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Apocalypse, the city, war, religion, the portrait, exile and existential trauma - Ludwig Meidner (1884-1966) is regarded as one of the outstanding artists of German Expressionism. With the accuracy of a seismograph he recorded in his pictorial and literary works the shocks which reverberated through his time.

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The Museum Giersch of the Goethe University Frankfurt is an exhibition hall focusing on the art and cultural history of the Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main area. The Jewish Museum Frankfurt is dedicated to the history and culture of the Jewish communities in Frankfurt from the twelfth to the twenty-first century.