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title: "Lichtfest Leipzig 2026 | \"Our RESPONSibility ... \""
url: "https://lichtfest.leipziger-freiheit.de/en/festival-of-lights-programme/leipzig-festival-of-lights-2026/1-our-responsibility-civil-movement-archive-leipzig-and-gerda-taro-school-leipzig"
description: "On 9ᵗʰ of October, the Leipzig Festival of Lights 2026 commemorates the autumn of 1989 with light installations and candles. The project \"Our RESPONSibility\" can be shown at Grimmaische Straße."
language: "en"
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Our RESPONSibility...

Civil Movement Archive Leipzig and Gerda Taro School Leipzig

 

On Grimmaische Straße, the Leipzig Citizens’ Movement Archive (ABL) is displaying ten large-format photographs from 1989. Some of the images reflect the project locations along the Path of Light. Students taking the advanced history course at Gerda Taro School selected and annotated them for the Leipzig Festival of Lights as part of an archive education workshop. Alongside providing historical context, they focused primarily on the following questions: How do the historical events of 1989 in Leipzig relate to the challenges of the present day? What inspiration can they offer?

 

*Our RESPONSibility...* at a glance

### Grimmaische Straße 9-15

Location

### Open-air exhibition

Project type

### Civil Movement Archive Leipzig and Gerda Taro School Leipzig

Artists

 

 

A portrait of the Civil Movement Archive Leipzig and the 
Gerda Taro School
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Schülerinnen und Schüler an einem großen Tisch mit historischen Bildern und Notizen

Since 1991, the **Civil Movement Archive Leipzig** has collected personal accounts from the GDR opposition, the citizens’ movement and the initiatives and political parties established in 1989/90. The materials are preserved, catalogued and made accessible – documenting protest, change and democratisation.

The **Gerda Taro School** is a grammar school run by the City of Leipzig. Democracy education plays a central role and is explored in greater depth through numerous activities across all subjects.

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