Slideshow
At home with Thomas Mann

Graphic in shades of grey, showing a drawing by Thomas Mann on the left and a section of a world map in the remaining part of the image. In North America and Europe, Thomas Mann's places of residence (Lübeck, Munich, Zurich, Princeton and Los Angeles) are labelled and lines indicate the route Thomas Mann took from one place to another.

Thomas Mann lived in all these places. | © Autograf / Tobias Schrank

From Lübeck to Los Angeles: Thomas Mann’s life story took him from Europe to the USA and back again. Our slideshow gives you an insight into the many different places where the Mann family lived.

By Jonas Radunz

Lübeck (1875–1894)

Second house from the right: Thomas Mann's birthplace. Breite Strasse 38, Lübeck. — Thomas Mann’s birthplace is located at Breite Straße 38 in Lübeck (here the second house from the right). | © ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Thomas-Mann-Archiv / Photographer: Unknown / TMA_4332

The Buddenbrookhaus in Lübeck, left front view, right view from the street corner Breite Straße/Mengstraße — However, the house at Mengstraße 4, where Thomas Mann grew up and which served as the model for the Buddenbrooks house, is far better known | © ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Thomas-Mann-Archiv / Photographer: Unknown / left: TMA_4303, right: TMA_4306

View of the buildings at Mengstraße 4 and 6, which are to be opened together as ‘The NEW Buddenbrookhaus’ after the remodelling — Today, the Buddenbrookshaus is a museum dedicated to the life and work of the Mann family. | © picture alliance/dpa | Markus Scholz

Munich (1894–1933)

Black and white picture. House of the Mann family on Poschingerstrasse, exterior view. Standing in front of the house from the left: Klaus Mann, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann. — House of the Mann family on Poschingerstrasse, ca. 1930. Standing in front of the house, from left: Klaus Mann, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann. | Foto (Detail): © ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Thomas-Mann-Archiv / Photographer: Unknown / TMA_4352

Exterior shot of the house at Poschingerstrasse 1 in the snow, black and white image, 1920s. — House of the Mann family at Poschingerstrasse 1, photo taken in winter, 1920s. | Foto (Detail): © ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Thomas-Mann-Archiv / Photographer: Unknown / TMA_5359

A new building quotes ‘in its own way’ (according to the memorial plaque) the façade of the old Mann villa ‘Poschi’, which used to stand here. — A new building quotes “in its own way” (according to the memorial plaque) the façade of the old Mann villa “Poschi”, which used to stand here | Foto (Detail): © picture alliance / SZ Photo | Alessandra Schellnegger

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Slideshow At home with Thomas Mann

Lübeck (1875–1894)

Munich (1894–1933)

Slideshow
At home with Thomas Mann