The theme of Anna Seghers’ work is the self-liberation of her literary characters. To what extent does this liberation have biographical features? An approach to the transformation from sheltered daughter to headstrong writer. Guided tour in the writer’s home and study as it was, when she lived there from 1955 until her death in 1983. In German.

The fascinating nature of Meckel's estate library is explored in three contributions: Gila Funke-Meckel talks about “Biographical notes in the weathered inventory”, Adela Sophia Sabban reconstructs “Christoph Meckel's network of living and dead poets” and Marit Heuß presents and discusses the “Dedications Sarah Kirsch – Christoph Meckel”. An event from the series “Schaufenster Archiv”, in cooperation with the Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus. In German.

A special programme with music, lyrical interludes and guided tours, readings and an archive exhibition presents Brecht, Weigel and their circle from a lesser-known angle: as letter writers who formed the centre of a world-wide network of colleagues and comrades. The letters of the many artists who found their last resting place in the Dorotheenstadt Cemetery will be read aloud during the “Geisterstunde” (“witching hour”). In German.

The resting places of famous women in art and culture are the focus of this guided tour of the Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery). It tells of the writers Christa Wolf and Annemarie Bostroem, the artists Beatrice Zweig and Doris Kahane, the opera director Ruth Berghaus and many others. Thematic guided tour in German.

During a long night of readings in the Beech Garden, the eight Alfred Döblin fellows of the 2025 class will talk about their current literary projects and read excerpts from their manuscripts in progress. With Ines Berwing, Fabienne Dür, Karl Wolfgang Flender, Friedrich Klingenhage, Nora Deetje Leggemann, Anna Melikova, Najem Wali and Julia Willmann. In German.

“Through books that will come into being here, I want to help prevent the mistakes of the past from ever being repeated”, Anna Seghers said after she arrived in Berlin in 1947. She had returned as a world-famous author from exile to Germany. For many authors in the young GDR, including Christa Wolf and Heiner Müller, her multi-layered work offered a source of literary inspiration. In German.

In the event series “Intersections. Architecture of the 21st Century” in cooperation with the Instituto Cervantes, Spanish and German architects engage in dialogues. Marta Peris represents the Barcelona office PERIS+TORAL ARQUITECTES, Regine Leibinger (Barkow Leibinger) from Berlin is a member of the Akademie der Künste. Moderation: Hilde Léon. A contribution to the “Woman in Architecture” festival. In Spanish and German with simultaneous translation.