Talking About Ruptures
Sat, 5 October – Sun, 6 October 2024
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| no ticket required |
| 12 years and older |
| German |
| Mechanical Arena in the Foyer |
| Belongs to: Transform! |
1989/90 is the great caesura in modern German history. A state, the GDR, collapses and wakes up in a new political and social system after a collective stupor. These are years of change: Treuhand, the capital Berlin, unemployment, demolition of the Palace of the Republic. Somewhere, blooming landscapes emerge, potholes are filled in and all-day childcare disappears. Two countries are painfully growing together. A feat of strength that challenges society and politics in many ways. Change is also taking place in the West, but it is particularly true of the East: nothing remains as it was.
Today – 35 years after the Peaceful Revolution – the process of coming to terms with the past is gaining momentum. Discussion, anger, debate, reconciliation and rejection are haunting bookshops, feuilletons and telegram groups. East and West Germany are back on the agenda – or were the differences never gone?
In five conversations, voices from East and West address the most emotional questions of the present: What makes the East special? What makes the West? And who are we? This Germany.
Talks & Participants
05.10.2024, 2 pm–3:15 pm
Everything Remains Different. The Impact of 1989 to This Day
With Dirk Oschmann, Frank Trentmann, Katharina Warda and Markus Dichmann (moderation)
05.10.2024, 4 pm–5:15 pm
Just a New Coat of Paint? How the East German Province is Changing
With Uta Bretschneider, Gregor Sander and Markus Dichmann (moderation)
06.10.2024, 1 pm–2:15 pm
1989. The Sun Rises in the East
With Zsuzsa Breier, Katja Hoyer, Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska and Markus Dichmann (moderation)
06.10.2024, 3 pm–4:15 pm
We Are Here. Arriving and Staying in East and West
With Esther Dischereit, Angelika Nguyen, Julia Oelkers and Insa Wilke (moderation)
06.10.2024, 5 pm–6:15 pm
Man, That’s Exhausting. Democracy in East and West
With Steffen Mau, Juliane Stückrad, Stephan Anpalagan and Insa Wilke (moderation)