More than 35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German city says it will be "giving freedom fighters and prominent democrats from all over the world" a stage.
Berlin Freedom Week will run in the German capital for the first time from November 8-15 - with over 70 events at over 30 locations throughout the city with The Berlin Freedom Conference on November 10 in the Schöneberger Gasometer (top image) on the EUREF campus the centrepiece of the event.
Numerous international guests are expected to attend, including civil rights activists, researchers, media professionals and politicians.
Berlin Freedom Week will focus is on the special significance of freedom for Berlin, as well as the topic in the current global context.
The patron of the event is the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner. The entire program of events for Berlin Freedom Week is available at berlin-freedom-week.com.
Guests will include the Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk, the Russian journalist and civil rights activist Vladimir Kara-Mursa, Ben Hodges, former Commander-in-Chief of the US Armed Forces in Europe, and the Director of the German Economic Institute, Professor Dr Michael Hüther.
Berlin Freedom Week will focus is on the special significance of freedom for Berlin, as well as the topic in the current global context.
The patron of the event is the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner. The entire program of events for Berlin Freedom Week is available at berlin-freedom-week.com.
Guests will include the Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk, the Russian journalist and civil rights activist Vladimir Kara-Mursa, Ben Hodges, former Commander-in-Chief of the US Armed Forces in Europe, and the Director of the German Economic Institute, Professor Dr Michael Hüther.
Speakers from the World Liberty Congress include the President and renowned Iranian journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejad and the Venezuelan politician and freedom activist Leopoldo López. Tickets for the Berlin Freedom Conference can be booked via this link.
A mobile stage will stop each day at central and symbolic locations with a program of stage performances, film screenings, audio installations and interactive elements.
A mobile stage will stop each day at central and symbolic locations with a program of stage performances, film screenings, audio installations and interactive elements.
The centrepiece is the 1:1 replica of the Freedom Bell, which was donated to West Berlin by US citizens in 1950 and ceremoniously hung in Schöneberg Town Hall.
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