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Leipzig: 30.10.to 03.11.2025

Leipzig, 30.10.2025 to 03.11.2025:The multimedia/periodical reading room and the map reading room are closed from 30.10 to 03.11.

Leipzig: Saturday 8 November 2025

The museum reading room in Leipzig will be closed on Saturday, 8 November. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 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.

Book donation for the German National Library

Umschlag des Buches von Anna Seghers, Visado de transito Umschlag des Buches von Anna Seghers, Visado de transito

Private collector Rüdiger Harms, who lives in Bochum, has made a generous donation of books to the German National Library for its exile collections. In all, 40 different translations dating from before 1950 have been added to the collection. Many of the books still have their rare original wrappers and are a superb addition to the existing holdings in Frankfurt and Leipzig.

One particularly outstanding literary work is the Mexican first edition of Anna Seghers’ work Transit, dating from 1944. Other works worthy of mention include La Hija, the Spanish translation of Bruno Frank’s work Die Tochter (The Daughter) (Buenos Aires, 1944), and Ernst Lothar’s El Prisonero (Heldenplatz – The Prisoner) (Buenos Aires, 1946). Other titles include El Tigre Azul (Der blaue Tiger – The Blue Tiger) by Alfred Döblin, Simona (Simone) by Lion Feuchtwanger, La Rebelion des los Pescadores (Aufstand der Fischer von St. Barbara – Revolt of the Fishermen of Santa Barbara) by Anna Seghers (all published in Buenos Aires in 1945), Tres Dias (Drei Tage – Three Days) by Victoria Wolf (La Plata, 1945), and Tres Camaradas (Drei Kameraden – Three Comrades) by Erich Maria Remarque (Montevideo, n.d.). The political publications include a Czech translation of Julius Deutsch’s Der Bürgerkrieg in Österreich (The Civil War in Austria) dating from 1934. The book is still in its original condition and still has the wrapper designed by Thomas Theodor Heine. Also worth mentioning are Španělsko Krvăcĭ, the Czech version of Arthur Koestler’s book on the Spanish civil war published in 1937, and a contemporary analysis by Emil Ludwig titled La Historia que estamos viviendo (Bogotá, 1942).

Covers of books for the German National Library

Umschlag des Buches Visado de Transito von Anna Seghers aus dem Jahr 1944

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  1. Ruth Weiss (1924 – 2025) – In memoriam
  2. Dr. Vincent C. Frank Steiner (1930–2025) – In memoriam
  3. Hans Günter Flieg (1923–2024) – in memoriam
  4. Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer (1928–2024) – in memoriam
  5. Guy Stern (1922–2023) – in memoriam
  6. Trude Simonsohn (1921-2022) – in memoriam
  7. “Child Emigration from Frankfurt am Main. Stories of rescue, loss and remembrance”
  8. Questionnaires as a source for researching German-speaking exile – using Alfred Kantorowicz as an example
  9. Professor Dr. John M. Spalek (1928-2021) in memoriam
  10. Lieselotte Maas (1937-2020) – In memoriam
  11. Ruth Klüger (1931-2020) – in memoriam
  12. "What should I cook?" Recipes from the German Exile Archive 1933-1945
  13. Hellmut Stern (1928-2020) - In memoriam
  14. Thomas Mann: German listeners! – listening station on the topic of exile outside our Frankfurt building
  15. Publication of exhibition catalogue “Exile. Experience and Testimony”
  16. Focusing on the topic of exile – the history magazine "Damals" ("Yesteryear") is published in collaboration with the German Exile Archive 1933–1945
  17. Dora Schindel (1915–2018) – In memoriam
  18. Werner Berthold (1921–2017) – In memoriam
  19. Rolf Kralovitz (1925 - 2015) – In memoriam
  20. Buddy Elias – In memoriam
  21. Arts in Exile – virtual exhibition and network
  22. Brigitte Kralovitz-Meckauer (1925–2014) – in memoriam
  23. Ludwig Werner Kahn - 100th birthday
  24. Goethe Medal and honorary membership of the Gesellschaft für Exilforschung e.V. awarded to Professor John M. Spalek
  25. "Nestor of German finance" - Fritz Neumark's 110th birthday
  26. Book donation for the German National Library
  27. "A prisoner of Stalin and Hitler" - 20 years since the death of Margarete Buber-Neumann
  28. The founder of futurology – the 100th birthday of Ossip K. Flechtheim
  29. On the death of lyricist Emma Kann
  30. Nestor of exile research 1933–1945 in the USA - the 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. John M. Spalek
  31. Pre-mortem legacy of politologist John G. Stoessinger in the German Exile Archive 1933-1945
  32. Lili Cassel Wronker: A London Diary, 1939-1940
  33. Chronicler of her century – 90th birthday of Anja Lundholm
  34. Reichsausbürgerungskartei
  35. Hans Gustav Güterbock
  36. Geneviève Pitot: The Mauritian-Shekel

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