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Events in November 2010

Press Invitation

Press Release, Mon 18 Oct 2010

We cordially invite you to these cultural events in November:

Program surrounding the Special Exhibiton "Forced Labor. The Germans, the Forced Laborers, and the War"

History Intercultural?

Youth Education in a Migratory Society

Personal Accounts and Discussion

The historian Ufuk Topkara, the political scientist Elke Gryglewski, and the teacher Rosa Fava talk about their experiences of diversity and intercultural challenges. Ulla Kux, "Geschichte(n) in Vielfalt" project leader, will moderate the discussion of the questions: "How can history be conveyed to heterogeneous groups?" and "Do we need an opening to commemorative culture?".

Organized in cooperation with the "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future" Foundation

When: 1 November 2010, 6 pm

Where: Old Building, ground level, Auditorium

Admission: free with tickets (available at the cash desk)

Kontakt

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Address

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Lindenstraße 9–14
10969 Berlin

Cultural Program

Lev Raphael: My Germany

Lev Raphael is considered one of America’s earliest "Second Generation" writers, publishing fiction that explores the impact of the Holocaust on the children of survivors from the late 1970s onward. Having grown up in a world haunted by secrets and the ghosts of relatives and friends lost in the Holocaust, Lev Raphael decided to confront his family’s past and traveled to Germany. The result is not only his book "My Germany," part travelogue, part detective story, but also a deep affection for the country, new friends, and an urge to return.

Chair: Andrew Gross, Freie Universität Berlin

In cooperation with the U.S. Embassy Literature Series

When: 3 November 2010, 7 pm

Where: Old Building, ground level, Auditorium

Admission: free

Henryk M. Broder, Josef Joffe, Dirk Maxeiner, Michael Miersch

"Früher war alles besser" (Everything was better way back then)

Book Presentation with the Authors

Everything really was better way back then: Kulenkampff fulfilled the cultural brief, there were book clubs and third class on the train, the Cold War and the secretary. In the meantime, the ice cream scoop for 20 Pfennig has vanished as much as the German cleaning lady and the GDR. In this book, the unconventional four-man gang of German journalists consider our lives at times from a wickedly polemic and at others a lovingly ironic perspective. The authors guarantee an ideology-free and non-politically correct evening, full of optimism for the future.

In cooperation with the Literaturhandlung

When: 8 November 2010, 7.30 pm

Where: Old Building, second level, Great Hall

Admission: 9 €, reduced rate 7 euros

Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) at the Literaturhandlung on tel. +49 (0)30 8824 250

Irène Némirovsky: Die Familie Hardelot (English title: All Our Worldly Goods)

Book Presentation with Denise Epstein and Judith Rosmair

The novel "Die Familie Hardelot" is the swan song for a fainthearted, self-satisfied middle class. The book came into being just before the successful novel "Suite française" in 1940. Irène Némirovsky, born in Kiev in 1903 as daughter to a financier, became a star of the French literary scene. She was arrested in 1942 and murdered in Auschwitz. Her daughter, Denise Epstein, had refused to come to Germany up to now. She will present the novel with Judith Rosmair.

In cooperation with the Literaturhandlung.

When: 15 November 2010, 7.30 pm

Where: Old Building, second level, Great Hall

Admission: 9 €, reduced rate 7 euros

Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) at the Literaturhandlung on tel. +49 (0)30 8824 250

Rafael Seligmann: Deutschland wird dir gefallen (You will like Germany)

Book Presentation and Moderation: Tissy Bruns (Der Tagesspiegel)

This book is far more than an autobiography. It conveys an unsparingly frank and humorous review of the past 60 years of German-Jewish relations. Rafael Seligmann writes about himself as a pupil his parents plant in their home country, as a student of history and politics, as a journalist and writer. He reports and polemicizes about Germans, Jews, Israelis, and everyone else.

A "Stadt, Land, Buch" event.

Organized in cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Aufbau Publishers and the German Publishers and Booksellers Association in the Berlin-Brandenburg region

When: 22 November 2010, 7.30 pm

Where: Old Building, second level, Great Hall

Admission: 5 euros

Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 2639 18 11 or kultur@berlinerbuchhandel.de

Perrine Simon-Nahum: Jews in France today

Part of „Dialogues on Jewish Present and Past“

Perrine Simon-Nahum: Jews in France Today

Part of "Dialogues on Jewish Present and Past"

In recent years, the situation of Jews in France has undergone fundamental transformations. What was considered as French Jewish history, shaped by the Dreyfus Affair and the Shoah, has diminished in importance. At the same time, Jewish communities are confronted with an increasing number of anti-Semitic outbreaks. However, French Judaism and its relevancy in French society have become even more vital, rather than declining in meaning. Today, Jewish life and the State of Israel are considered to be especially important in French culture and politics.

Chair: Hans-Joachim Neubauer (t.b.c.)

In cooperation with Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin

When: 29 November 2010, 7.30 pm

Where: Old Building, first level, Education room

Admission: free

Chanukka-Markt

Opening Celebrations

The Jewish Museum Berlin celebrates the opening of this year’s Hanukkah Market with a family day.

When: 28 November 2010, from midday to 6 pm

Where: Glass Courtyard, ground level

Admission: free

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