Sarah Vera John completed her Master’s degree in Political Science at the Otto Suhr Institute of Freie Universität Berlin. During her studies, she focused primarily on debates concerning memory politics in Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet region. From May 2023 to May 2026, Sarah Vera John served as a student assistant for the project "History of Ihnestraße 22." Since June 2026, she has been a visiting scholar at the Ihnestraße Memorial, which emerged from this project in 2024. In this capacity, she is working on the research and publication project "Von Dahlemer Feldern zur Diversitätsstrategie. Eine Umweltgeschichte der Freien Universität Berlin“ (working title).