Long week of neighborhood history: City tours in Berlin discover city in change

Long week of neighborhood history: City tours in Berlin discover city in change
The "Long week of neighborhood history" in Berlin invites you to discover unknown and unusual stories of the city under the motto "City in Change" this year. As part of this event, the FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum offers various city tours that lead to historical places in the districts.
The first city tour with the topic "Migrant self -organization against racism and fascism" leads the participants in the Kottbusser Tor through Kreuzberg, a place with a long history of migration and self -organization. Places of resistance to racism and fascism are explored. This tour will take place on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at 1 p.m. The meeting point is the garden of the FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum.
The second tour of the city with the title "The 17th June 1953 in Friedrichshain" is devoted to the popular uprising in the GDR 71 years ago. The route leads to biographical and geographical reference points around the former Stalinallee in Friedrichshain. This city tour will take place on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at 5 p.m. and starts at Frankfurter Tor.
The third city tour "Kraftwerk, Piano Pest and Kohlberg. A Kreuzberg's consumption and environmental history" treats the environmental history of Kreuzberg and addresses the interactions between people and the environment. This tour on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at 1.30 p.m., takes the participants on a journey through the history of housekeeping, consumption and environmental protection in Berlin. The meeting point is the corner of Ohlauer Straße/Paul-Linke-Ufer.
Interested parties can register for the city tours in order to be able to participate safely. The contact details for registration and further information can be found in the press release. The event offers the opportunity to better understand and discover the multi -layered history and the changes in Berlin in different districts.
Source: www.berlin.de