the Academy Programs "Migration and Diversity"
Past event
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
Share, Newsletter, Feedback
Event Series: New German Stories (14)
New German Stories
From 2014 to 2018, New German Stories illustrated Germany’s past and present as a multiethnic society through the lens of individual lives. The event series included readings, film screenings, and conversations.
-
Phral mende – Who We Are
15 March 2018
Film and Discussion on Perspectives of Sinti and Roma in Germany -
Germanija. How I Became an Adult and a Jew in Germany
Reading and discussion on Dmitrij Belkin's narrative that also throws light on immigration today.
19 Oct 2017 -
With Karamba to the Bundestag
Reading and Discussion with Karamba Diaby (in German)
1 Jun 2017 -
Vater unser
Eine Sintifamilie erzählt
(Our Father. A Sinti Family Recounts)Discussion and reading with Anita Awosusi
23 Mar 2017 -
A Jew in Neukölln:
My Path to Coexistence of ReligionsThe theology student and journalist Ármin Langer presents his first book
19 Oct 2016 -
Children of the liberation
6 July 2016
Discussion and reading with Marion Kraft, Ika Hügel-Marshall and Judy Gummich: The perspectives of black Germans of the postwar generation -
ХАИМ – HEIM (Home)
15 March 2016
Discussion and film clips with Robert Schulzmann -
Doitscha
Eine jüdische Mutter packt aus (A Jewish mother reveals all)19 May 2015
Reading and discussion with Adriana Altaras -
Osama bin Laden is sleeping with fishes
10 March 2015
Reading and discussion with Ahmad Milad Karimi -
The “Koscher Light” Generation
9 September 2014
Reading and discussion with Alina Gromova -
Kıymet
8 July 2014
Film showing and discussion with Canan Turan -
Being German and Black as well
13 May 2014
Reading and discussion with Theodor Michael -
“InderKinder”
On Growing up and Living in Germany20 March 2014
Reading and discussion with Urmila Goel and Nisa Punnamparambil-Wolf -
We, the new Germans
Who we are, what we want15 January 2014
Reading and discussion with Alice Bota, Khuê Pham and Özlem Topçu
Our Academy
Platform and laboratory for encounters and exchanges of ideas
All About ...
Academy Program on Migration and Diversity
Thematic focus of the W. Michael Blumenthal Academy, 2012–20
All About ...
Calendar of Programs
At a Glance...
New German Stories
Interviews and blog posts on the event series
Blog