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Mut und Freiheit: „Meine“ Flüchtlinge und meine Fluchthelferfreunde
Courage and freedom: “My” refugees and my escape helper friends
Event by: Stiftung Berliner Mauer, Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur
Location: Visitor Center of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Bernauer Straße 119, Berlin - Mitte
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About event
Why do people leave their homes, family and friends to start over somewhere else? And what motivates people to help others escape? Burkhart Veigel addresses these and other questions in his newly published book "Courage and Freedom: 'My' Refugees and My Escape Helper Friends" (BoD - Books on Demand Verlag).
At this event, the author Burkhart Veigel reads from his book and talks to the contemporary witnesses and escape helpers Hasso Herschel and Ulli Pfeifer as well as the refugees Irmgard and Uwe Müller.
Program
Reading: Burkhart Veigel
Conversation: Hasso Herschel and Ulli Pfeifer (escape helpers), Irmgard and Uwe Müller (GDR refugees)
Moderation: Marko Martin, author “Freedom Tasks” (2025)
In cooperation with the Federal Foundation for the Processing of the SED dictatorship
At this event, the author Burkhart Veigel reads from his book and talks to the contemporary witnesses and escape helpers Hasso Herschel and Ulli Pfeifer as well as the refugees Irmgard and Uwe Müller.
Program
Reading: Burkhart Veigel
Conversation: Hasso Herschel and Ulli Pfeifer (escape helpers), Irmgard and Uwe Müller (GDR refugees)
Moderation: Marko Martin, author “Freedom Tasks” (2025)
In cooperation with the Federal Foundation for the Processing of the SED dictatorship