Conflicts of remembrance in public spaces. Reflections on dealing with the Nazi past
The LMU main building has been located on Geschwister-Scholl-Platz for 80 years. The exhibition “Renamed: Street names and the culture of remembrance in Munich after 1945” examines how Munich expressed its fresh political orientation after the Nazi era by naming streets and squares after victims of the Nazi regime and members of the resistance. The focus is on debates surrounding the culture of remembrance, the practice of conferring honors and efforts to deal with the Nazi past.
Curated by LMU students in cooperation with the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History, the White Rose Foundation and the Munich City Archives, the exhibition invites visitors to see the city map as a mirror of historical and current conflicts of remembrance.
At the exhibition opening, Professor Andreas Wirsching, former Chair of Modern History and former Director of the Munich-Berlin Institute of Contemporary History, will deliver a lecture entitled “Conflicts of remembrance in public spaces: Reflections on dealing with the Nazi past.”
Registration is required by 6 July 2026. Further information can be found on theUniversity Library website.
The exhibition “Renamed: Street names and the culture of remembrance in Munich after 1945” will be open from 13 July to 17 October in the University Library’s lobby and exhibition space.
Aspects of this event will be photographed, and some may be filmed. By participating in the event, you consent to being depicted in photographic and film material that will be used by the University for documentation and public relations purposes, e.g. for publication in print media, on the internet or on social media.