A Life for Europe: Elisabeth Tietmeyer, the MEK’s Long-Serving Director, Retires
Blog entry from 09/01/2026
Source: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
At the conference in honour of Elisabeth Tietmeyer’s retirement in June 2026: From left to right: Konrad Vanja, director of the MEK, 2000‒12; Elisabeth Tietmeyer, director, 2012‒26; Jana Wittenzellner, acting director (since late summer 2026); and Erika Karasek, director of the Museum für Volkskunde Ost-Berlin (in East Berlin) since 1980, director of the reunified Museum für Volkskunde, a predecessor organisation of the MEK, 1994‒99 © Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug …
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