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Leipzig: Wednesday, 30.04.2025

The reading rooms in the main building of the German National Library in Leipzig will close at 14:00 due to an event. The museum reading room, the music reading room and the service area are open until 18.00. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

Frankfurt am Main: Repair work telephone system

On 2 May, the Frankfurt site of the German National Library will be unavailable by telephone from 9.30 - 11.30 due to repair work.

"What should I cook?" Recipes from the German Exile Archive 1933-1945

The collections of the German Exile Archive 1933–1945 have preserved various documents on this topic: cookbooks and handwritten traditional recipes that were taken into exile, cookbooks written in the refugees’ new domiciles which were deliberately adjusted to accommodate their new lifestyle, recipes that were taken out of the host country in case the emigrants had to return. Even exile press publications such as “Aufbau” and the “Shanghai Jewish Chronicle” devoted a column to cookery. Discover a collection of recipes for savoury and sweet dishes served either hot or cold.

The recipe booklet is also available in printed form. We would be pleased to send you a copy (while stocks last). Please contact us exilarchiv@dnb.de

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Last changes: 15.05.2020

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