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Berlin, November 6, 2025

New management for the German Digital Library

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Dr Martin Breuer will take over as head of the German Digital Library's administrative office on 1 December 2025, where he will be responsible for finance, legal affairs and communications. He succeeds Dr Julia Spohr, who is leaving the German Digital Library after around six successful years to take over as head of the German Resistance Memorial Foundation at the turn of the year.

 

Farbiges Portraitfoto eines Mannes mit braunen Haaren, grauem Sakko und Krawatte, der in die Kamera schaut
Dr. Martin Breuer
ab 1. Dezember 2025: Leiter der Geschäftsstelle der Deutschen Digitalen Bibliothek
Foto: privat, frei zur Presseberichterstattung

With statements by

  • Gero Dimter, Vice-President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and Deputy Director of the German Digital Library
  • Prof. Dr. Gerald Maier, President of the State Archives of Baden-Württemberg and member of the Executive Board of the German Digital Library
  • Frank Scholze, Director General of the German National Library and member of the Executive Board of the German Digital Library
  • Martin Breuer, new head of the German Digital Library's administrative office

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