{{Expand German|date=July 2022|topic=struct}} thumbnail|Lepsiushaus '''Lepsiushaus''' is a house museum in Potsdam, Germany.
Johannes Lepsius was a German humanist, philosopher, historian, and Armenian human-rights activist. Lepsiushaus is the house where he lived from 1908 to 1926.<ref>[https://armenpress.am/eng/news/651299 House-Museum of Johannes Lepsius opens in Potsdam]</ref><ref>[http://www.ekh-potsdam.de/index.php?visit=14 LEPSIUSHAUS Potsdam]</ref><ref>[http://www.wis-potsdam.de/de/wissenschaft-alle/lepsiushaus-potsdam Lepsiushaus Potsdam]</ref>
During the Cold War, this building in East Germany was abandoned. In 1998 the Ministry of Culture in Germany started the renovation of the building with the help of some private donations. The renovated Lepsiushaus was opened to the public as a "Research Center for Genocide Studies" in May 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://asbarez.com/103549/potsdam-university-and-%E2%80%98house-of-lepsius%E2%80%99-to-advance-genocide-studies/ |title=Potsdam University and ‘House of Lepsius’ to Advance Genocide Studies |access-date=2015-03-06 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155216/http://asbarez.com/103549/potsdam-university-and-%E2%80%98house-of-lepsius%E2%80%99-to-advance-genocide-studies/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.politische-bildung-brandenburg.de/node/7429 |title=LEPSIUSHAUS POTSDAM |access-date=2015-03-06 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075631/http://www.politische-bildung-brandenburg.de/node/7429 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2015 the mayor of Potsdam, the minister of science, research and culture in Brandenburg, the Armenian ambassador to Germany, the representative of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation of Berlin-Brandenburg, and the publicist Rolf Hosfeld inaugurated in the park of the Lepsius Villa the marble sculpture «Civil Courage» by the sculptor Roland Stelter. The sculpture memorializes Johannes Lepsius, and "symbolizes the commitment to civil action against genocide and war crimes." (Jan Jacobs, mayor of Potsdam).<ref>Amirzayan, Krikor. „Un mémorial dédieé au pasteur Johannes Lepsius dans la cour de son musée à Potsdam (Allemagne)“, in Nouvelles Arménie Magazine, 3 May 2015, and in: http://www.infochretienne.com, 4 May 2015</ref><ref>28.4.2015 at 16 :45 « „Stele für Armenien-Mahner Johannes Lepsius enthüllt“. www.focus.de.</ref><ref>Sabine Kunst, Ministerin für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur. Focus Online. http://www.focus.de/regional/potsdam/geschichte-stele-fuer-armeninen-mahner-johannes-lepsius{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} – 28 April 2015 um 16.45 h »Stele für Armenien-Mahner Johannes Lepsius enthüllt«</ref>
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== Sources == * [http://www.lepsiushaus-potsdam.de/ Official page]
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