Tour in English: Erika Mann

A guided walk in the footsteps of Erika Mann through Munich’s Herzogpark with Heidi Rehn

• Sunday, November 16, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm (in German): Registration
• Sunday, December 7, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm (in English): Registration

Due to limited capacity, registration is required.

She was Thomas Mann's ‘bold’ first child, not the boy he had hoped to be reborn as, but ‘only’ a girl – but what a girl! Unlike any of his six children, she became his rebellious, critical opponent, but also his influential advisor, the decisive organiser of his life as a writer and, ultimately, the undisputed administrator of his estate.

The tour following in her footsteps through Munich's Herzogpark begins in Mauerkircherstraße, the rapidly growing family's first home in Bogenhausen, leads to the ‘Poschi’, the long-loved home that was also the starting point for Erika's first outbursts, and ends at the Monacensia in Maria-Theresia-Straße, where her written estate is now kept. The tour spans the life of a woman whose biography reflects the history of the 20th century: It begins adventurously, rebelliously and uncompromisingly, deliberately distanced from the ‘family curse’ of writing, but soon finds itself confronted with the political catastrophes of the time and finds its own unique path, ultimately culminating in a self-sacrificing commitment to the continued existence of the work of her beloved brother Klaus and revered father Thomas.