Standing together as one against antisemitism. Cooperation agreement between the German Exile Archive and RIAS Hessen

20 November 2025 // The German Exile Archive 1933–1945 of the German National Library and the Office on Research and Information on Antisemitism Hessen (RIAS Hessen) have signed a cooperation agreement on closer collaboration in developing strategies against antisemitism and to raise awareness of antisemitism and its effects.

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Words of Light. Leipzig Light Poetry

Every evening between 3 and 9 November 2025, Leipzig's Panorama Tower ("Uniriese") will be transformed into a monumental work of word art. Titled "Lichtw:orte. Leipziger Lichtlyrik" (Words of Light. Leipzig Light Poetry), extracts of poems focusing on the theme of "flight and refuge" will be visually interpreted and theatrically staged as a light installation in the city's public spaces.

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Lili Cassel-Wronker's "London Diary"

Book launch at the German National Library

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"Forget it?!"

"The future and past of knowlede storage. A journey through the history of remembrance culture"
Exhibition at the German Museum of Books and Writing from 24 October

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BookTalkWalk. Contemplative walks with books of the century

A new interactive educational format
Launch on 21 September, 15:00, starting point: German Museum of Books and Writing at the German National Library, BookTalkWalk with Environmental Mayor Heiko Rosenthal (discussing Dave Goulson's book “Das Summen in der Wiese – Das geheime Leben der Insekten“)

18 September 2025 // The German Museum of Books and Writing at the German National Library is launching a new interactive educational format for literature alled BookTalkWalk. This will consist of walks with the books of the century.

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“For real?”
Mobile exhibition truck in the DNB

7 August 2025 // On Monday 25 August 2025 at 15:00, the mobile education project "For real? – virtual encounters with NS eyewitnesses" organised by the Brandenburg Museum for Future, Present and History will embark on its autumn 2025 tour. The exhibition will be hosted at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main at the invitation of the German Exile Archive 1933–1945. It will be launched in the presence of its patron, Michel Friedman, who is available for interviews.

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German National Library fills three new management positions

1 July 2025 // As part of its organisational development process and based on the Strategic Compass 2035, the German National Library has created three new domains which will take up operations on 1 December 2025.  The Collections Domain will be headed by Constanze Schumann, Ulrike Junger is taking over the Metadata Domain and Susanne Theile is going to be in charge of the Access and Engagement Domain.

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Re-launch of the Licensing Service for Out-of-commerce works (VW-LiS)

1 July 2025 // The German National Library is re-launching its Licensing Service for Out-of-commerce works (VW-LiS) on 1 July 2025. The free service allows people to easily find 20th century out-of-commerce works in traditional library collections and to swiftly apply for usage licences.

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Archived press releases

Do you want to know more about the topics we have focused on in recent years? Or would you like to find out about past exhibitions and events? You can browse press releases from past years in our archive.

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