About the library
Opening hours:
Mo - Fr 9 am - 4 pm
Please check our german Homepage for opening hour changes.
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.