Born in Bohemia and Moravia – (un)known to us?
Twelve selected biographies
Did you know that Ferdinand Porsche, constructor of the VW Beetle, came from Bohemia? Or that the author of "The Robber Hotzenplotz", Otfried Preußler, was born in 1923 in Reichenberg (Liberec) in what was then Czechoslovakia? The touring exhibition of the Cultural Office for the Bohemian Lands "In Böhmen und Mähren geboren – bei uns (un)bekannt?" ("Born in Bohemia and Moravia – (un)known to us?“) presents twelve prominent German-speaking personalities from the Czech Lands.
The exhibition explores the background stories of twelve prominent German-speaking personalities who had their roots in the Czech Lands. Texts and photographs explore the traces these people left behind and how they are remembered in these regions today. The following personalities are featured: Adalbert Stifter, Johann Gregor Mendel, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Bertha von Suttner, Sigmund Freud, Gustav Mahler, Karl Kraus, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ferdinand Porsche, Franz Kafka, Oskar Schindler, and Otfried Preußler.
Other prominent personalities are also presented in a series of short overviews.
Other prominent personalities are also presented in a series of short overviews.
Info section
Further information about the exhibition
Borrowing rules
- Lending conditions and costs can be found on the website of the Cultural Advisor.
Technical specifications
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14 stand-alone pull-up banners, 100cm wide, 215cm high
Flyer and poster templates are available. An accompanying publication (illustrated version in German, text-only version in Czech) can be purchased to accompany the exhibition
Access
- analog
Venues and dates
08.04.2010 - 30.05.2010
Adalbert-Stifter-Zentrum, Horní Planá
13.01.2011 - 29.04.2011
Tschechisches Zentrum
01.07.2011 - 30.07.2011
Stiftung Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus, Düsseldorf
17.04.2012 - 31.05.2012
Martin-Opitz-Bibliothek, Herne
26.11.2012 - 24.02.2013
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB)
