Doppel-Buchvorstellung zu Theodor Lessing

In the organizer's words:

On 27 March at 6 p.m., Dr. Rainer Marwedel will present his biography of Theodor Lessing, newly published by Wallstein Verlag in 2024, as well as the latest volume of the edition of Lessing's short writings, 'Chaos und Irrsinn', with texts from the years 1921 to 1923, at the Zeitzentrum Zivilcourage.

Theodor Lessing (1872 to 1933) spent most of his life in his native city of Hanover. His two main philosophical works are entitled 'Europe and Asia' and 'History as the Meaning of the Meaningless'. From 1923 to 1933, Lessing published numerous articles, essays, feuilletons and glosses; by the mid-twenties, he was widely known as a philosopher and publicist. It was a warning article about the candidate for President of the Reich, Paul von Hindenburg, which made him notorious in the eyes of the enemies of the Republic and led to an anti-Semitic campaign against him. As a result, he was forced to resign from his teaching post at the Technical University of Hanover in 1926. At the end of August 1933, he was murdered by two hired assassins in his exile in Marienbad.

The event is a cooperation between the Hanover City Archive and the Zeitzentrum Zivilcourage.

"It is the whole misfortune of mankind that it is always the wicked people who are virtuous"
From Theodor Lessing's life and work. Lecture and reading by Dr. Rainer Marwedel

Anyone interested is cordially invited!