Library

The Fritz Bauer Institute library is a specialised academic library, serving research, education and study, as well as professional and other types of training, and in particular the Fritz Bauer Institute employees and students of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. It is an independent section attached to the Humanities library centre of Goethe University and is located on the 7th floor/Q1 in the IG Farben-Haus building on Westend campus.

The library collection is focussed on the following areas:

• Research literature and collections of documents on the Holocaust
• Survivor testimonies
• Research literature on dealing with the Nazi past in the Federal Republic of Germany and in the former GDR
• Research literature on legal prosecution of Nazi crimes
• Studies and materials on post-Auschwitz education

The library holdings, currently comprising some 17,000 volumes, are for in-library reference usage with open access to library visitors. New publications, antiquarian books and publications suggested by users get continuously added to the collection. The library holdings are systematically organized in accordance with the in-house classification scheme.
Library introductions and issue-specific consultation can be requested on demand.

The Fritz Bauer Institute library is a member of the Working Group of the Memorial Site Libraries (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Gedenkstättenbibliotheken – AGGB) and the Working Group of the Special Libraries (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Spezialbibliotheken – ASpB).

Library Catalog (OPAC)

All listed media can be searched in the Library Catalog.
Should you not find a book you seek in the library, you can send us an acquisition suggestion.

The Fritz Bauer Institute library is a NON-lending reference library. Books may not be borrowed.

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