Set Up and Excluded at the Maximilianmuseum: Experience Jewish Sports Life in Augsburg

Jewish Sports Life, Remembrance and Responsibility at the Maximilianmuseum

The exhibition Set Up and Excluded – Jewish Sports Life in Augsburg and Swabia at the Viermetzhof of the Maximilianmuseum focuses on the life paths of Jewish athletes from Bavarian Swabia. The project was created in cooperation with students from the University of Augsburg, the Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia, and FC Augsburg; it will be shown from September 11 to November 15, 2026, with free admission. ([augsburg-city.de](https://www.augsburg-city.de/events/58434-aufgestellt-und-ausgegrenzt/?utm_source=openai))

Sport as a Social Space

Even in the 19th and early 20th centuries, sports clubs were places of encounter, team spirit, and social participation. The exhibition shows how naturally Jewish women and men were part of this club life before the Nazis' rise to power in 1933 forced their expulsion from the clubs. ([uni-augsburg.de](https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/vkal/ausstellung-aufgestellt-und-ausgegrenzt?utm_source=openai))

Biographies Between Belonging and Loss

At the center are personal stories that make the large historical theme tangible through specific life paths. Particularly striking is the look at the Private Tennis Society Augsburg, which offered a protected place to those persecuted and thus preserved a last piece of normalcy. Such an examination of work in the broader sense becomes a practice of remembrance here: not through images of heroism, but through traces of resilience, community, and deprivation. ([augsburg-city.de](https://www.augsburg-city.de/events/58434-aufgestellt-und-ausgegrenzt/?utm_source=openai))

Sports Clubs and Remembrance Culture Today

The exhibition does not limit itself to historical reconstruction. Using the example of FC Augsburg, it shows how clubs today engage with their past and take responsibility against anti-Semitism and discrimination. This connects aesthetic experience with cultural education and current social orientation. ([augsburg-city.de](https://www.augsburg-city.de/events/58434-aufgestellt-und-ausgegrenzt/?utm_source=openai))

Location, Atmosphere, and Visitor Experience

The Viermetzhof in the Maximilianmuseum creates an open, architecturally clear framework for this exhibition. The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; regular free admission applies to special exhibitions. Accessibility includes, among other things, a changing room in the Maximilianmuseum and information on barrier-free access within the museum association. ([uni-augsburg.de](https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/vkal/ausstellung-aufgestellt-und-ausgegrenzt))

Conclusion

Set Up and Excluded connects sports history, Jewish biographies, and contemporary culture into an educational as well as moving art experience. Anyone who wants to understand Augsburg's culture of remembrance should definitely visit this exhibition on site. ([augsburg-city.de](https://www.augsburg-city.de/events/58434-aufgestellt-und-ausgegrenzt/?utm_source=openai))

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• Augsburg City - Set Up and Excluded
• University of Augsburg - Exhibition Set Up and Excluded
• Art Collections and Museums Augsburg - Exhibition and Tour
• Art Collections and Museums Augsburg - Your Visit
• Art Collections and Museums Augsburg - Accessibility
• FC Augsburg - Exhibition on Jewish Sports Life in Augsburg Opened