The bestselling author (Monsieur Orient-Express), screenwriter (Tatort), and filmmaker Gerhard J. Rekel will present his compelling biography *Lina Morgenstern. Die Geschichte einer Rebellin* (*Lina Morgenstern: The Story of a Rebel*) (Kremayr & Scheriau 2025), accompanied by historical images and a piano performance by composer Albrecht Gündel vom Hofe.
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(in German)
1866, the Austro-Prussian War. Many soldiers return from the war wounded, the population is suffering, and the government turns a blind eye. Lina Morgenstern, a Jewish woman from Berlin, spontaneously sets up military hospitals and soup kitchens. Against her parents’ wishes, she marries Theodor. When he goes bankrupt and she is left destitute with five children, Lina writes a bestseller in just a few weeks; tirelessly, bypassing censorship and patriarchy, she initiates associations to support women and children, the first serious women’s newspaper, and the first International Women’s Congress on German soil.
Dates
July 2026
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