Punk in the GDR - between rebellion and repression

08.11.2025
17:00

Sandershaus, Kassel

To the 36. Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall:

Multimedia performance, Exhibition and discussion on the subject of "Resistance and repression in the GDR" and references to North Hesse to right -wing extremist currents in the reunification period.

Referent: Geralf Understood, certified and rehabilitated contemporary witness from Torgau (Saxony).

Plus live music from Steffen Schölzel and the formerly banned, Punk band Brechreiz, who were persecuted by the Stasi 08/15.

Scientific support: Wolfram Boder. He also provided scientific support for the “40 Years of Punk in Kassel” project.

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The reading begins at 17 o'clock in the Sandershaus Bar.

The concert starts at 20 Clock takes place in the subterranean.

Admission is free!

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Further information at www.punk-in-der-ddr.de

organizer: Flechtwerk Almerswind and the Social Peace Service Kassel.

Current sponsors:

City of Kassel- Cultural Office / Social Peace Service / Flechtwerk Almerswind