“Roads not Taken” on 9 November 1918

The Revolution of 1918 is one of the 14 turning points in German history taken up in the DHM exhibition “Roads not Taken”. On the occasion of the second anniversary of the opening of the exhibition, which runs until 11 January 2025, Dr Lili Reyels, curator of the exhibition, spoke with Dr Katrin Bomhoff of the ullstein bild collection about the authenticity of the photograph, the way it came about, and the process of its publication.