Clemens Böckmann, author and filmmaker from Leipzig, reads from his award-winning debut novel.

Who is this woman? Her Stasi files describe Uta as "tall", "slim", "very intelligent, sometimes also very sophisticated". They call her "manly" and note that she "smokes a lot and also consumes a lot of alcohol". But is that all there is to it? How can you describe a person full of hope and lust who gets caught up in the contradictions of her time?
Uta was a sex worker for over forty years. Targeted by the Stasi since 1971, she was both perpetrator and victim. In Clemens Böckmann's disturbing novel, he, she and the files tell a life together. There is no truth about the GDR or the exploitation of women - but there is attention for a person forgotten by everyone.

The Scharfe bookshop will once again be present with a book table that evening. (Only cash payment possible.)

Admission: 7.30 pm
Start: 8 p.m.
Admission: 3/5€

A further education event by STRAZEkultur in the Kultur- und Initiativenhaus Greifswald e.V.

The STRAZE is wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator and a wheelchair-accessible toilet. All toilets are all-gender toilets. A limited number of beanbags are available as alternative seating.