Eyewitness History Talk: A Lifetime in Berlin

We are extremely pleased to announce the details of the next  Circus Talks evening in cooperation with the ZeitZeugenBörse (Centre for Witness to Contemporary History) which will be taking place on Tuesday 21^st February 2012 in Fabisch at the Circus Hotel.

Alexander Longolius was born in Berlin in 1935, two years after the Nazis came to power and four before the outbreak of World War II. In the early 1950s he went on a school exchange to the United States, before studying in Berlin. He has been strongly involved in Berlin politics, and was a member of the Berlin Senate (state government), as well as being the Chairman of the executive board of the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation. In 2005 he was awarded the German Order of Merit in recognition of his work for German-American friendship. He has lived in Berlin through the war, the Allied occupation, the division of the city and its eventual reunification, and he will be coming to the Circus to share his experiences of the last 76 years. It promises to be another fascinating evening, and we are really excited to welcome Mr Longolius to the Circus and hear the thoughts of someone who has lived through and been a participant in the modern history of the city.

Details:

Eyewitness History Talk with Alexander Longolius
Tuesday 21^st February 2012, 6.45pm
Fabisch at The Circus Hotel, Rosenthaler Str. 1, Berlin-Mitte
U-Bahn Rosenthaler Platz
Entrance is free, the talk is open to all, and the language is English

If you are interested in discovering more about the ZeitZeugenBörse and the talks at the Circus, take a look at this post on Slow Travel Berlin.