Reference library on the topics of Nazi injustice, remembrance culture, transitional justice, human rights and social movements
Making knowledge accessible
The Fritz Bauer Library in the listed former Havkenscheid mourning hall, which will be completed in 2023, is the landmark of the Fritz Bauer Forum.The library is the centrepiece of the entire ensemble, which is being developed by the non-profit BUXUS STIFTUNG as an international location for research, education, art and exchange in the Ruhr metropolis of Bochum. This is where special events take place, where there is space for research and reading. Visitors can also familiarise themselves with the Fritz Bauer Forum’s book publications here.
The reference library focuses on the following topics:
Tales of resistance
In particular, the large collection of (auto-)biographies of survivors with their diverse stories of resistance “Im Kampf um des Menschen Rechte” (Fritz Bauer) forms the interface to the digitalInteractive Fritz Bauer Library.
With the creative, carefully curated web platform for the voices of survivors worldwide, the Fritz Bauer Forum is committed to human rights and against war, fascism and disinformation in the spirit of its namesake.
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Our store with the topics literature and human rights, survival stories as well as art and history.
Would you like to visit our library and find out more about one of our collections? Please write or call us and we will give you more information.
Jennifer Haas
Library and archive
Phone
+49 (0) 1573 2562413email address
jennifer.haas@fritz-bauer-forum.deOpening hours will follow