“Revolution! Then what?” – An ‘action day’ at the Campus for Democracy

On 9 November, we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This event moved people all over the world and symbolises the end of the division of Germany. But the Peaceful Revolution did not end with this moment – on the contrary: the debates about which country people wanted to live in really began. People emancipated themselves from the dictatorship and seized the opportunity to actively help shape the path to a new system. Long-demanded basic rights such as freedom of expression and free elections could finally be realised. New parties emerged and a new constitution was discussed intensively at the Central Round Table.

With the programme ‘Revolution! – And then?’, the partners of the Stasi Centre. Campus for Democracy invite you to a one-day democracy festival and to exchange views on the commitment to democracy and human rights, the Peaceful Revolution and coming to terms with injustice in the GDR.

Action day ‘Revolution! – and then?’ on the Campus for Democracy

Visitors can expect a varied programme of theatre, films, guided tours, exhibitions, talks and music. Parts of the open-air installation ‘Hold up freedom!’ from 8 and 9 November will also be exhibited along the course of the Wall.

The day of action is a co-operation between the Robert Havemann Society, Kulturprojekte Berlin, the Federal Archive – Stasi Records Archive, the Axel Springer Freedom Foundation, the Berlin Commissioner for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship and is being produced by buero doering.

Programme highlights

11 am Insta-Fotowalk (registration: [email protected])
Meeting point: in front of house 22

12:30 pm Sample project talk
Location: House 7, sample file room (room 029)

1 pm Access to Secrecy. Guided Tour in English
Meeting point: House 7, foyer

1:30 pm Guided tour of the Archive of the GDR opposition (registration: [email protected])
Meeting point: Information tent in the courtyard

1:30 pm Combined guided tour of the Stasi Records Archive and Stasi Museum (registration: [email protected])
Meeting point: information tent in the courtyard

2 pm Contemporary witness tour “Revolution and the fall of the Wall”
Meeting point: information tent in the courtyard

2 pm Autumn ’89 through the eyes of the Stasi. Talk with Dr. Martin Stief and Prof. Dr. Daniela
Münkel
Venue: House 7, Room 030

2:30 pm Curator’s guided tour through the special exhibition “Mauerpauer”
Meeting point: in front of House 22

3 pm Guided tour of the Archive of the GDR Opposition (registration: [email protected])
Meeting point: information tent in the courtyard

3 pm Discussion with contemporary witnesses about the collection of sample documents with GDR civil rights activist Ulrike Poppe
Location: House 7, Room 030

3:30 pm Guided tour “The end of the Stasi” (registration: [email protected])
Meeting point: House 7, Foyer

4 pm Theater play “Monika Haeger – Inside Stasi”
Location: House 22, Hall

4 pm Guided tour of contemporary witnesses “Revolution and the fall of the Wall”
Meeting point: Information tent in the courtyard

4:30 pm Example talk
Location: House 7, sample file room (Room 029)

5 pm Access to Secrecy. Guided Tour in English
Meeting point: House 7, foyer

5 pm “What’s going on in the East?” Workshop & participatory discourse format by Wesser/Meckert with Hans Narva, Key Pankonin and Torsten “Pegman” Füchsel
Location: House 7, Room 427

5 pm Flashlight tour
Meeting point: Information tent in the courtyard

6 pm Guided tour “Women and the Stasi” (registration: [email protected])
Meeting point: House 7, foyer

Starting at 6 pm Stage Programm with live music (stage in front of house 1)

Admission to all programme items is free. Food and drinks are available on site.
Please note that bag checks will be carried out before the concerts begin. Glass bottles and dangerous objects may not be brought into the venue. The organizer’s house rules apply.

For more information, please visit the Campus for Democracy website.

• • German
  • English
  • more languages
• Free entry
• Wheelchair-accessible access