International Museum Day | Brecht-Weigel-Museum

Bertolt Brecht lived in his apartment at Chausseestraße from 1953 until his death in 1956. His decision to move into this apartment was especially motivated by its proximity to the Berliner Ensemble, the Akademie der Künste and the historic cemeteries. The apartment also houses Brecht’s private library with approximately 4,000 volumes.


During Brecht’s lifetime, Helene Weigel lived in an apartment on the second floor of the side wing. After Brecht’s death, she left these rooms to the Bertolt Brecht Archive and moved into an apartment on the ground floor where she had a veranda added leading into the garden. There she lived until her death in 1971.


(IN GERMAN)