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Friedrich Ebert and the defense of democracy - then and now

Monday, May 19, 2025, 6 pm: On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the Foundation and sam - Stadtmuseum am Markt are hosting a discussion event.

Friedrich Ebert during a speech to miners in 1923
Friedrich Ebert during a speech to miners in 1923

Friedrich Ebert and the defense of democracy - then and now

Monday, May 19, 2025, 6:00 p.m.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the foundation and sam - Stadtmuseum am Markt are hosting a discussion event.

Under the title "Friedrich Ebert and the defense of democracy - then and now", experts from politics, education, culture and science will discuss the challenges and perspectives of democracy in the past and present.


Participants:
- Prof. Dr. Walter Mühlhausen (historian, TU Darmstadt)
- Gert-Uwe Mende (Lord Mayor of the state capital Wiesbaden)
- Andrea Gotzel (Spiegelbild - Wiesbaden)
- Sabine Philipp (Director sam - Wiesbaden City Museum Foundation)

Moderation:
- Dr. Vinzenz Huzel (Office Manager Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Hessen)

The event marks the start of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung's Pop-Up-Lounge in Wiesbaden.
The sam - Stadtmuseum am Markt offers the perfect setting for this discussion as a place of remembrance culture and social dialog.

Admission: free
Registration: required at www.fes.de/lnk/verteidigung (opens in a new tab)
Venue:
sam - Stadtmuseum am Markt
Market Square
65183 Wiesbaden

sam - City museum on the market

sam - Stadtmuseum am MarktStiftung Stadtmuseum Wiesbaden

Opening hours

Tue to Sun 11-17 h

Thu 11-20 o'clock

Administration

Wiesbaden City Museum Foundation

Bierstadter Str. 1

65189 Wiesbaden

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