The reading circle on 9 September 2024 at 6 p.m. in the Gleimhaus is dedicated to Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock's letters.

He liked to portray himself as a lazy, unenthusiastic letter writer. Yet many of his letters are not only voluminous, but also display wit, humour and a love of fabulation. A joking tone, letters of fellowship, expressions of love - everything can be found in Klopstock's letters, often combined with great liveliness and vividness.

Selected letters (both famous and less well-known) from several decades are discussed in the reading circle. It becomes clear not only how much Klopstock was involved in friendly networks, but also how he contributed to making letters 'literary'.

The texts will be published in advance on the homepage. No prior knowledge is required. The open reading circle on 18th century texts meets every second Monday of the month in the Gleimhaus. Newcomers are always welcome! Free admission.

Käthe Rülicke-Weiler: "Remain, twin". Two young women in the war and post-war period 1943-1948, with the editor Heidrun Güttel (Halberstadt) and Ute Pott

For over thirty years, a typescript by the dramaturge, theatre and film scholar and Brecht collaborator Käthe Rülicke-Weiler (1922-1992) was in family possession in Halberstadt. It is a book of letters, diaries and documents from the years 1943 to 1948. Two friends, born on the same day in Gemini, tell each other vividly about their lives in the war and post-war period, reflect on the change in their political views and find different strategies to deal with their 'disillusionment' at the end of the Second World War. The title "Bleib übrig, Zwilling" refers to the fact that survival in wartime was not certain.

Rülicke-Weiler spent many years working on this book, which she herself also saw as a contribution to warning against political seduction and sensitising (young) people. Her attempts to publish her work in 1989 were unsuccessful. Her niece Heidrun Güttel has now published Käthe Rülicke-Weiler's book (with the collaboration of Ute Pott).

The book launch, together with Sax Verlag, will take place on Friday, 6 September, at 6.00 pm in the Gleimhaus. Books can be purchased on site. Admission is free.