{"id":87118,"date":"2026-01-19T08:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/?p=87118"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:25:28","slug":"when-university-history-steps-off-the-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/en\/english\/when-university-history-steps-off-the-train\/","title":{"rendered":"When University History Steps Off the Train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Forty years after Barbara Klemm captured everyday life at Goethe University, two former students and hobby historians revisit her iconic photographs displayed at Frankfurt\u2019s Bockenheimer Warte subway station \u2013 uncovering forgotten faces, political tensions, and personal stories now available online.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe trains here now run so frequently that you barely have time to take in the photos,\u201d Michael K\u00f6hler says with a smile. For the lifelong Bockenheim resident, the Bockenheimer Warte subway station has been familiar ground for decades. He knows the large-format images along the tracks inside and out, not least since they represent a chapter of university history that he himself helped shape in a way \u2013 something one of the 15 photos testifies to (more on that later). K\u00f6hler studied education at Goethe University Frankfurt in the early 1980s, and the legendary AfE Tower with its unreliable elevators is etched deeply in his memory. \u201cNobody really liked Bockenheim Campus, but it definitely left its mark on us, the descendants of the \u201868 generation,\u201d K\u00f6hler emphasizes. A few years ago, he and his former classmate Ernst Szebedits started brainstorming an idea: What if they could research and make public the stories of the people captured in Barbara Klemm\u2019s photos \u2013 mostly students, instructors, and visitors to the university? \u201cOf course, we knew it wouldn\u2019t be possible to track down everyone in the photos \u2013 we are talking about an estimated 500 people after all. But we already knew some of them personally, and wanted to build on that,\u201d K\u00f6hler explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One photo, in which two out of three individuals have already been identified, is titled \u201cAlfred Schmidt speaks about Nietzsche.\u201d The late philosopher Alfred Schmidt, who passed away in 2012, is shown lecturing at a podium, flanked by a young man and a young woman. While the woman has yet to be located \u2013 \u201cWe know she was a student at the time and had a room in a dormitory in Ginnheim,\u201d K\u00f6hler notes \u2013 the young man has been identified as Matthias Lutz-Bachmann, a professor of philosophy at Goethe University. A key part of the photo project\u2019s concept involved conducting interviews with the individuals pictured, including the now-retired philosopher. \u201cLooking back, it\u2019s interesting to note that while the late \u201870s and early \u201880s were still very much influenced by the spirit of a casual, anti-hierarchical university culture, Alfred Schmidt\u2019s seminar was more like a lecture, with little student participation. Schmidt lectured ex cathedra and would occasionally address his young colleague Lutz-Bachmann with the phrase: \u2018You agree with me, don\u2019t you?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collective Memory at Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2023 to 2024, K\u00f6hler and Szebedits conducted research as part of their project, which was included in the Polytechnic Foundation of Frankfurt am Main\u2019s Neighborhood Historians program. The foundation aims to encourage amateur historians to explore specific aspects of Frankfurt\u2019s history, providing them with professional support and even a (modest) expense allowance. A major help for the two hobby historians was the Polytechnic Foundation\u2019s extensive network, which was tapped to contact many individuals from the university community and beyond in an effort to gather information about the people in the black-and-white photographs. As part of a large exhibition featuring Barbara Klemm\u2019s photos at the Historical Museum Frankfurt, they had the opportunity one evening to ask visitors if anyone knew more about the images. \u201cWe also activated our personal networks. It is clear that much of this wouldn\u2019t have been possible without the possibilities offered by the internet,\u201d K\u00f6hler says. Most people were happy when approached about a photo. Some had completely forgotten that they had been photographed back then, while others were surprised to learn that Barbara Klemm\u2019s iconic images were still displayed in Bockenheim. One individual was recently identified thanks to a tip \u2013 a discovery K\u00f6hler is visibly proud of: the young student in one of the photos from the series \u201cMoments from University Life,\u201d casually sitting on two chairs next to a gas cylinder in a chemistry lab on Riedberg Campus, is Frank L\u00f6hr. At the time the photo was taken, he was completing his internship in physical chemistry. Today, he holds a PhD in biophysics and is a research associate at Goethe University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michael-koehler-c-dirk-frank-650x450px.jpg\" alt=\"\u201eBeifall f\u00fcr Alfred Dregger\u201c (19\u201cApplause for Alfred Dregger\u201d (1982). Michael K\u00f6hler standing in front of the image at the subway station, where he (left) and his colleague Ernst Szebedits can be spotted (see marking). \u00a9 Dirk Frank\" class=\"wp-image-86689\" style=\"width:650px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michael-koehler-c-dirk-frank-650x450px.jpg 650w, https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michael-koehler-c-dirk-frank-650x450px-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michael-koehler-c-dirk-frank-650x450px-500x346.jpg 500w, https:\/\/aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michael-koehler-c-dirk-frank-650x450px-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201eBeifall f\u00fcr Alfred Dregger\u201c (19\u201cApplause for Alfred Dregger\u201d (1982). Michael K\u00f6hler standing in front of the image at the subway station, where he (left) and his colleague Ernst Szebedits can be spotted (see marking). \u00a9 Dirk Frank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>K\u00f6hler and Szebedits brought a wealth of insider knowledge to their work as hobby historians, drawing on their experiences as eyewitnesses and representatives of the university\u2019s leftist scene at the time. What\u2019s more \u2013 they also appear in one of the photos: the one titled \u201cApplause for Alfred Dregger\u201d (see image). Michael K\u00f6hler recalls: \u201cIn the early 1980s, the political dynamics at the university began to shift. After many years of dominance by leftist student groups, conservative groups started to sense an opportunity. In 1982, to mark its 30th anniversary, the Frankfurt chapter of the Ring of Christian-Democratic Students (RCDS) decided to invite Alfred Dregger, a politician known for his staunch conservatism. Naturally, as student activists, we caught wind of this. We called on people to attend the lecture in large numbers and greeted Dregger with an unusual form of protest: he was met with deafeningly ironic applause, which eventually led him to abandon his lecture.\u201d The incident garnered significant attention, even in national media. Forty years later, after an article in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung introduced K\u00f6hler and Szebedits\u2019 project, one of the former RCDS members felt compelled to write a critical letter to the editor. This, in turn, prompted the two neighborhood historians to meet with the letter\u2019s author, Thomas Pfeiffer, and his former RCDS colleague, Ralf Heimbach, for a late-stage debate (also documented on the project\u2019s website). Michael K\u00f6hler reflects: \u201cOverall, it was a pleasant conversation. While our political differences remained, we quickly found common ground on a personal level. However, both sides remembered certain details of Dregger\u2019s appearance differently. For instance, the RCDS representatives claimed that the then-AStA chair, Rupert Ahrens, had used a megaphone to rally the student activists. According to our recollection, that wasn\u2019t the case at all. The audience didn\u2019t need a leader with a bullhorn to get into the spirit of the protest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Photograph with Two Histories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another image by Barbara Klemm has a much more dramatic backstory: \u201cIn Front of the Note Wall\u201d shows a young man standing in front of a classic bulletin board at the Social Center on Bockenheim Campus. What few people know is that the student originally photographed is not the one in the image. A photo of a different person, taken later, had to be pasted over the original in the subway. This was necessary because the student Klemm had photographed, who was from Iran, requested not to be shown in such a prominent location out of fear of personal repercussions. The overlay was done so meticulously that the later alteration is barely noticeable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/fotos-bockenheimer-warte.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bockenheim photo project<\/a> is still ongoing, with K\u00f6hler and Szebedits continuing to curate data and materials. Michael K\u00f6hler still has one hope: to answer an intriguing question about the photo \u201cTeaching at the Bedside: A Scene from the University Clinic.\u201d The image shows pediatrician and neonatologist Volker von Loewenich treating an infant while teaching his students essential aspects of pediatrics during a seminar. So far, the two local historians have been unable to uncover the identity of the newborn due to privacy and patient protection concerns. \u201cThe infant from back then would be about 40 years old today. If we ever manage to find them, they would certainly be able to share fascinating insights about their own life story,\u201d K\u00f6hler says with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\"><strong>The renowned photographer in the seminar room<\/strong><br>How did the unusual photography project in Bockenheim come about? Starting in 1983, Goethe University was involved in discussions to advance the artistic design of the Bockenheimer Warte subway station. In 1984, a call for a photography competition was published in UniReport, and the winning photos were announced in October of that year. Since the organizers were not satisfied with the quality of the submissions, renowned photographer Barbara Klemm was commissioned by Cultural Affairs Councilor Hilmar Hoffmann to capture scenes from everyday university life. Beginning in the fall of 1984, Klemm photographed various subjects in and around Goethe University. 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