Cabinet exhibition in the "Munich Room" in the Koeppenhaus by the Wolfgang Koeppen Archive

Before his literary breakthrough in the 1950s with his "Trilogy of Failure", Wolfgang Koeppen was a busy feature writer. In the early 1930s, his "busy time", Koeppen was employed by the Berliner Börsen-Courier and lived and worked in Berlin.
With the growing influence of the National Socialists, the German newspaper industry came under pressure and was increasingly brought into line. Wolfgang Koeppen also published texts during this time that were politically aligned.
The exhibition examines Koeppen's feuilleton texts and also takes a critical look at those written in 1932/33. Both Koeppen's first articles for the Greifswalder Zeitung and his later articles for the country's major newspapers are on display. In addition, the exhibition offers insights into Koeppen's time at the Berliner Börsen-Courier and beyond with private photographs. A wide selection of the more than 500 texts published in newspapers and magazines will be on display and can be read.

Opening hours: Tue-Fri 2-6pm, admission free
The exhibition and the "Münchner Zimmer" are located in the gallery rooms of the Literaturzentrum Vorpommern in the Koeppenhaus and are only accessible during current exhibitions there; they remain closed during renovation breaks. At the moment you can see "Metabolat" until 22.08.2025 in the Koeppenhaus Gallery, from 23.08. to 12.09. there is a break for renovation, followed by a new exhibition on the fairy tale world and the silhouettes of Hans Christian Andersen, vernissage for the Greifswald Culture Night on Fri, 12.09.2025, 18-22 hrs.