By and with Anette Daugardt and Uwe Neumann
‘One day in 1940, the Quangels, two insignificant individuals living in northern Berlin, take up the fight against the monstrous machinery of the Nazi state, and the grotesque happens: the elephant feels threatened by the mouse.’
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The model for this novel by Hans Fallada was the working-class couple Otto and Elise Hampel, who were executed on 8 April 1943 in Berlin-Plötzensee for their rebellion against the Nazi regime's contempt for human life. In an almost crime-novel-like atmosphere, Fallada tells the story of so-called ordinary people who, between 1940 and 1942, spread calls for resistance on cards and in letters after the death of their son at the front caused them to completely lose their originally positive attitude towards Hitler and his war machine.
Every individual counts – then as now.
(in German)
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Accessibility
The venue is wheelchair accessible and has appropriate toilet facilities.
Dates
February 2026
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