About the exhibition
At the heart of the exhibition lies Helmut Schmidt’s central lifelong theme: democracy. He was passionate about freedom of expression, controversial debate and the competition of ideas in the service of the common good. We aim to keep these ideas alive with the help of our visitors and will be inviting discussion at various points throughout the exhibition.
Magnus combines in-depth expertise on the life and political career of Helmut Schmidt with public history formats centered on the foundation’s exhibition projects. Central to this work is always the question of how history and the present are interconnected.
He studied history in Göttingen and earned his doctorate at the University of Erfurt on the everyday history of World War II. Since 2005, he has worked both independently and as a staff member and exhibition curator for institutions including the German Historical Museum in Berlin, the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, the Hamburg Institute for Social Research, and the University of Vienna.
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