Americans in Wiesbaden from 1945 to 1963 - The inside world of the outside world
The Wiesbaden City Archive is showing the digital exhibition "Americans in Wiesbaden from 1945 to 1963 - The inside world of the outside world".
Together with Dr. John Provan, the Wiesbaden City Archive designed an exhibition about the American troops in Wiesbaden in 2021. The exhibition sheds light on the structures that the US Army established in Wiesbaden from 1945. But it also shows how the people of Wiesbaden experienced the American troops. The exhibition, which focuses on German-American relations in the state capital between 1945 and 1963, can be viewed on the City Archive's project page (see link at the bottom of the page).
The digital exhibition uses photographs, everyday objects, documents and background information to show how American life in Wiesbaden functioned, how the German-American relationship changed from the post-war years to the "economic miracle" and what a decisive contribution American aid such as the Marshall Plan made to the reconstruction of destroyed West Germany.
Further information
City archive
Address
65197 Wiesbaden
Postal address
65029 Wiesbaden
Arrival
Notes on public transport
Public transportation: Bus stop Kleinfeldchen/Stadtarchiv, bus lines 4, 17, 23, 24 and 27 and bus stop Künstlerviertel/Stadtarchiv, bus line 18.
Telephone
- +49 611 313022
- +49 611 313977
Opening hours
Opening hours of the reading room:
- Monday: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- Tuesday: 9 am to 4 pm
- Wednesday: 9 am to 6 pm
- Thursday: 12 to 16 o'clock
- Friday: closed