Günter Grass lived and worked on the outskirts of the small village of Behlendorf near Lauenburg from 1985 until his death in 2015.

In 1999, Grass was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature ““whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history”.

After studying sculpture and graphic design, Grass made his literary breakthrough in 1959 with the novel “The Tin Drum.” He became one of the most important German-language authors.

The writer’s estate includes the former home of Günter and Ute Grass and the Nobel Prize winner’s studio, which houses his library and workshop rooms for his drawings and sculptures.

The Günter Grass House Lübeck, supported by the Cultural Foundation of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck, commissioned Facts & Files to photographically document and inventory the private library. The aim was to document the books in their original arrangement, scope, and content, as well as special features such as annotations, dedications, and the matches Grass inserted into individual books, and to make this information available to the public and researchers.

From August to December 2025, Facts & Files created a photographic documentation of the library and other book collections in the studio and in the residence. The book collection in the studio, comprising some 4,600 books, was recorded individually in a database using AI and autopsy in accordance with library standards. The book collection in the living quarters of house, consisting of approximately 2,250 books, was recorded as a bundle.

Here are is a brief video by the Günter Grass Haus https://www.instagram.com/p/DVVYzd9kjKJ/