Object in view: The "Song of the Germans"

A meaningful gift: the Federal Government and the Federal Chancellor presented Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben's lyrics and sheet music from 1841 to the DHM on the occasion of its foundation in 1987. What did the music and verses of the song stand for at the time of its creation, in the Weimar Republic, under National Socialism and in a divided Germany - and what foundation did it form for the collection of the newly founded museum?
With Daniel Morat, curator of the 19th century section of the new permanent exhibition, Pamela M. Potter, Professor in German and Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Yvonne Wasserloos, Professor of Musicology at the Mozarteum University Salzburg
Object in view
What stories do the objects in the exhibition "Objects. History. Stories. View into the Collection" - about themselves, their time and our collection? On four dates we will focus on one of the objects and follow its traces. Come and join us!Translated with DeepL

Price info: Free admission

Next date:

• Date Wednesday, 02/September/2026 18:30 bis 20:00
• Venue Deutsches Historisches Museum
• Address Hinter dem Gießhaus 3, 10117 Berlin-Mitte