Memory is ...

A hat, a puppet, a tablet tube, a beer mug. What memories are associated with these things, what stories do they tell? What do we want to learn from them? For one year, 22 objects will complement the permanent exhibition “Munich and National Socialism“. Large and small, everyday and more unusual objects will add a new dimension to the content of the permanent exhibition, serving as commentaries and supplementing the information there. They will allow us to access history through our senses, providing starting points for individual and collective memories.
Each object is accompanied by a commentary, written and spoken by contemporary witnesses, heirs, activists, artists, and scholars. They approach the object in question from their own personal perspective, providing background and placing it in a broader context. With contributions by Laura Altmann, Frank Bajohr, Sandra Chatterjee, Edmund de Waal, Hamado Dipama, Ayala Drori, Miriam Gebhardt, Lena Gorelik, Ernst Grube, Lydia Grün, Almut Jöde, Constanze Köpl, Olga Mannheimer, Heike Catherina Mertens, München OEZ erinnern!, Sikko Neupert, Thomas Schuhbauer, Theresa Seraphin, Katrina Recker, Monika Sommer, Eric Otieno Sumba, and Paul Maria Wittmann.

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Last edited on 05.02.2026