In exile. Portraits of Robert Liebknecht 1933 - 1949

film screening and book presentation

Motiv Einladungskarte

The exhibition focuses on situations of flight, survival in exile, return and the experience of loss based on the portraits of the painter's acquaintances and relatives in France and Switzerland.

On the occasion of the finissage, forms of remembrance of people who were expelled from Germany during the Nazi era will be presented and discussed.

2 p.m.: Welcome

marianne Liebknecht (Vienna), daughter of the artist

14:30: Film screening

Flight (Germany, 2000, 87 min.), Director: Peter Nestler

Introduction: Frederik Lang (Berlin), film curator, author and editor

A search for clues about the painter Leopold Mayer (1902-1990), who was a master student of Max Beckmann in Frankfurt. Before the Nazis came to power, he went to France, where he lived as Léo Maillet from 1942. The documentary film director Peter Nestler contacted his son Daniel. Together they embarked on a journey along Maillet's life and escape routes.

16:30: Book presentation

Heimat im Exil with Stefan Burkoff (Verlag Mitte/Rand), Nathan Friedenberg (Mitte Museum), Gregor Lietzau (art historian) and Philipp Sukstorf (Stiftung Exilmuseum Berlin)

The volume explores questions of coping with and interpreting exile and flight during the Nazi era, using the examples of Robert Liebknecht (1903-1994), the writer and painter Paul Gurk (1880-1953) and Grete Bloch (1892-1944), a businesswoman and correspondence partner of Franz Kafka, among others.

In the contribution by the Stiftung Exilmuseum Berlin, six exiles from the Nazi era give their current view of flight, exile and return.

Realized with the kind support of the District Cultural Fund Mitte.

Heimat im Exil, Berliner Reihe 3, published by the Mitte Museum, Verlag Mitte/Rand Berlin 2024, 112 pages, German/English, paperback, price: €14

Translated with DeepL

Next date:

• Date Sunday, 01/December/2024 14:00 bis 18:00
• Venue Mitte Museum
• Address Pankstraße 47, 13357 Berlin-Wedding