Overview

• Thomas Müntzer, a key figure in the German Peasants' War of 1524–25, is being commemorated through a series of exhibitions marking 501 years since his pivotal preaching and rebellion.
• A permanent exhibition at Stolberg’s Museum Alte Münze showcases Müntzer’s letters and expulsion records, with multimedia displays highlighting his theological militancy.
• The Landesausstellungen in Sachsen-Anhalt and Thüringen focus on Müntzer’s influence on revolutionary thought and the social justice demands of the Peasants' War.
• Müntzer's original manuscripts, gifted to Stalin in 1949 and housed in Moscow, remain a symbol of Cold War-era ideological appropriation of his legacy.
• His contentious relationship with Martin Luther, who opposed Müntzer’s call for armed resistance against authorities, remains a central theme in the reexamination of his life and work.