100 Year Anniversary of the First World War
Numerous
exhibitions and events in Berlin
Berlin,
27th June 2014 Tomorrow is the 100th anniversary of the
assassination of Franz Ferdinand. This was the trigger for the First World War.
For Berlin, this important date is an opportunity to confront the past.
Throughout city, there are numerous cultural offerings on the First World War.
Commemorative
concert in the Cathedral and exhibition in the German Historical Museum
The Berlin Cathedral is organising a commemorative concert for the First World War on the 28th June 2014, at 8pm. Soloists, Berlin choirs and the New Prussian Philharmonic and the Filharmonia Szczecin interpret "War Requiem" by Benjamin Britten. For more information and tickets, please visit visitBerlin.de.
The Berlin Cathedral is organising a commemorative concert for the First World War on the 28th June 2014, at 8pm. Soloists, Berlin choirs and the New Prussian Philharmonic and the Filharmonia Szczecin interpret "War Requiem" by Benjamin Britten. For more information and tickets, please visit visitBerlin.de.
The
exhibition "1914-1918 Der Erste Weltkrieg" ("1914-1918 The First
World War") is on at the German Historical Museum until 30th
November 2014. The only large German exhibition on the events of the war
is focusing on the global scale of the First World War and has approximately
500 exhibits. The exhibition is accompanied by various additional events with
panel discussions and presentations. The armoury cinema is also showing
documentaries and feature films on the First World War. More information is
available here.
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The
exhibition "Mahnung und Verlockung - Die Kriegsbildwelten von Käthe
Kollwitz und Kata Legrady" ("Warning and Allure - the war imagery of
Käthe Kollwitz and Kata Legrady") is on at the Käthe-Kollwitz Museum
Berlin from 30th June to 9th November 2014. Käthe
Kollwitz was personally affected by the First World War as her son Peter was
killed in 1914. The artist's work focuses on the grievances of the war again
and again. Further information is available here.
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| © Deutsches Historisches Museum |
More Events
The
play "Gefährten" ("War Horse") tells the story of am
English boy and his horse in the middle of the First World War. The Theater des
Westens is conducting a commemorative performance on 28th June 2014,
at 7.30pm. The play runs until the 28th September 2014. More on
„Gefährten“ ("War Horse") here.
Multimedia
commemoration: Video bus tours on the First World War are taking place on 28th
June at 1.30 pm and from 1st to 3rd August. The two-hour
long tour special tours start on "Unter den Linden" boulevard and
pass Berlin buildings and squares that were important in the First World War.
An explanatory video will accompany the tour. Information is available at videobustour.de.
Many other Berlin establishments are also
commemorating the First World War this year. An overview of all events can be
found at visitBerlin.de.
visitBerlin Press Officer contact details:
Katharina
Dreger
Tel.:
+49 (0)30 26 47 48 – 956
Christian
Tänzler
Tel.:
+49 (0)30 26 47 48 – 912
