Friedrich-Wolf-Gedenkstätte

About the museum

The writer, physician and antifascist Friedrich Wolf (1888–1953) moved in 1948, after returning from exile, into a brick house in the Lehnitz forest settlement. The settlement had previously been built for Luftwaffe officers by prisoners of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. After the war it was temporarily used as a recreation site for former prisoners. In his study Wolf wrote plays, screenplays, radio plays and children's stories; at the same time he was the first ambassador of the GDR to Poland. He died in this house in 1953.

After his death, his wife Else set up an archive together with the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts). The house remains largely in its original condition: the Bauhaus-style furnishings were designed by interior architect Liv Falkenberg. A typewriter, a radio, a small medicine cabinet, pipes and an airplane model made from cooking pots from his internment in the Le Vernet camp tell of his life.

Since 2005 the building has belonged to the Friedrich-Wolf-Gesellschaft (Friedrich Wolf Society), which restored it and runs it as a museum, literary house and memorial. Besides guided tours of the living rooms and garden, there are readings, lectures and conversations with eyewitnesses, as well as programs for school classes.

Highlights

• Authentically preserved house with Bauhaus furnishings by Liv Falkenberg
• Study with typewriter, radio and pipes
• Airplane made from cooking pots as a reminder of the Le Vernet camp
• Garden and the Lehnitz forest settlement with its history
• Readings, lectures and children's programs

Permanent exhibition

• Wohnhaus der Familie Wolf – The originally preserved living and working rooms of Else and Friedrich Wolf, with a library, personal belongings and an exhibition room on the ground floor.

Operated by

Friedrich-Wolf-Gesellschaft e. V.

Admission & discounts

Admission is charged for guided tours of the house (€5, reduced €4).

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

For primary school classes and after-school groups there are readings from Wolf's children's stories, age-appropriate house tours, Easter readings with a search in the garden, and a project day with storytelling and writing prompts, also during school holidays.

Getting there & parking

By car via the B 96, the A 10 (Berliner Ring) and the A 111.

Amenities & dining

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