Program

An original (East) Berliner guides visitors through the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße, sharing personal stories of escape, imprisonment, and the search for freedom in East and West Berlin – with historical photos and a real 1983 Trabant.

Bring new life to an old T-shirt with a statement print, reprint a lost game piece, or design your own stamp: MeetUp at the Humboldt Forum! November 8 and 15, 2025 — Statement Prints for Berlin Freedom Week – please bring a T-shirt!

A creative workshop where children design candles in honor of freedom.

The Berlin Science Week is a major event that transforms Berlin into a hub of scientific ideas, celebrating research and innovation from the city’s institutions and international partners. Held annually from November 1st to 10th, it showcases the importance of scientific freedom and its role in building a resilient society.

In our creative workshop, children aged 6 and above work with their families to design their own pieces of art inspired by the Berlin Wall – using photos, colors, and imagination to bring history to life in a creative way.

Guided tour through the exhibition “Everyday Life in the GDR” with a discussion on human rights in East Germany – past and present.

The event focuses on the political developments in the United States. When the leading anchor of the democratic world goes astray, it has dramatic repercussions far beyond America itself.

Youth Policy Day Berlin Freedom Week

School performance of the play The Trial of Hans Litten followed by workshops on civil courage, freedom, peace, and democracy.

Together with former prisoners, we will write postcards to political detainees in Belarus – a sign of hope, in a setting of conversation and solidarity.

Creating candles for freedom – a hands-on activity with reflection.

We develop interactive proposals for resilient democracy in the future. These proposals are based on research into democracy in order to develop concrete creative visions and reform proposals.

Interactive workshops that make the fundamental importance of democracy for a self-determined life tangible.

The Barcamp shows concrete ways in which democracy can be experienced and shaped. Young people from secondary school onwards contribute their own topics and questions and, together with contemporary witnesses of the peaceful revolution of 1989 and today's activists, become self-effective.

Solidarity action with affected families and humanitarian context.

Dissidents from the GDR, today’s dictatorships, and civil society discuss in three topic panels the issues of freedom of speech, environmental engagement, and political participation — and what unites and strengthens protest movements today.

Creating candles for freedom – a hands-on activity with reflection.

A workshop for young people and the local community: While walking together along the sites of escape tunnels, participants engage artistically with themes of flight, freedom, and remembrance, creating space for dialogue.

In our creative workshop, children aged 6 and above work with their families to design their own pieces of art inspired by the Berlin Wall – using photos, colors, and imagination to bring history to life in a creative way.