Sunday, 7/20/2025
at 7:30 PM



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“Deutsche Dinge” – A stroll through 75 years of German history with musical and culinary accompaniment

What Prilblume, Tamagotchi, and Toast Hawaii reveal about our lives
A three-quarter century after the founding of the Federal Republic, this book, released in October, looks back at Germany's history – and tells it through the lens of 75 everyday objects. This history has been unfolded by the author Andreas Matlé from Frankfurt.

Sometimes they are classics like the Birkenstock sandal, in the East the so-called foot-gymnastics pantolettes, or forgotten items like the once-popular brocade covers for rotary phones or the transistor radio Sternchen. With his pointed observations, bestselling author Andreas Matlé paints a cultural historical panorama of East and West Germany. Moreover, as he explores the history of Toast Hawaii, Prilblume, Tamagotchi, the yellow sack, Viagra, and the Weber grill, he gets to the heart of a pan-German way of life.
Musical accompaniment

Diana Perez (vocals) and Olaf Thurau (guitar) will musically accompany the reading with songs related to the text. From “Capri Fishermen” to “When will it be Summer again?” to “New Men are Needed in the Country.”

Culinary offerings for the evening include “Toast Hawaii”… what else!

Doors open: 6:30 PM

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