Bus Tour: Sung Tieu and Tamara Hentschel

The tour follows the traces of Vietnamese labor migration in the GDR, particularly highlighting the upheavals of the reunification years and their lasting effects today. It includes former housing complexes and workplaces as well as sites of right-wing extremist violence and social tensions. The tour concludes with a short stop at the Dong Xuan Center.


The approximately five-hour tour takes participants to various locations by bus. The explanations will be given primarily in German, with informal translations into Vietnamese and English in small groups.


 26 April 25, 1 – 6 pm

Departure:

Boarding Option 1: 1:00 PM
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Auguststraße 69, 10117 Berlin


Boarding Option 2: Around 1:30 PM
S-Bahn Station Lichtenberg, Taxi Stand Weitlingstraße, 10317 Berlin


Stops:

Stop 1:
Rhinstraße, 10315 Berlin
Former housing complex for contract workers and temporary location of the Reistrommel e. V. association.


Stop 2:
Gehrenseestraße 1, 13053 Berlin
Tour of the ruins of a former housing complex for contract workers.


Stop 3:
Youth Club "Wurzel," Dessauerstraße 1, 12689 Berlin
Barnim Gymnasium, Ahrensfelder Chaussee 41, 13057 Berlin
A brief stop between the Youth Club "Wurzel," which was a meeting point for the neo-Nazi scene in the early 1990s, and Barnim Gymnasium, which now organizes exchange programs with Vietnamese schools.


Stop 4:
Brodowiner Ring, 12679 Berlin
Location of the memorial for Nguyễn Văn Tú, who was murdered here on April 24, 1992, by a right-wing extremist.


Stop 5:
Havemannstraße, 12689 Berlin
Former housing complexes for contract workers.

Stop 6:
Möllendorfstraße, 10367 Berlin
Former site of VEB Fortschritt Herrenbekleidung, the largest state-owned manufacturer of men's clothing in the GDR.


Stop 7:
Dong Xuan Center, Herzbergstraße 128-139, 10365 Berlin


Return:

Drop-off Option 1: Around 5:30 PM
S-Bahn Station Lichtenberg, Taxi Stand Weitlingstraße, 10317 Berlin

Drop-off Option 2: Around 6:00 PM
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Auguststraße 69, 10117 Berlin



In German, Vietnamese and English

Tickets available online. Participation fee: 10 EUR (regular) / 8 EUR (reduced)


Tamara Hentschel grew up in the GDR in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg and worked from 1987 to 1990 as a supervisor in dormitories for Vietnamese contract workers. In April 1990, she founded the Consultation Center for Foreign Citizens. In 1993, she co-founded the Reistrommel e. V. association with other German-Vietnamese activists.
In recognition of her work in integrating Vietnamese people in Germany and her commitment to intercultural understanding and humanity, she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in 2003 for over 20 years of service in this field.


Sung Tieu (*1987 in Hai Duong, Vietnam) is an artist living in Berlin.