Gustav Landauer Library Witten

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Gustav Landauer Library Witten
Logo of the Gustav Landauer Library Witten

founding 2011
Library type Special library
place Witten coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 35.2 ″  N , 7 ° 19 ′ 55.7 ″  EWorld icon
ISIL DE-Wit3
operator Socio-cultural center in spite of everything
Website projekte.free.de/glb/
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Gustav Landauer Library Witten
Gustav Landauer book exhibition

The Gustav Landauer Library Witten ( GLBW ) is a special library in Witten .

history

The Gustav Landauer Library was founded in 2011 in the Sociocultural Center Despite Everything within the information store at the time . The name refers to the theorist and thought leader of anarchism Gustav Landauer . The basis of the collection was a large book donation on the 100th anniversary of the death of the Russian writer and anarcho-pacifist Lev Nikolajewitsch Tolstoy in 2010. Further book donations followed. In 2012, the Despite Allem organized in cooperation with the German-Israeli Society Witten a lecture by the editor of Landauer's Selected Writings , Siegbert Wolf , on " Philosophy and Judaism in Gustav Landauer", as part of which also a book exhibition of the Gustav Landauer Library about life and the work of Gustav Landauer was presented.

In December 2014, Gustav Landauer Library celebrated its third anniversary with a weekend of lectures on various aspects of life Gustav Landauer of Tilman leather , Corinna Kaiser and Frank Pfeiffer .

Orientation of the collection

The Gustav Landauer Library's collection focuses on publications that have been distributed, read and discussed within the left-wing alternative spectrum . There are u. a. the topics of anti-fascism , gender , free education , peace policy , ecology , economy , political developments in the various countries of the world and the teachings of classical and current theorists.

Web links

Commons : Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Anna Ernst: “In spite of everything”. Library as a symbol of non-violence. WAZ , December 11, 2011, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  2. The Gustav Landauer Library in the Witten "Despite All". (PDF) In: Gǎidào. Federation of German-speaking Anarchists , December 2012, pp. 22-23 , accessed on April 2, 2017 .
  3. Thursday, June 21st: "... I want to know for the sake of creating". Philosophy and Judaism with Gustav Landauer. Lecture by Dr. Siegbert Wolf. In spite of everything, May 5, 2012, accessed on April 27, 2017 .
  4. Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek: The Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek in Witten “Despite Allem” is celebrating its three-year existence. Big anniversary weekend with various lectures, readings and a supporting program. (PDF) In: Gǎidào. Federation of German-speaking Anarchists, December 2014, pp. 23–24 , accessed on December 2, 2014 .
  5. ^ Lectures on a militant anti-politician. WAZ, December 5, 2014, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  6. Gustav Landauer Library Witten. Despite everything, accessed on March 26, 2018 .