{{Expand German}}[[File:Mosaik Rhein als Träger des Lebens, Heinrich Nauen, Tonhalle Düsseldorf 2011 (1).jpg|thumb|right|Mosaic by Heinrich Nauen commissioned for the Tonhalle, built for the GeSoLei]] The '''GeSoLei''' ({{langx|de|Große Ausstellung Düsseldorf 1926 für Gesundheitspflege, soziale Fürsorge und Leibesübungen}}) was the largest trade fair in Germany during the Weimar Republic. It attracted 7.5 million visitors. The name was constructed from an abbreviation of abbreviations of the German words for public health (Ge), social welfare (So), physical exercise (Lei).
Surviving features of the event include the Tonhalle which at the time of its completion was the largest planetarium in the world, built by Wilhelm Kreis.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tonhalle.de/downloadstuff/TH_Portrait_2008_eng_low.pdf |title= TH Portrait 2008 |access-date= 2015-06-26 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201335/http://www.tonhalle.de/downloadstuff/TH_Portrait_2008_eng_low.pdf |archive-date= 2016-03-03 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
== Publication == As part of its "social hygiene" activities, the GeSoLei engaged in extensive publishing efforts. From the summer of 1925 to the summer of 1926, a daily newspaper and a magazine titled ''Gesolei'' were published, featuring numerous articles focused primarily on social policy. In 1925–1926, film director and experimental filmmaker Walter Ruttmann, in collaboration with Lotte Lendesdorff<ref name="animations">{{cite web |title=Der Aufstieg |url=http://www.animations-filme.de/film_der_aufstieg.html |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=animations-filme.de}}</ref> and Julius Pinschewer,<ref name="imdb">{{cite web |title=Filmography of Julius Pinschewer |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684518/ |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=IMDb}}</ref> created a three-minute animated film for the exhibition titled ''Der Aufstieg'' (The Ascent). The film propagated the renewal of the Deutscher Michel (German Michael).<ref name="ruttmann">{{cite book |last=Goergen |first=Jeanpaul |title=Walter Ruttmann. Eine Dokumentation |publisher=Friends of the German Kinemathek |year=1989 |isbn=3-927876-00-3 |location=Berlin |page=112 |quote=Cited in: Huber, Nicole. "From 'Berlin' to 'Germania'. Cinema and the Implementation of National Politics in Regional Planning (1926–1939)". In: Zimmermann, Clemens. Zentralität und Raumgefüge der deutschen Großstädte im 20. Jahrhundert. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-515-08898-9, p. 161.}}</ref>
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==Links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO3q5JJbr5w Contemporary footage with German commentary] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EQsdo_kHcc Der Aufsteig (The Climb)] a short film by Walter Ruttmann and Julius Pinschewer advertising the GeSoLei
Category:Trade fairs in Germany Category:1926 establishments in Germany Category:History of Düsseldorf