STUNDE NULL? Deutschland zwischen Abgrund und Aufbruch

In the organizer's words:

2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and with it the end of the National Socialist terror state.

"Zero hour" - a highly controversial term. Was it really a new beginning or more of a myth to suppress what was?

The story of our mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers: did the collapse mean liberation or defeat for them?

The fictional Scharlau family lives through the chaotic post-war years in which the old order lies in ruins. They try to get by somehow and adventurously organize the bare necessities on the black market. Although Max Scharlau returns to Hamburg soon after his American imprisonment, he feels like a stranger. Of all people, his former Jewish friend Simon, a former rival for the love of his current wife Sophie, returns as a British officer and prosecutor with a denazification order from the victorious power. His brother-in-law Harry agitates for what he sees as a better socialist state and daughter Carla - who has just grown up - asks some very uncomfortable questions.

While millions of homeless people wander the country, the occupying powers increasingly come into conflict with each other and the Cold War breaks out. And one Germany becomes two.

With: Oliver Hermann / Angelina Kamp / Mignon Remé / Erik Schäffler / Markus Voigt
Direction and dramaturgy: Erik Schäffler
Text: Oliver Hermann / Markus Voigt
Music: Markus Voigt
Stage and production: Oliver Hermann
Costumes: Frauke Volkmann
Photography: Alexandra Calvert

Tickets are available at https://mahnmal-st-nikolai.ticketfritz.de; advance sales have begun.

Preview for further performances in May 2025 at the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, each at 7:30 pm:

Sun. 4 / Mon. 5 / Wed. 7 / Thu. 8 / Fri. 9 / Sat. 10 / Sun. 11 May 2025

A co-production of the Axensprung Theater and the Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Hamburg

Responsible: Dr. Sabine Bamberger-Stemmann

Price information:

15-30€