Reading with Helmut Seibt as part of the 23rd Ahrenshooper Literaturtage
"Being related is man's first situation until the last days of his life. There is no escape." This sentence by Käthe Miethe (1893-1961) can be found on the very first pages of a work that she wrote in the second half of the 1940s and which can now be presented as a first publication.
In twelve chapters, she deals with the most diverse aspects of the subject of kinship. She takes us on a journey through the centuries, uses numerous examples to illustrate the problems that people related to each other have to deal with, returns to their present time again and again and also allows us a glimpse into our own family.
This look at her own family is supplemented by three texts by Marie Miethe, in which Käthe Miethe's mother describes parts of her own life.
In "Alle, die mir sind verwandt" we get to know a completely new Käthe Miethe, not an author of books for young people, not a chronicler of Fischland. In the last half century, family and kinship have naturally undergone changes, but being related is still "man's first situation" and will remain so "until the last days of his life". Some of Käthe Miethe's thoughts on this are almost frighteningly topical.
Admission: 30 minutes before the event
