Of open spaces and high-rise buildings - Berlin in the transformation period

35 years after reunification, we look back on this period of transformation: how did people and initiatives from East and West Berlin come together? Who was involved in Berlin and whose voices were ignored?


Based on personal memories, three contemporary witnesses discuss spontaneous cultural spaces, wild nightlife, squats, protests against investors, growing tensions over living space and commercial interests - then and now.


In discussion:

Christiane Rösinger

As a musician (including with the Lassie Singers and Britta), satirist and co-founder of the Flittchenbar am Ostbahnhof, she has played a decisive role in shaping Berlin's cultural scene since the 1990s. In addition to her musical work, she is also an author and puts her own plays on stage.

Dr. Dirk Moldt

In the GDR, Dirk Moldt was part of the opposition scene and was active as a squatter in Friedrichshain after the fall of the Wall.
Today he works as head of the collection at the Lichtenberg Museum and researches the social and political upheavals following reunification.

Manfred Kühne

After studying architecture, Manfred Kühne worked as an urban planner for the Berlin Senate Administration from 1991. There he later headed the Supreme Monument Protection Authority. He is an expert on Berlin's historical heritage and the prospects for new urban development visions.


Moderator:

Florentine Schmidtmann

She is a scientific advisor at the Berlin Wall Foundation. As a cultural historian and exhibition organizer, she focuses on German-German history and the period of transformation after 1989/90.



(IN GERMAN)