21 Jul
10 Oct

Exhibition: Unencumbered? Munich’s Eastern European research during and after the war

Opening hours / Beginning:

Monday to Friday 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

21 July 2025 - 10 October 2025

Venue:

Central Library (lobby on the ground floor) Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 80539 München

Deutschland-Stiftung (Germany Foundation for Integration) convention, 28 February 1967

© Gerhard E. Habermann / Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

In the post-war period, Munich became a hub of Germany’s Eastern European research. Numerous instances of continuity from the National Socialist era were revealed – in terms of both content and personnel – that have hitherto scarcely been addressed. Given the political importance of research into Eastern Europe before and after 1945, critical analysis is long overdue.

Such instances of continuity are at the core of this exhibition, which was developed by students of the elite Eastern European Studies course (at LMU Munich and the University of Regensburg). The exhibition explores the work done by researchers in the context of their networks, their ideological leanings and their role in both the ‘hot war’ that was World War II and the Cold War.

An exhibition organized in cooperation with the University of Regensburg, the Elite Network of Bavaria and the Eastern European Studies course.

For more information, please visit the University Library website.

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