Geschichte(n) mit Rheinblick: Die Kriminalistinnen

In the organizer's words:

Travel back in time to Düsseldorf in the late 1960s: author Mathias Berg talks about his book series "Die Kriminalistinnen" and presents his final volume "Der stumme Zeuge". Together with Dr. Heidi Sack from the Haus der Geschichte Nordrhein-Westfalen, he talks about the challenge of combining history and fiction in an exciting way.

Düsseldorf, 1969: For the first time, women are trained as criminal investigators - a novelty in German history that provokes resistance from the authorities and the population. But 22-year-old Lucia Specht does not let this stop her. She is fascinated by the profession of detective and determined to escape the confines of her home town of Essen in the Ruhr region.

In his "Die Kriminalistinnen" series, author Mathias Berg takes his readers on a journey through time to Düsseldorf in the late 1960s. In his three books, he tells the exciting story of young women's struggle for recognition in a professional world dominated by men. His books are a mixture of criminal case and detailed portrait of the beginnings of women's professional emancipation in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The reading will take place at Schleuse II in the Bilker Bunker, Aachener Str. 39 in Düsseldorf. Free admission. Admission is at 7 pm.

"Geschichte(n) mit Rheinblick" is a series of events organized by the Haus der Geschichte Nordrhein-Westfalen.