Carmen Korn presents her new novel "In den Scherben das Licht" for the first time (ET 11.11.2025) - and celebrates its premiere at Kampnagel.
Gert and Gisela are teenagers when they meet in a cellar in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel in the second winter after the war. Two war children, uprooted, alone, traumatized - and yet this first meeting is the beginning of something greater: a friendship, perhaps even a love. They find shelter in the half-destroyed house of Friede Wahrlich, a former actress who tries her best to make a home out of the rubble.
While the reconstruction begins outside, the memories struggle inside: What happened to Gisela's parents? Is Gert's little sister alive? And what happened to the men Friede once loved? In Tornquiststrasse, past and future collide - at a time when light and hope are only slowly returning.
Carmen Korn tells a moving and vivid story of survival and new beginnings. She shows how war destroys not only cities, but also souls - and how people can still find each other again.

Moderator: Anouk Schollähn