Open House at the Documentation Centre

Come and join us! Annual Open Day at the Documentation Centre Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation

On 22 June, the Documentation Centre opens its doors to let you explore, meet others and make memories.

Our programme includes workshops, live music, exciting talks, activities for families and culinary delicacies. Renowned writers will read from their books, and our curators will introduce you to the exhibition and tell you about forced migration.

A whole day with lots of activities, and above all:

Admission is FREE - we are looking forward to welcoming you.

 

 

FOR FAMILIES

Interactive reading with dance
EVENT HALL, GROUND FLOOR
1.30 – 2.00 p.m.
Recommended for ages four to twelve (and adults)

With music and dance, dancer Karla Mendoza brings two stories to life and warmly invites children to join in and move to the music.

We will read two stories, with piano arrangement by Markos Ioannou. Children are welcome to listen and/or dance to the music.

We read the picture books ‘Bestimmer sein – Wie Elvis die Demokratie erfand’ (Being the boss – How Elvis invented democracy), a book that makes the topic of democracy accessible to children in an entertaining way, and ‘Der Koffer’ (The suitcase), which tells a touching story about curiosity and the importance of treating strangers with openness and tolerance.

In cooperation with: Music Family Hub (an initiative by Nanja Oedi & Pamela Bürger, who campaign for improved work-life balance).

 

Interactive reading with music
EVENT HALL, GROUND FLOOR
2.30 – 3.00 p.m.
Recommended for ages four to twelve (and adults)

Two stories will be read aloud accompanied by music. We invite the children to move to the sounds or listen to the piano music by Markos Ioannou.

We will read the empowering book ‘Naya’, which is about self-love, sensitises children to hurtful and discriminatory behaviour and encourages even the youngest children to stand up for themselves. We will also take you on a journey with ‘The Crocodile is Looking for a New Home’, a sensitive story about the search for belonging and the courage to embrace new things.

In cooperation with: Music Family Hub (an initiative by Nanja Oedi & Pamela Bürger, who campaign for improved work-life balance).

 

Music Workshop – Body Percussion
SEMINAR ROOM, GROUND FLOOR
4.00 – 4.30 p.m. / 5.00 – 5.30 p.m.

Recommended for ages four to twelve

In cooperation with:: Music Family Hub (an initiative by Nanja Oedi & Pamela Bürger, who campaign for improved work-life balance).

 

Face painting based on the characters of Otfried Preußler
EXHIBITION AREA, 1. FLOOR
10.30 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.

With: Carola Maria Bremme

 

Guided tour for families – prior to the children's workshop in German (20 min)
REGISTRATION AT THE INFO POINT ON THE GROUND FLOOR
10.30 – 11.00 a.m. / 2.30 – 3.00 p.m.

 

Story time for children
LIBRARY, 1. FLOOR
2.00 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. / 3.30 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.

Recommended for ages four to twelve

 

 

READINGS & WORKSHOPS

Displacement, expulsion, expatriation– biographical ruptures
A conversation with Bernd Fabritius
LIBRARY, 1. FLOOR
11.00 a.m.

 

What is UNHCR? What can UNHCR do and what can't it do?
LIBRARY, 1. FLOOR
1.00 – 1.30 p.m. / 5.30 – 6.00 p.m.

 

Photographic exhibition and reading: We show our faces by Azra Tatarević
ROOM OF SILENCE, GROUND FLOOR
1.00 p.m. – 1.30 p.m. / 4.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

 

How do objects become museum exhibits?
IN FRONT OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE
11.00 a.m
EXHIBITION, 2nd FLOOR
2.00 p.m.

 

Workshop Pale vestiges: Introduction to genealogy
LIBRARY, 1. FLOOR
10.30 – 11.00 a.m. / 1.30 – 2.00 p.m.

 

Reading and writing Sütterlin script. An introduction
LIBRARY, 1st floor
4.00 – 5.00 p.m. / 5.00 – 6.00 p.m.

With: Gesa Füßle

 

Drop-in: What is life like in a refugee camp? – A visit with VR glasses
WORKSHOP, 1. FLOOR
10.00 a.m.

 

BergersDorf by Herma Kennel – reading and conversation
LIBRARY, 1. FLOOR
12.00 – 12.30 p.m. / 3.00 – 3.30 p.m.

Moderator: Anka Lück, Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation

 

A literary guide to Lower Silesia by Roswitha Schieb – reading and conversation
LIBRARY, 1. FLOOR
11.30 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. / 4.30 – 5.00 p.m.

Moderator: Ariane Afsari, German Cultural Forum for Eastern Europe

In cooperation with: German Cultural Forum for Eastern Europe

 

 

GET CREATIVE

Drop-in: Textile memories
GALLERIY, 1. FLOOR
10.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.

In the drop-in, memories are transformed into small works of art through drawing, cutting, sewing, gluing, or embroidery. Feel free to bring a personal photo or a textile object and tell your story. Perhaps it has to do with displacement, expulsion, emigration, or life in a new, initially unfamiliar place? Your work can then be displayed in the community area of the exhibition or taken home with you.

 

Drop-in: Comic drawing with Ami Bogin
GALLERY, 1.  FLOOR
2.00 – 6.00 p.m.

In this drop-in, we will explore family stories in a creative way. Together with illustrator and comic artist Ami Bogin, you will create small comic books that you can take home with you.

 

Photo box – for your souvenir snapshots
WORKSHOP AREA, 1. FLOOR
10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.

Capture the best moment of the open house in our photo booth and take the snapshot home with you as a souvenir!

 

Rally with prize draw
INFOPOINT LOBBY, GROUND FLOOR
10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.

Follow the clues and discover stories of displacement and displacement. In addition to exciting insights and a small surprise for completing the rally sheet, you can win one of our prizes.

 

Cut-outs: Story garland 
WANDELGANG, 1. FLOOR
10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.

Each paper figure represents a story. Maybe your own, maybe one from your family. Design a figure using colors, patterns, or symbols. What does it say about you, your memories, or your wishes? This will create a chain of many stories. As colorful and diverse as we are.

 

Drop-in: Drawing 'home'
WORKSHOP, 1. FLOOR
10:00 a.m. – 6:00

Home can be so many things: language, favorite food, people, landscape, smells. Very different images come to mind when we think of home. Our ideas of home are as diverse as our origins. Design your symbol of home and display it.

 

 

GUIDED TOURS

15min biographical tours every half hour in German (15 min)
REGISTRATION AT THE INFO POINT, GROUND FLOOR
11.00 – 11.30 a.m. / 12.30 – 1.00 p.m. / 1.00 – 1.30 p.m. /
1.30 – 2.00 p.m. / 3.00 – 3.30 p.m. / 4.00 – 4.30 p.m.

 

15min biographical tours every half hour in English (15 min)
REGISTRATION AT THE INFO POINT, GROUND FLOOR
11.30 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. / 3.30 – 4.00 p.m.

We will show you some of our objects that tell more than meets the eye. Discover their stories with us and learn how they came to be part of the Documentation Center.

 

Displaced women and girls in German (20 min)
REGISTRATION AT THE INFO POINT, GROUND FLOOR
11.30 a.m. –  12.00 p.m.

 

Displaced women and girls in English (20 min)
REGISTRATION AT THE INFO POINT, GROUND FLOOR
15.00 – 15.30 p.m.

 

Post 1993 ethnic German minorities (20 min)
REGISTRATION AT THE INFO POINT ON THE GROUND FLOOR
13.30 – 14.00 p.m.

 

Berlin's languages (20 min)
REGISTRATION AT THE INFO POINT ON THE GROUND FLOOR
4.30 –  5.00 p.m.

 

Berlin's languages in English (20 min)
REGISTRATION AT THE INFO POINT ON THE GROUND FLOOR
12:00 – 12.30 a.m. / 4.00 –  4.30 p.m.

 

30 years of Srebrenica and Dayton – The Yugoslav Wars (30 min)
REGISTRATION AT THE INFO POINT ON THE GROUND FLOOR
2.00 – 2.30 p.m. / 3.30 – 4.00 p.m.

 

Meet the director (60 min)
REGISTRATION AT THE INFO POINT ON THE GROUND FLOOR
12.30 – 1.30 p.m. / 5.00 – 6.00 p.m.

 

The Treck – photographs of a displacement in 1945 (20 min)
REGISTRATION AT THE INFO POINT ON THE GROUND FLOOR
10.30 – 11.00 a.m. / 12.00 – 12.30 p.m. / 2.30 – 3.00 p.m. / 4.30 – 5.00 p.m.

 

What happens when history meets modern architecture?
REGISTRATION AT THE INFO POINT ON THE GROUND FLOOR
2.00 – 2.30 p.m. / 3.30 – 4.00 p.m.

In cooperation with: Ticket B Architecture tours

 

 

MUSIC & PERFORMANCES

Ganna Gryniva
EVENT HALL, GROUND FLOOR
11.00 – 11.30 a.m. / 1.00 – 1.30 p.m.
Genre: Experimental music with elements of Ukrainian folklore and jazz

 

Sistanagila
EVENT HALL, GROUND FLOOR
3.00 – 3.30 p.m. / 5.00 – 5.30 p.m.
Genre: Jazz fusion with classical Persian, Sephardic Jewish, and Klezmer music

 

Clarissa Bevilacqua and Michael Cohen-Weissert present works by Alfred Schnittke
EVENT HALL, GROUND FLOOR
2.00 – 2.30 p.m. / 4.30 – 5.00 p.m.
Genre: Classical violin and piano duo

In cooperation with: Domröse & Schrader GbR

 

TYME – DJ set with Cheka
LOBBY, GROUND FLOOR
5.30 – 6.30 p.m.
Genre: DJ set with ambient and low-tempo vibes

 

Encounter choir & band
WORKSHOP  AREA, 1. FLOOR
10.30 – 11.00 a.m. / 11.30 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
Genre: Songs from Germany, Arabia, and Persia

 

Suitcase theater with the Upsala Circus
LOBBY, GROUND FLOOR
12.00 – 12.30 p.m. / 3.30 – 4.00 p.m.

 

Musical reading (piano and vocals): The Alphabet of War – Remembering Srebrenica by Vernesa Berbo and Amira Berbo
EVENT HALL, GROUND FLOOR
12.30 – 1.00 p.m. / 4.00 – 4.30 p.m.

 

 

FOOD & NIBBLES

Ice cream
MAIN ENTRANCE STRESEMANNSTRASSE
10.30 a.m. – 6.30 p.m

Need refreshment? Whether classic or fruity, there's something for every taste here. Quick, delicious, and just right for a snack between meals.

 

A feast for the palate in Kreuzberg heaven
LOBBY, GROUND FLOOR
10.30 a.m. – 6.30 p.m

Experience intercultural culinary delights with Kreuzberger Himmel. Try Mediterranean specialties such as vegan kibbeh, lentil kebab, and sanbousak. New on the menu this year: Königsberger Klopse! A specialty from East Prussia, tender meatballs in a light caper sauce.

 

Coffee Bike
MAIN ENTRANCE STRESEMANNSTRASSE
10.30 a.m. – 6.30 p.m

Would you like to recharge your batteries between a guided tour and a concert? The Coffee Bike offers a wide selection of coffee specialties for a short break!