75 years of Exile Archive:
Opening of the expanded permanent exhibition
Exhibition opening
Bildmontage: Alexander Paul Englert, Framegrabber Medien GmbH
begin 05.12.2024, 19:00
end 05.12.2024, 21:00
location Frankfurt am Main
The German Exile Archive 1933–1945 is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. These days it is committed more than ever to its educational founding impulse to counteract anti-Semitism, racism, nationalism and baiting, and to promote democratic values. We are celebrating this anniversary by opening the redesigned and expanded permanent exhibition “Exile. Experience and Testimony”.
Numerous visitors who have seen the exhibition since 2018 were touched by the presented items and stories and were inspired to reflect on them. The “exile experience” offered by the exhibition is now even more accessible and immediate, thanks to new content, interactive elements and artistic perspectives. At the same time, more room is afforded to present-day questions and answers related to the issues of flight and exile, as well as to the visitors’ opinions.
Programme
Welcome speech
Frank Scholze, Director General of the German National Library
Greetings
Dr. Rachel Heuberger, Board of the Jewish Community Frankfurt
Dr. Kai-Michael Sprenger, Director of the "Stiftung Orte der Deutschen Demokratiegeschichte" (Foundation for Sites of German Democratic History)
Prof. Dr. Frido Mann, Writer and Psychologist
Introduction to the expanded permanent exhibition
Dr. Sylvia Asmus, Head of the German Exile Archiv 1933-1945, Dr. Jesko Bender, Theresia Biehl and Dr. Marc Wurich
Conversation “Memories for the future”: 75 years of Exile Archive
Dr. Helke Rausch, Historian, Dr. Sylvia Asmus and Frank Scholze
Artistic accompaniment during the event.
Robert Stadlober, Actor and musician (reading)
Vassily Dück, Accordion (Music)
Moderation: Aisha Camara
Information and contact
The event will be held in German
Venue: Lecture hall, German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
Costs: Free admission
Duration: 2 hours
Booking: Online via the button above.
Cloakroom info: Please leave your coats, jackets and bags in the cloakroom. You can also use our lockers, for which you will need two two-euro coins. Instead of two-euro coins, you can also use tokens, which can be purchased at our automatic pay station using a debit or credit card. A combination of two-euro coins and tokens is also possible.
Accessibility: The area in which the event will be taking place is barrier-free accessible.
Contact: exilarchiv-veranstaltungen@dnb.de or via 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 (underground level), take the U5 in the direction of Preungesheim and get off at the stop “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 10 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 bike
The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main can easily be reached by bike. You can get to the DNB by taking the cycle paths on Adickesallee, Nibelungenallee, and Eckenheimer Landtraße.
Covered bicycle racks are located right at the main entrance.
3 / 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 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 or card payment.
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.
4 / Accessibility
The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main has designated disabled parking spaces in its 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:
08.11.2024
