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Exhibition opening with matinée "Hell and Paradise"

Exhibition opening

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begin 23.03.2024, 11:00

end 23.03.2024, 12:30

location Leipzig

Import to calendar (ICS, 5kB)

When Emanuel Querido first founded a German literature publishing company in Amsterdam in 1915, he had no idea that barely 20 years later, it would become a home for Jewish authors who had fled Germany. The exhibition “Hell and Paradise. Amsterdam, Querido and the German exile literature” tells the story of the German exile publisher Querido and the people who shaped it. The exhibition is a contribution to the Netherlands and Flanders theme which will see these two countries featured as guests of honour at the Leipzig Book Fair in 2024.

A matinée to mark the opening of the exhibition will be held on Saturday, 23 March 2024 at 11:00. The Dutch and International Joseph Roth Societies will also be present at the opening. The exhibition pays particularly close attention to the life and work of one of the most important German-speaking storytellers of the 20th century: Joseph Roth. During a tour of the exhibition, curator Bettina Baltschev will explain the turbulent history of the publishing house Querido Verlag.

Programme

  • Welcome Speech
    Stephanie Jacobs, Head of the German Museum of Books and Writing
  • "Joseph Roth and the exile publishers in Amsterdam" and "The Joseph Roth Edition"
    A conversation with Els Snick and Heinz Lunzer
  • Tour of the exhibition and introduction:
    Bettina Baltschev


Portrait Bettina Baltschev Photo: Gert Mothes

Bettina Baltschev is a radio journalist, author and curator of the exhibition "Hell and Paradise". In 2016, Berenberg Verlag published a work she wrote on Querido Verlag; a new edition of this work will be issued in 2024. Together with Margot Dijkgraaf, she will be curating the presence of Netherlands and Flanders as guests of honour at the Leipzig Book Fair in 2024: “alles außer flach“.


Portrait Heinz Lunzer Photo: privat

Heinz Lunzer, who has been in charge of the Documentation Centre for Modern Austrian Literature at the Literaturhaus in Vienna for many years, has published works on authors such as Karl Kraus, Joseph Roth, Peter Altenberg and Franz Werfel. Heinz Lunzer is the chairman of the International Joseph Roth Society, which was founded in 2008 and is based in Vienna. The society's aim is to make Joseph Roth's works more well known by making them the focus of events and exhibitions. The society was responsible for redesigning the form and content of the Joseph Roth Edition, which it has now been publishing for several years.


Portrait Els Snick Photo: Kristien Buyse

Els Snick is a literary translator and German lecturer at the University of Ghent in Belgium. She has published several books on the life and work of Joseph Roth and has translated the majority of his journalistic work as well as his most important novel "Radetzky March". In 2014, she founded the Joseph Roth Genootschap (Joseph Roth Society) for the Netherlands and Flanders. The society's aim is to disseminate Joseph Roth's works in the Dutch-speaking countries.


To the exhibition

Information and Contact

Venue: Lecture room, German National Library in Leipzig

Duration: 90 minutes

Costs: Free admission

Booking: Registration not required

Cloakroom info: You will need one- or two-Euro coins to store your bags and backpacks in the lockers.

Accessibility: The area in which the event will be taking place is barrier-free accessible.

Contact: dbsm-info@dnb.de or phone Tel. +49 341 2271-524

Address and getting here

German National Library
Deutscher Platz 1
04103 Leipzig

Getting here

We advise you to use public transport.

1 / By public transport

By rail

From the main railway station, take S-Bahn S1 in the direction of Riesa, S2 in the direction of Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz, S3 in the direction of Stötteritz or S5/S5X in the direction of Zwickau. Journey time approx. 7 minutes, get off at “Leipzig MDR”. Exit onto Semmelweisstraße, then turn right and continue for 400 m to the intersection at Straße des 18. Oktober.

Alternatively, take tram line 16 from platform 2 in front of the main railway station (in the direction of Lößnig) and get off at “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 11 minutes.

By air

From Leipzig/Halle airport, take S-Bahn S5/S5X in the direction of Zwickau. Journey time approx. 30 minutes, get off at “Leipzig MDR”. Exit onto Semmelweisstraße, then turn right and continue for 400 m to the intersection at Straße des 18. Oktober.

2 / By car

Approaching from the north

Take the A9 to the Schkeuditzer Kreuz intersection, continue on the A14 towards Dresden and take the Leipzig-Mitte (city centre) exit; continue on the B2 towards Leipzig city centre as far as the intersection at Prager Straße/Semmelweisstraße (follow the signs for “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”).

Approaching from the south and east

Take the A9 or A14, change to the A38 and continue to the Leipzig-Süd exit; change to the B2 and continue to the Südvorstadt exit; turn right into Kurt-Eisner-Straße and continue to the German National Library.

3 / Accessibility

The German National Library in Leipzig has disabled parking spaces right in front of the building. The entrance for disabled visitors is signposted. The reading rooms and cafeteria are accessible by lift.

Last changes: 15.02.2024

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