DEEDS.CALENDAR: 150 Years of Thomas Mann: My Time. Thomas Mann and Democracy – Buddenbrookhaus + St. Annen-Museum | until 18.01.2026
Lübeck is celebrating the birthday of the city’s most famous son: 150 years of Thomas Mann. The Hanseatic city, where the writer was born on 6 June 1875 and which he later described as his ‘heart’s home in the north’, is dedicating a wide-ranging anniversary programme to the great writer and cosmopolitan. At the centre is the exhibition „My Time. Thomas Mann and Democracy“ , which traces Thomas Mann’s political emancipation from reactionary to democrat. The exhibition is highly topical and presents Thomas Mann’s political commitment in his life and work in a multimedia format, including a graphic novel and audio stations.
WHEN?
Ceremony & opening: Friday, 6th June 2025
Exhibition dates: Friday, 6th June – Sunday, 18th January 2026
WHERE?
An exhibition of the Buddenbrookhaus
in the St. Annen-Museum, Lübeck
St. Annen-Str. 15
23552 Lübeck
Abb. oben: Thomas Mann, ETH Library, Zurich, Thomas Mann Archive, Photo: Unknown
