Christina Clemm: An Indignant Plea—Reading and Discussion with Andrea Zimmermann as part of the "Girl, Woman, Other" series

“Christina Clemm says what we don’t want to hear: Violence reflects the social conditions in which it occurs. What we need to know, and what we can do, is laid out in this urgently needed book.” (Maria Furtwängler)
For nearly thirty years, attorney Christina Clemm has dedicated her work to advocating for victims of gender-based and racially motivated violence. As a family law attorney and criminal defense lawyer, she has fought countless times for the truth on behalf of victims, advocating for justice in the name of relatives, the abused, those sold into slavery, and rape victims. And she is certain: What happens in courtrooms concerns us all.
In *Ein ungehaltenes Plädoyer* (Hanser Berlin, 2026), the author—honored as “BücherFrau 2025”—takes us into the courtroom and shows where we as a society are failing—and how a future built on solidarity and justice is possible.
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Photo: Christian Werner

A joint series with the Heinrich Böll Foundation Baden-Württemberg; for this edition, in cooperation with: Rombach Bookstore, Amica e.V., Soroptimist Club Freiburg, Bücherfrauen Freiburg

Date: October 23, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Location: St. Ursula Gymnasium, Auditorium, Bismarckallee 14
Admission: 16/8 euros (advance tickets: Rombach Bookstore)

Reading and discussion
Literaturhaus