Auf eine Currywurst mit Gregor Gysi

In the organizer's words:

Gregor Gysi talks and recites from "Ein Leben ist zu wenig. The Autobiography." and presents his latest books "What Politicians Don't Say..." and "A Currywurst with Gregor Gysi". In "What politicians don't say..." - with the apt subtitle "...because it's about majorities and not truths!" - he explains how communication works in the political arena, why MPs are not appointed on the basis of professionalism, what speaking time limits apply in the Bundestag and why he primarily addresses the audience in talk shows rather than his fellow panelists.

For years, Hans-Dieter Schütt has accompanied Gregor Gysi at his book events, resulting in numerous conversations, which are collected in "Auf eine Currywurst mit Gregor Gysi". In the short interviews at the snack stand, the lawyer and politician is quick-witted, wise and more open and personal than ever before. In the exclusive interview book, Gysi and Schütt talk about speaking and remaining silent, the future of the Left Party and writing books.

Gregor Gysi offers an anecdote-rich look behind the scenes of the political scene and talks about his many lives as a lawyer, politician, author and presenter and - last but not least - as a family man. A life and a family history that leads from Russia to Rhodesia and into everyday court life with murderers and thieves, including praise of Lenin and the Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. The evening will be hosted by Hans-Dieter Schütt, who will also discuss current political issues.

Gregor Gysi, born in 1948, lawyer and politician. As a lawyer, he represented Robert Havemann, Rudolf Bahro and other critics of the regime. 1989-1992 party chairman of the PDS. 1990-202 and 2005-2015 parliamentary group leader of the PDS and the Left Party. He is still a Member of Parliament. President of the Party of the European Left from December 2016 - December 2019. In 2020, he was appointed foreign policy spokesman for the Die Linke parliamentary group in the Bundestag and resigned from his post in September 2023.

Gregor Gysi was reviled and insulted by his political opponents more than almost any other German politician. And hardly anyone fought back through the dense undergrowth of hostility as cleverly, unerringly and successfully as he did: Gregor Gysi. Today he is one of the most popular politicians in Germany, across all party lines.

Gregor Gysi shaped left-wing thinking, became one of its most important protagonists and achieved recognized prominence. His autobiography is a book of history and stories that reflects and brings to life the upheavals and extremes, the designs and disappointments of the 20th century in a very personal way. Gregor Gysi tells of his childhood and youth, describes his path to becoming a lawyer, provides insights into his relationship with dissidents and the tensions at the top of the party and parliamentary group. Above all, however, he talks about the astonishing turn his life has taken since the historic events of fall 1989. The lawyer becomes a politician: "I never wanted to simply run away," says Gysi, thereby striking at the core of his character: enduring contradictions!

Hans-Dieter Schütt, born in Ohrdruf in 1948, studied theater studies in Leipzig, was editor and chief editor of the daily newspaper "Junge Welt" in the GDR. He has published numerous essays, biographies and interview books. Among other things, he contributed to Gregor Gysi's autobiography "Ein Leben ist zu wenig", the book "Was Politiker nicht sagen" and "Auf eine Currywurst mit Gregor Gysi".