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Life in upheaval. Bavaria 1919-1925.

Between democracy, self-determination and violence

15.03.2025 - 01.06.2025 ,
Historisches Museum Bayreuth (Historical Museum Bayreuth)

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Bayerischer Museumspreis 1999.
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Kirchplatz 4
95444 Bayreuth
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November 1918 marks the birth of the first German democracy - the Weimar Republic. Many things change. Not everyone agrees.

The first year of the republic, 1919, is particularly characterised by disputes about the new system. People successfully take to the streets in favour of peace, bread and more political rights.

Democracy, emancipation and violence characterise the first years of the Weimar Republic in Bavaria. The exhibition picks up on these focal points and shows how central they still are today, 100 years later.

The exhibition was created by students from the Department of Humanities at the University of Bayreuth and students from the Department of Media Design and Interior Design at the University of Wuppertal, supervised by PD Dr Julia Eichenberg and Alexander Schwarz (UBT) and Tobias Schalk (BUW).

Last edited on 02.04.2025

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Museum / Exhibition Centre: Historisches Museum Bayreuth (Historical Museum Bayreuth)

The Historical Museum, founded in 1894, is the oldest museum in the city of Bayreuth and has been located in the Old Latin School on Kirchplatz, in the immediate vicinity of the city church, since...

Location: Bayreuth