‘Zeitzeichnen. Comic & Erinnerung’ exhibit opens at Turm zur Katz – Nov 7, 2025 – Mar 15, 2026

After a successful four-month run at the Kunsthaus Wiesbaden under the title ‘I will not be silent! Drawn Memories in Comics’, curator Jakob Hoffmann’s exhibit is now featured at the Turm zur Katz in Konstanz as ‘Zeitzeichnen. Comic & Erinnerung’ (Drawing Time. Comic & Memory).

For this exhibit, Jakob Hoffmann has brought together internationally acclaimed, award-winning artists Tobi Dahmen, Nora Krug, Birgit Weyhe, and Hannah Brinkmann, all of whom ‘shed light on history through graphic storytelling’. The exhibit features original drawings, sketches, interviews, and research materials from the development of their graphic narratives.

Three of the four artists—Tobi, Nora, and Birgit—are collaborating on upcoming graphic novels with our Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project. While Nora and Birgit are not presenting work associated with the SCVN project, Tobi’s collaboration with the Iraq/Syria Research Cluster is featured, showcasing panels from Al-Faẓia’ – The Horror: Surviving Syria’s Prisons. It tells the story of Akram Al Saud’s experiences as a prisoner of the totalitarian Assad regime. Al-Faẓia’ will be published by Carlsen Verlag in June, 2026 and University of Toronto Press in fall 2026.

Left: Panels from all artists, title translation: ‘Violence and its representation: What can one endure?’ Right: Panels from Al-Faẓia’. Photo credit: Torben Nuding.

The exhibit opened on November 6 with a panel discussion between Jakob Hoffmann, Birgit Weyhe, and renowned literary and cultural scholar Prof. Dr. Aleida Assmann. Then, on November 16, Birgit Weyhe sat down with Holocaust survivor Ernst Grube to discuss her book Time Heals No Wounds: The Life of Ernst Grube.

Photos from opening night, which included a panel discussion followed by a book signing and viewing of the exhibit. Photo credit: Torben Nuding.

‘Zeitzeichnen. Comic & Erinnerung’ will be open until March 15, 2026. Turm zur Katz offers free public tours on the first Sunday of every month. For more details about the exhibit, visit their website here.

To read about the exhibit’s run at the Kunsthaus Wiesbaden, follow the link to our blog post.