New episode of Augenrausch podcast: Nicolas Mahler

published 27.09.2024

For the fourth episode of the German Museum of Books and Writing's podcast "AugenRausch", we visited comic artist Nicolas Mahler in Vienna. Mahler turned his attention to elite independent comics in the 1990s and is well known for his literary adaptations and other works.

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Read the story of the German National Library online

published 26.09.2024

"Wissensspeicher in der Bundesrepublik", the third volume chronicling the history of the German National Library, can now be accessed online free of charge.

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Greeting from the Federal President opens Jazz Festival

published 23.09.2024

At the weekend, Federal President Frank Walter Steinmeier gave a welcome speech by video to open the jazz festival DISRUPTIVE ELEMENTS: JAZZ, PROTEST AND REVOLUTION we are holding to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution this autumn. The festival remembered the importance of music as a medium of resistance in the GDR. The occasion of the festival was the presentation of the historical archive of Jazzwerkstatt Peitz to the German Museum of Books and Writing.
The jazz festival was accompanied by two discussions featuring prominent panellists, who debate questions relating to democracy today. The patronage was by Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for East Germany Carsten Schneider.

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Architectural competition

published 11.09.2024

The winners of the architectural design competition for the German National Library's fifth extension in Leipzig have been selected.

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