Tag des Vergessens. Und der Erinnerung

In the organizer's words:

Remembering and forgetting are two sides of the same question: what do we want to preserve - and what do we leave behind?

On November 8, 2025, the German Museum of Books and Writing, in cooperation with the German Literature Institute Leipzig, will present its new exhibition "Forget it? The future and history of knowledge storage". To mark the occasion, a mini knowledge festival with Leipzig's scientific institutions will be held in collaboration with Leipziger WissensSpuren. Diverse and interactive offerings will address the questions: What should be preserved? How do we want to remember? What do we have to let go of so that something new can emerge?

It is about personal traces and collective stories, about the weight of the past and the ease of forgetting. The day invites you to pause, to tell stories and to ask what remains, what we must remember - and what we can forget.

10:00
Stephanie Jacobs, Kerstin Preiwuß,
and Jürgen Vollmer
‣ Welcome and opening

10:15
Louisa Becker(INSPIRATA)
‣ UNLOCK - Encrypted & Lost
Children's workshop

10:30
Felicitas Biller (Toihaus)
‣ Arno Schmidt on immortality
Lecture

11:00
German Book and Writing Museum
‣ Hidden Places guided tour

11:30
German National Library
‣ Guided tour of the building

11:30
Philipp Meyer(IfL)
‣ Hans Meyer and the Snow Mountains of Africa
Lecture

12:15
Louisa Becker(INSPIRATA)
‣ UNLOCK-Encrypted & Lost
Children's workshop

13:00
German Book and Writing Museum
‣ Hidden Places guided tour

13:15
Kimberly Coulter(IfL)
‣ The future of the colonial past [en]
Lecture

13:30
German National Library
‣ Guided tour of the building