A Long-Distance Call. Scenes from the Weimar Republic
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Opening A Long-Distance Call
Scenes from the Weimar Republic
When:
Mon, May 11, 2026, 7pm – 10pm
Free admission
What else:
There will be simultaneous translation into German Sign Language.
No registration is required.
When:
Mon, May 11, 2026, 7pm–10pm
Free admission
What else:
There will be simultaneous translation into German Sign Language.
No registration is required.
On Monday, May 11 from 7pm, the opening of the exhibition "A Long-Distance Call. Scenes from the Weimar Republic" will take place. Lenbachhaus Munich cordially invites you and your friends!
The economy is thriving, often on credit; parts of the population sink into poverty, and not only during the hyperinflation period and the Great Recession. Disabled veterans, workingwomen, jobseekers, and street vendors hawking bouquets of violets are everyday sights, giving the lie to the Roaring Twenties. Oskar Maria Graf joins a committee handing out antifascist leaflets, feminists meet in Schwabing, so does the Munich Antiwar Committee, and a local chapter of the revolutionary artists’ association ASSO is cobbling together a magazine. George Grosz illustrates the rise of the Nazis and caricatures the Hitler salute.
The exhibition focuses on specific stories and tangible details rather than formulating grand theories about the Weimar period. Its objective is to make contact with the buried potentials of the Weimar Republic—a long-distance call.
With speeches from
Matthias Mühling, Direktor des Lenbachhauses
Karin Althaus, Curator of the exhibition
In the context of the exhibition
