Weiter Schreiben. Eine literarische Intervention in der Ausstellung „Roads not Taken. Oder: Es hätte auch anders kommen können“

Weiter Schreiben has invited four writers from Syria, South Sudan, Iran and Ukraine to respond to the exhibition "Roads not Taken. Or: It could have turned out differently" at the German Historical Museum in a literary-performative way. The event will take place in the exhibition rooms.

Dima Albitar Kalaji, Stella Gaitano and Soroush Mozaffar Moghadam have actively participated in peaceful protest movements in their countries of origin, which did not lead to the hoped-for change but were crushed by state repression. During war, revolution and continued oppression by violent regimes, they risked their lives to fight for democracy, freedom and human rights, were forced to flee and are now living in exile in Germany. Kateryna Mishchenko (Ukraine/Germany), had to flee to Germany in the wake of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.

The authors use their literary sense of possibility to approach the exhibition's historical-philosophical approach of presenting alternative possibilities of historical trajectories along tipping points in German history. Their texts tell of ruptures and upheavals, discontinuities and states of limbo; they open up spaces of resonance. Following the interventions in the original languages, German-speaking authors who are part of theWeiter Schreiben network will read the respective translations.

A joint event of the Weiter Schreiben - Interventionen project and the Deutsches Historisches Museum, funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.