Sommerfest im Brecht-Haus. (Un)Amerikanische Umtriebe

Brecht did not always have it easy in the USA, where he had fled from fascism in 1941. Arriving in a country whose enormous splendor he had sung about with fascination in the 1920s, he now looked for "a little price tag on every ridge or lemon tree". Between Hollywood stars and hangmen, mafiosi and monopolists, he soon experienced the limits of his regained freedom. After being interrogated before the US Congress in October 1947, he saved himself from his rescuers with one last escape: back to Europe.

This year's summer festival program focuses on these events with lyrical interventions, museum tours, music and unknown treasures from the archive. In the evening, Brecht's sly appearance before the Committee for Un-American Activities can be experienced again on stage: lots of Marx, more Groucho than Karl. Afterwards, in the "ghost hour" at the Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof, reading patrons will read texts by artists who are buried there.

An event organized by the Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus, the Brecht-Weigel-Museum and the Bertolt-Brecht-Archiv, in cooperation with the Evangelischer Friedhofsverband Berlin Stadtmitte.

The traditional summer festival in the Brecht House welcomes visitors with lyrical interventions, museum tours, music, performances and unknown treasures from the archive on the subject of "(Un)American Umtriebe". In the "witching hour" at the neighboring Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof cemetery, texts by prominent personalities who are buried there will be recited.

With students of the HfS Ernst Busch, Esther Esche, Bettina Wegner, Kristin Schulz, Grischa Meyer, Peter von Becker, Peter Badel and others.