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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: 31 October 2025 (Reformation Day )

Friday, 31 October 2025: The German National Library in Leipzig will be closed. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

Günter Baby Sommer on drums, Jazz festival Peitz, 1980

Black-and-white photograph showing percussion in the foreground; behind it, there is a man with a beard playing with great concentration Günter Baby Sommer on drums, Jazz festival Peitz, 1980 Photo: Matthias Creutziger

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