{"id":109462,"date":"2021-12-10T11:09:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T10:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dzm-museum.de\/portfolio\/letters-from-chicago\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:36:49","slug":"letters-from-chicago","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.dzm-museum.de\/en\/portfolio\/letters-from-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters from Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;165305&#8243;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;542257&#8243;][vc_separator sep_color=&#8221;color-wayh&#8221; icon_position=&#8221;left&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;214189&#8243; sep_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; el_width=&#8221;15%&#8221; el_height=&#8221;2px&#8221;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-343962&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-155944&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;771153&#8243;]Letters from Chicago[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_font=&#8221;font-377884&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;300&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;764569&#8243;]Images from exile[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;132287&#8243;]<strong>18.02.2011 &#8211; 27.03.2011<\/strong>[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;122770&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;104177&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;328220&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;989068&#8243;]The exhibition showed 40 black and white photographs by Gustav Frank with motifs from Ulm, the Swabian Jura and Chicago. At the same time, the film \u201cLetters from Chicago\u201d by director Sibylle Tiedemann, who was born in Neu-Ulm, was shown as a video. In this multiple award-winning film, she portrayed Lore and Gustav Frank, both born in Ulm before and during the First World War. Frank was a passionate photographer and had already photographed Ulm and the region in the 1920s. In 1939 the Jewish couple had to emigrate to the USA via Great Britain. In Chicago they married and started a new life.<\/p>\n<p>As an American soldier, Gustav Frank returned to Ulm in 1945 in search of his parents and photographed his hometown, which was totally destroyed. His search was in vain &#8211; the whole family was murdered during the Holocaust. Back in Chicago, Gustav Frank has been photographing modern America since the 1950s.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;916289&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;406950&#8243;]On January 24, 2011, Sibylle Tiedemann received the \u201cGerman Jewish History Award\u201d in Berlin for her sensitive film portrait, which was donated by the American Arthur Obermayer.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition and presentation of the film were a cooperation between the Ulm Memory Foundation and the DZM.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;165305&#8243;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; <a class=\"btn btn-link read-more\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dzm-museum.de\/en\/portfolio\/letters-from-chicago\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107673,"parent":0,"menu_order":44,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[291],"class_list":["post-109462","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-special-exhibitions-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dzm-museum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/109462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dzm-museum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dzm-museum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dzm-museum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dzm-museum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109462"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.dzm-museum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/109462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116589,"href":"https:\/\/www.dzm-museum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/109462\/revisions\/116589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dzm-museum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dzm-museum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dzm-museum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=109462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}