diff --git a/statistics-service-provider/pom.xml b/statistics-service-provider/pom.xml
index 05b21c1..5ce06ab 100644
--- a/statistics-service-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/statistics-service-provider/pom.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
diff --git a/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/CustomJsonDeserializer.java b/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/CustomJsonDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c957a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/CustomJsonDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package de.sample.schulung.statistics.kafka;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.PropertyNamingStrategies;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.JacksonUtils;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.serializer.JsonDeserializer;
+
+public class CustomJsonDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Object> {
+
+  private static ObjectMapper createCustomObjectMapper() {
+    final var result = JacksonUtils.enhancedObjectMapper();
+    result.setPropertyNamingStrategy(PropertyNamingStrategies.SNAKE_CASE);
+    result.disable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS);
+    result.registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  public CustomJsonDeserializer() {
+    super(createCustomObjectMapper());
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/CustomerEventListener.java b/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/CustomerEventListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba3e3d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/CustomerEventListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package de.sample.schulung.statistics.kafka;
+
+import de.sample.schulung.statistics.domain.Customer;
+import de.sample.schulung.statistics.domain.CustomersService;
+import jakarta.validation.ValidationException;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.KafkaListener;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.KafkaHeaders;
+import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.Header;
+import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.Payload;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+@Slf4j
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class CustomerEventListener {
+
+  private final CustomersService customersService;
+
+  @KafkaListener(
+    topics = KafkaConstants.CUSTOMER_EVENTS_TOPIC
+  )
+  public void consume(
+    @Payload CustomerEventRecord record,
+    @Header(KafkaHeaders.RECEIVED_PARTITION) String partition,
+    @Header(KafkaHeaders.OFFSET) int offset
+  ) {
+    log.info(
+      "Received record {} {} (Partition: {}, Offset: {})",
+      record.eventType(),
+      record.uuid(),
+      partition,
+      offset
+    );
+    if(record.eventType() == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    switch (record.eventType()) {
+      case "created":
+      case "updated":
+        if("active".equals(record.customer().state())) {
+          var customer = Customer
+            .builder()
+            .uuid(record.uuid())
+            .dateOfBirth(record.customer().birthdate())
+            .build();
+          customersService.saveCustomer(customer);
+        } else {
+          // TODO wenn "created" / nicht "active" -> kein DB-Zugriff
+          customersService.deleteCustomer(record.uuid());
+        }
+        break;
+      case "deleted":
+        customersService.deleteCustomer(record.uuid());
+        break;
+      default:
+        throw new ValidationException();
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/CustomerEventRecord.java b/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/CustomerEventRecord.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66ea608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/CustomerEventRecord.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package de.sample.schulung.statistics.kafka;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+public record CustomerEventRecord(
+  String eventType,
+  UUID uuid,
+  CustomerRecord customer
+) {
+}
diff --git a/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/CustomerRecord.java b/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/CustomerRecord.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb88e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/CustomerRecord.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package de.sample.schulung.statistics.kafka;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+
+public record CustomerRecord(
+  LocalDate birthdate,
+  String state
+) {
+}
diff --git a/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/KafkaConstants.java b/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/KafkaConstants.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4958b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/statistics-service-provider/src/main/java/de/sample/schulung/statistics/kafka/KafkaConstants.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package de.sample.schulung.statistics.kafka;
+
+import lombok.experimental.UtilityClass;
+
+@UtilityClass
+public class KafkaConstants {
+
+  public final String CUSTOMER_EVENTS_TOPIC = "customer-events";
+
+}
diff --git a/statistics-service-provider/src/main/resources/application.yml b/statistics-service-provider/src/main/resources/application.yml
index b657716..b9a76f2 100644
--- a/statistics-service-provider/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/statistics-service-provider/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ spring:
     console:
       path: /db
       enabled: true
+  kafka:
+    bootstrap-servers: ${KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS:localhost:9092}
+    consumer:
+      value-deserializer: de.sample.schulung.statistics.kafka.CustomJsonDeserializer
+      properties:
+        "[spring.json.use.type.headers]": false
+        "[spring.json.value.default.type]": de.sample.schulung.statistics.kafka.CustomerEventRecord
+      group-id: customer-statistics
+      auto-offset-reset: earliest
 application:
   init-sample-data:
     enabled: true
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