--- title: "Borders? Borderless? Perspectives of the Third and Fourth Generations East" date: 2026-06-19 last_modified: 2026-06-19T13:52:06+02:00 generated_at: 2026-06-20T14:25:12Z url: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/events/borders-borderless-third-and-fourth-generations-east" description: "Elise Landschek (DIE ZEIT) in conversation with Ngoc Anh Nguyen, Juliane Meckert and Flor Fischer" image: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BG_04-08-2026_1280x900px.png" language: "en-US" --- # Borders? Borderless? Perspectives of the Third and Fourth Generations East Lecture, reading, talk # Borders? Borderless? Perspectives of the Third and Fourth Generations East [ Berlin Exhibition ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/museum/berlin-exhibition-at-the-humboldt-forum) Elise Landschek (DIE ZEIT) in conversation with Ngoc Anh Nguyen, Juliane Meckert and Flor Fischer **Prices** Regular: 5 euros Reduced: 3 euros **Price info** You can buy tickets at the box office at the Humboldt Forum or online via the ticket shop. As a rule, the ticket link will be available online about one month before the event. You’ll find the link to the ticket shop here on this event page. **Location** Doors open at 6 pm. The event starts at 6.30 pm. Recommended for ages 16 and over. **Event** 2026-08-14 18:30:00 **Duration** 1h 30min People born shortly before or after the fall of the Berlin Wall often have little direct experience of the GDR. And yet differences between East and West continue to shape their everyday lives and working realities. In this event, cultural practitioners from eastern Germany talk about where they still encounter these divides today. The discussion looks at disparities in income and access, as well as networks and representation, experiences of exclusion, and racism in the context of the post-reunification period and the current shift to the right. Personal experiences meet broader social perspectives. You will gain insights into realities shaped by both freedom and ongoing barriers. Taking part in the discussion are social worker and musician **Ngoc Anh Nguyen**, theatre-maker and actor **Juliane Meckert**, and author and podcaster **Flor Fischer**. The event will be moderated by Elise Landschek. **Please note:** The event is held in German. ## Get to know the contributors ### Juliane Meckert Juliane Meckert (born in 1982 in Leipzig) is a freelance actress, director and theatre pedagogue based in Berlin. She studied acting at the Mozarteum Salzburg and works both on stage and behind the scenes. Her theatre productions engage with socio-political topics, including *Wir kriegen Euch Alle!* (2022, WESSER | MECKERT), which explores the so‑called “baseball bat years”. Since 2024, she has been working on the long-term performative documentary project *BETRAYAL (working title)*, which looks at betrayal, trust and the lasting effects of the East German secret police. The project explores how surveillance, denunciation and ideological loyalty shaped people’s lives, and how these experiences continue to influence society and politics today. Her work focuses on site-specific, performative and participatory formats, often developed in collaboration with so‑called “experts of everyday life”, with particular attention to space, ritual, memory and transformation. ### Ngoc Anh Nguyen Ngoc Anh Nguyen is a Vietnamese-German singer, songwriter and social worker based in Berlin. Under the artist name ANOTHER NGUYEN, she releases empowering pop music addressing themes of identity, belonging and cultural visibility. Alongside her music, she is involved in projects such as the award-winning Vietnamese-German film initiative *Drehs Um* and performs as both a musician and actor in the theatre production *Do You Hear Me*. With *Du schaffst das schon / Cố lên con*, released in collaboration with Sony Music, she created the first Vietnamese-German children’s song, opening up new visibility for Vietnamese-German children and families. As a family support worker, she works with families in a wide range of situations and brings these experiences into both her artistic and social practice. In 2023, she was a member of the Open Space jury at BERLIN GLOBAL. ### Flor Fischer Flor Fischer is very much a “child of reunification”: born in the East, with family roots there, and raised in the West, he learned early on to move between both sides of the (former) Wall. Today, he is interested in what grows in its cracks, listening to the stories people tell about it and trying to make sense of his own. He works as a freelance trainer, facilitator and author on topics including discrimination, colonial continuities, racism and whiteness, as well as masculinities. ##### Beyond Borders The event marks the opening of the four-part series “Across Borders: Drawing, Tearing Down and Shifting”. Around the 65th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, the series turns its focus to borders in the past and present — in society as well as in everyday life. ## What’s coming up **Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 6:30 pm** No Border Lasts Forever – Refugee Struggles in Times of Right-Wing Shift Reading and discussion **Friday, 30 October 2026, 6:30 pm** Niewiedervereinigung: 100 Interjections on German Unity Reading with Paula Fürstenberg **Thursday, 12 November 2026, 6:30 pm** 1989 as a Mandate: Missed Opportunities, New Perspectives Discussion in cooperation with the Berlin Commissioner for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship (BAB) ## Info & Service ##### Opening Hours Mon + Wed – Sun | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm Tue | closed Last admission is at 5.30 pm ##### Special Opening Hours Thu, 25 June 2026 (private event) | 11.30 – 18.30 pm Sat, 3 October 2026 (German Unity Day) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm Last admission is at 5.30 pm ##### Closing Times Due to maintenance work, the exhibition will be **closed from 4 to 6 May 2026**. On **7 and 8 May 2026**, **parts of the exhibition may be closed** due to maintenance work. The exhibition will reopen as normal on 9 May 2026. On **20 May 2026**, the exhibition will close at 2.30 pm due to an internal event. Thank you for your understanding. ##### Directions Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin [ Google Maps](https://g.page/humboldtforum?share) [ Bus & Train](https://www.bvg.de/en/connections/connection-search) ##### Contact For ticketing and service requests, please contact the Humboldt Forum [Visitor Services](https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/contact-us/): +49 30 9921 189 89 Mo – Fri, 10 a.m.– 6 p.m. ## Dates ![Drei Porträtfotos von den genannten Personen in gelbem Kreis und rosafarbenem Hintergrund](https://cdn.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BG_04-08-2026_1280x900px-300x225.png) Lecture, reading, talk ##### Borders? Borderless? Perspectives of the Third and Fourth Generations East Elise Landschek (DIE ZEIT) in conversation with Ngoc Anh Nguyen, Juliane Meckert and Flor Fischer Berlin Exhibition 2026-08-14 18:30:00