diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/model/Geschichte.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/model/Geschichte.java
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+package org.raddatz.familienarchiv.model;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+import jakarta.persistence.*;
+import lombok.*;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.CreationTimestamp;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.UpdateTimestamp;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+@Entity
+@Table(name = "geschichten")
+@Data
+@NoArgsConstructor
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@Builder
+public class Geschichte {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.UUID)
+    @Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED)
+    private UUID id;
+
+    @Column(nullable = false)
+    @Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED)
+    private String title;
+
+    @Column(columnDefinition = "TEXT")
+    private String body;
+
+    @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
+    @Column(nullable = false)
+    @Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED)
+    @Builder.Default
+    private GeschichteStatus status = GeschichteStatus.DRAFT;
+
+    @ManyToOne
+    @JoinColumn(name = "author_id")
+    private AppUser author;
+
+    @ManyToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
+    @JoinTable(name = "geschichten_persons",
+            joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "geschichte_id"),
+            inverseJoinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "person_id"))
+    @Builder.Default
+    private Set<Person> persons = new HashSet<>();
+
+    @ManyToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
+    @JoinTable(name = "geschichten_documents",
+            joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "geschichte_id"),
+            inverseJoinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "document_id"))
+    @Builder.Default
+    private Set<Document> documents = new HashSet<>();
+
+    @CreationTimestamp
+    @Column(updatable = false)
+    @Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED)
+    private LocalDateTime createdAt;
+
+    @UpdateTimestamp
+    @Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED)
+    private LocalDateTime updatedAt;
+
+    @Column(name = "published_at")
+    private LocalDateTime publishedAt;
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/model/GeschichteStatus.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/model/GeschichteStatus.java
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+package org.raddatz.familienarchiv.model;
+
+public enum GeschichteStatus {
+    DRAFT,
+    PUBLISHED
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/db/migration/V58__add_geschichten.sql b/backend/src/main/resources/db/migration/V58__add_geschichten.sql
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+-- Geschichten: blog-like family memory stories linked to persons and documents (issue #381).
+-- BLOG_WRITE permission gates authoring; DRAFT stories are never returned to readers.
+
+CREATE TABLE geschichten (
+    id              UUID PRIMARY KEY,
+    title           VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    body            TEXT,
+    status          VARCHAR(32)  NOT NULL,
+    author_id       UUID         REFERENCES app_users (id) ON DELETE SET NULL,
+    created_at      TIMESTAMP    NOT NULL,
+    updated_at      TIMESTAMP    NOT NULL,
+    published_at    TIMESTAMP
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE geschichten_persons (
+    geschichte_id   UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES geschichten (id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    person_id       UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES persons      (id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    PRIMARY KEY (geschichte_id, person_id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE geschichten_documents (
+    geschichte_id   UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES geschichten (id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    document_id     UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES documents   (id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    PRIMARY KEY (geschichte_id, document_id)
+);
+
+-- Index page query: WHERE status = 'PUBLISHED' ORDER BY published_at DESC.
+CREATE INDEX idx_geschichten_published
+    ON geschichten (published_at DESC)
+    WHERE status = 'PUBLISHED';
+
+-- Reverse-lookup indexes for the ?personId / ?documentId filters.
+CREATE INDEX idx_geschichten_persons_person     ON geschichten_persons   (person_id);
+CREATE INDEX idx_geschichten_documents_document ON geschichten_documents (document_id);