Reading: “Hours Like Days”

with author Shelly Kupferberg

Shelly Kupferberg, ©Heike Steinweg, Diogenes Verlag / Buchcover Stunden wie Tage, ©Diogenes Verlag – Shelly Kupferberg, ©Heike Steinweg, Diogenes Verlag / Buchcover Stunden wie Tage, ©Diogenes Verlag

Berlin, in the 1940s: Martha E. is hardworking and extremely thrifty. These are good qualities for her job as a building superintendent in the Berkowitz brothers’ apartment building in Schöneberg. Liane Berkowitz comes from a good family; she is a curious and fun-loving girl who, in the midst of the war, discovers love—and the resistance against the Nazis. Decades later, Martha wanders the streets of Schöneberg, ragged and bedraggled. Everyone knows her, yet no one knows who she really is: a millionaire and a witness to Liane’s fateful life.

About the Author:
Shelly Kupferberg, born in Tel Aviv in 1974, grew up in West Berlin and studied journalism, theater, and musicology. She is a journalist and hosts programs on culture and society for “Deutschlandfunk Kultur” and “RBB radio3.” Her first book, “Isidor,” was a hit with both the public and the press. Shelly Kupferberg lives with her family in Berlin.

Event start: 6:30 p.m.
Doors open: starting at 6:00 p.m.

Café Max will be open for you until the event begins. You can browse for exciting literature at the book table before and after the reading.

This event is made possible by the generous support of the Beck Foundation.Translated with DeepL

Price: €12.00

Next date:

• Date Wednesday, 11/November/2026 18:30 bis 20:00
• Venue Liebermann-Villa am Wannsee
• Address Colomierstraße 3, 14109 Berlin-Zehlendorf