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Tuesday, 17 June 2025

The German National Library will be closed at both locations due to a staff meeting. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig will open from 10:00 to 18:00. The exhibitions of the German Exile Archive 1933-1945 in Frankfurt will be closed.

Thursday, 19 June 2025

Thursday, 19 June 2025: The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main will be closed.

Leipzig: Friday 20 June 2025

The Museum Reading Room at the German National Library in Leipzig will close due to an event at 17:30. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will be open until 18:00.

News from the exile collections

Ausschnitt der illustrierten Titelseite des London Diary von Lili Cassel. Ein zeichnendes Mädchen sitzt zwischen Wolken vermutlich auf einem Sperrballon zur Abwehr von Luftangriffen. Die Illustrationen sind mit Tusche und Wasserfarben gemalt.

Focusing on the topic of exile – the history magazine "Damals" ("Yesteryear") is published in collaboration with the German Exile Archive 1933–1945

Cover des Geschichtsmagazins „Damals“, Ausgabe 2/2019 Cover des Geschichtsmagazins „Damals“, Ausgabe 2/2019

The issue 02/2019 of the history magazine "Damals" is dedicated to the topic of exile. It was created in collaboration with the German Exile Archive 1933–1945 at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main.

In their contribution to the magazine, Dr. Sylvia Asmus and Theresia Biehl explore "The hardships of arrival" ("Die Mühsal des Ankommens") experienced by exiled Germans in the USA. Another contribution presents the permanent exhibition "Exile. Experience and Testimony" of the German Exile Archive at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main. Further articles in the magazine engage with the flight from Nazi Germany, remigration, and exiled Germans in the US Army.

"Damals" is available to purchase at newsstands for 6.90 Euro, copies are also available at the reception desk of the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig.

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Content

  1. Dr. Vincent C. Frank Steiner (1930–2025) – In memoriam
  2. Hans Günter Flieg (1923–2024) – in memoriam
  3. Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer (1928–2024) – in memoriam
  4. Guy Stern (1922–2023) – in memoriam
  5. Trude Simonsohn (1921-2022) – in memoriam
  6. “Child Emigration from Frankfurt am Main. Stories of rescue, loss and remembrance”
  7. Questionnaires as a source for researching German-speaking exile – using Alfred Kantorowicz as an example
  8. Professor Dr. John M. Spalek (1928-2021) in memoriam
  9. Lieselotte Maas (1937-2020) – In memoriam
  10. Ruth Klüger (1931-2020) – in memoriam
  11. "What should I cook?" Recipes from the German Exile Archive 1933-1945
  12. Hellmut Stern (1928-2020) - In memoriam
  13. Thomas Mann: German listeners! – listening station on the topic of exile outside our Frankfurt building
  14. Publication of exhibition catalogue “Exile. Experience and Testimony”
  15. Focusing on the topic of exile – the history magazine "Damals" ("Yesteryear") is published in collaboration with the German Exile Archive 1933–1945
  16. Dora Schindel (1915–2018) – In memoriam
  17. Werner Berthold (1921–2017) – In memoriam
  18. Rolf Kralovitz (1925 - 2015) – In memoriam
  19. Buddy Elias – In memoriam
  20. Arts in Exile – virtual exhibition and network
  21. Brigitte Kralovitz-Meckauer (1925–2014) – in memoriam
  22. Ludwig Werner Kahn - 100th birthday
  23. Goethe Medal and honorary membership of the Gesellschaft für Exilforschung e.V. awarded to Professor John M. Spalek
  24. "Nestor of German finance" - Fritz Neumark's 110th birthday
  25. Book donation for the German National Library
  26. "A prisoner of Stalin and Hitler" - 20 years since the death of Margarete Buber-Neumann
  27. The founder of futurology – the 100th birthday of Ossip K. Flechtheim
  28. On the death of lyricist Emma Kann
  29. Nestor of exile research 1933–1945 in the USA - the 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. John M. Spalek
  30. Pre-mortem legacy of politologist John G. Stoessinger in the German Exile Archive 1933-1945
  31. Lili Cassel Wronker: A London Diary, 1939-1940
  32. Chronicler of her century – 90th birthday of Anja Lundholm
  33. Reichsausbürgerungskartei
  34. Hans Gustav Güterbock
  35. Geneviève Pitot: The Mauritian-Shekel

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