About the library

Opening hours

Please note: the library is closed due to Corona-Situation until 15.03.2021. You can make an appointment to use the library; use currently common hygiene measures.
 

                                                           

                                                                 About the library

The library of the Hannah Arendt Institute is devoted to contemporary history.

• The library’s collections largely correspond to the Institute’s areas of research:                                                                  History of National Socialism
                  History of the Soviet Occupation Zone/GDR            
                  History of the German Reunification Process from 1989 on
                  Political Extremism
                  Dictatorships in Europe
                  Hannah Arendt's Writings in German and English
                  Special collections: Theoretical Foundations of Totalitarianism Studies

• While the information requirements of the Institute’s staff have priority, the collections are also available to students and other interested parties from the age of 18 in the form of a reference library for academic use. The open-access collections currently comprise around 53,000 volumes.
• A wide range of journals, newspapers and databases can also be accessed.
• Besides the local catalogue system, the national catalogue K10Plus (formerly South-West Association/SWB) also lists the book items. The journal titles can be viewed under the ‘Journals’ tab.
• Visually impaired persons have the possibility of working in the library with the aid of a screen reader.