Frag nach! Just ask! – Guided tour to take part in
Guided tour
Graphic: Framegrabber Medien GmbH
begin 30.04.2024, 15:00
end 30.04.2024, 16:30
location Frankfurt am Main
During the guided tour of the exhibition “Frag nach! Just ask!“ we will discover a new kind of eyewitness testimony: the digital interactive interviews with Kurt S. Maier and Inge Auerbacher.
Visitors will make the acquaintance of eyewitnesses Kurt S. Maier and Inge Auerbacher – and experience the passage of time in history. Inge and Kurt spent their childhood in Kippenheim, a municipality in Baden; they were happy there but soon had to face ostracism and persecution by the Nazis. They were deported to Gurs and Theresienstadt but finally found refuge in the USA. Inge Auerbacher and Kurt S. Maier have shared their stories with us. During the exhibition, you will have the opportunity to encounter their interactive life-size testimonies and ask them your own questions. We would like to talk to you: what do the experiences of Kurt S. Maier and Inge Auerbacher have to do with the present day? What is your opinion of this new form of remembrance and encounter? Are digital eyewitness testimonies a sustainable format? Did you find their statements moving?
Information and contact
The event will be held in German.
Meeting Point: Entrance (Rotunda) to the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
Costs: Free admission.
Duration: approx. 90 minutes
Booking: No prior booking required.
Cloakroom info: Please leave your coats, jackets and umbrellas in the cloakroom. You will need two two-Euro coins to store your bags and jackets in the lockers.
Accessibility: The guided tour is barrier-free accessible.
Contact: exilarchiv@dnb.de
Phone: +49 69 1525-1987
Address and getting here
German National Library
Adickesallee 1
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Getting here
We advise you to use public transport.
1 / By public transport
By rail
From the main railway station, take the U4 in the direction of Bornheim or Enkheim or the S-Bahn in the direction city centre and get off at “Konstablerwache”. Change to the U5 in the direction of Preungesheim and get off at the stop “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 15 minutes.
By plane
From the airport (regional station), take S-Bahn S8 in the direction of Hanau or the S9 in the direction of Offenbach and get off at “Konstablerwache”. Change to the U5 in the direction of Preungesheim and get off at the stop “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 30 minutes.
By bus
The “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek” bus stop is served by the number M32 bus.
2 / By car
The address for navigation devices is Eckenheimer Landstraße 165. The building is accessed from the underground car park. The maximum entrance height is 2.0 m.
Approaching from the west
Take the A66 to the end of the autobahn in Miquelallee and follow the signs for Fulda/Hanau; at the third intersection, turn right into Eckenheimer Landstraße in the direction of the city centre; follow the signs and turn right into the underground car park.
Approaching from the north
Take the A661 to the Eckenheim exit, get into the lane for the city centre/Eckenheim, continue straight on to the third major set of traffic lights and cross these. The entrance to the underground car park is located at the German National Library building around 100 metres further on the right.
Parking
Our underground car park has 100 parking spaces for visitors on the first basement floor.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 6:00 to 22:00, Saturday 8:00 to 18:00.
Fees: 2.00 Euro/hour, cash only.
The permanent rental of parking spaces is not possible.
For on-street parking spaces in the Holzhausenviertel district, the City of Frankfurt of Main charges 50 cents per quarter hour or part thereof from Monday to Friday between 7:00 and 19:00.
3 / Accessibility
The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main has designated disabled parking spaces in its underground car park and next to the building in Schlosserstraße. The Library's public rooms can be accessed by lift from the underground car park. Barrier-free access to the main entrance is also available from Schlosserstraße.
Last changes:
07.03.2024
