© Uwe Lewandowski

There is a building very close to Osnabrück's old town centre that is particularly striking due to its exterior. It was designed by the well-known American architect Daniel Libeskind to house the artistic work of Felix Nussbaum. With more than 200 paintings, the house has the largest collection of the artist, who was murdered in Auschwitz.

Nussbaum, the Jewish artist who was born in Osnabrück in 1904 and murdered in Auschwitz in 1944, captured the experiences of the decades after the First World War and in particular the National Socialist era from 1933 onwards in his work like no other. Time and again, he sought out motifs in his environment in exile or portrayed himself as a refugee. This makes the museum dedicated to him a socio-political place. The Felix Nussbaum House is a reminder of the Holocaust.

How do we want to, how can we live together in peace? This is the central question posed in the Felix Nussbaum House. The museum becomes a peace laboratory. Changing exhibitions, discussion events, readings, discussions with contemporary witnesses, a Yiddish music series and, last but not least, Libeskind's architecture invite visitors to engage with the pressing questions of our time. The house is an integral part of the Osnabrück Museum Quarter, which combines the Museum of Cultural History, the Villa Schlikker and the Akzisehaus.

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