PRESS RELEASE | 22 February 2023

Weekend for Democracy at the Humboldt Forum

The March Revolution of 1848, the peaceful revolution of 1989: on 18 and 19 March 2023, more than 20 institutions invite everyone to attend the Berlin Weekend for Democracy. The program of events in the Humboldt Forum draws the arc from 1848 to 1989 and to the present day to take a new look at the democratic movements in Germany. On 16 March, a temporary monument will be inaugurated on Schlossplatz.

 

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Berlin Weekend for Democracy
Press Release I Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
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Visitors in front of Track 8, Revolutions, in the passage to Portal 1
© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Thomas Trutschel / photothek.de
Excerpts from the virtual model of the Palace of the Republic by CyberRäubern
© CyberRäuber
"Die Zofen" (The Maids) by Genet. Puppet show for adults. Third-year project Directing 2022 at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
"Die Zofen" (The Maids) by Genet. Puppet show for adults. Third-year project Directing 2022 at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
© Dr. Bernd Seydel
In the revolution room inside BERLIN GLOBAL, the peaceful revolution of 1989 is also a topic of discussion
© Kulturprojekte Berlin und Stadtmuseum Berlin, Photo: Alexander Schippel
Events in Berlin after the night of terror from 18th to 19th March 1848, lithograph by an unknown artist, Nuremberg 1848
© Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin
Street fights at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin in 1848 during the German Revolution
© Wikimedia Commons, CC0