diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f72294efe..656950cc4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed Nullpointer in `Manifestation.toString()`
+
 ## [9.3.2](https://github.com/dbmdz/metadata-service/releases/tag/9.3.2) - 2024-08-09
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/metasvc-model/src/main/java/de/digitalcollections/model/identifiable/entity/manifestation/Manifestation.java b/metasvc-model/src/main/java/de/digitalcollections/model/identifiable/entity/manifestation/Manifestation.java
index 31f46f5ba..a33948bc7 100644
--- a/metasvc-model/src/main/java/de/digitalcollections/model/identifiable/entity/manifestation/Manifestation.java
+++ b/metasvc-model/src/main/java/de/digitalcollections/model/identifiable/entity/manifestation/Manifestation.java
@@ -409,11 +409,12 @@ public int hashCode() {
    * @param relations a list of EntityRelations
    * @return A texual representation of the list with subject uuid, predicate and object uuid
    */
-  private String dumpShortenedRelations(List<EntityRelation> relations) {
+  protected static String dumpShortenedRelations(List<EntityRelation> relations) {
     return "["
         + (relations == null
             ? "null"
             : relations.stream()
+                .filter(Objects::nonNull)
                 .map(EntityRelation::toShortenedString)
                 .collect(Collectors.joining(",")))
         + "]";
diff --git a/metasvc-model/src/test/java/de/digitalcollections/model/identifiable/entity/manifestation/ManifestationTest.java b/metasvc-model/src/test/java/de/digitalcollections/model/identifiable/entity/manifestation/ManifestationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b37058642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metasvc-model/src/test/java/de/digitalcollections/model/identifiable/entity/manifestation/ManifestationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package de.digitalcollections.model.identifiable.entity.manifestation;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import de.digitalcollections.model.identifiable.entity.agent.Person;
+import de.digitalcollections.model.identifiable.entity.relation.EntityRelation;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+@DisplayName("The Manifestation")
+class ManifestationTest {
+
+  @DisplayName("only dumps uuids of relations in toString to avoid recursion")
+  @Test
+  public void testToString() {
+    Person author = Person.builder().uuid(UUID.randomUUID()).build();
+    Manifestation manifestation = Manifestation.builder().uuid(UUID.randomUUID()).build();
+    EntityRelation entityRelation =
+        EntityRelation.builder().subject(author).predicate("foo").object(manifestation).build();
+    manifestation.setRelations(List.of(entityRelation));
+
+    String actual = manifestation.toString();
+
+    String expected =
+        "Manifestation{composition='null', dimensions='null', expressionTypes=[], relations=[EntityRelation{subject="
+            + author.getUuid()
+            + ", predicate='foo', object="
+            + manifestation.getUuid()
+            + "}], language=null, manifestationType=null, manufacturingType=null, mediaTypes=[], otherLanguages=[], parents=[], publicationInfo=null, distributionInfo=null, productionInfo=null, scale='null', subjects=[], "
+            + "titles=[], version='null', work=null, customAttributes=null, navDate=null, refId=0, notes=[], description=null, identifiableObjectType=MANIFESTATION, identifiers=[], label=null, localizedUrlAliases=null, previewImage=null, previewImageRenderingHints=null, tags=[], type=ENTITY, created=null, lastModified=null, uuid="
+            + manifestation.getUuid()
+            + "}";
+    assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
+  }
+
+  @DisplayName("can dump shortened Strings for weird manifestations")
+  @Test
+  public void shortenedStringsForWeirdManifestations() {
+    List<EntityRelation> relations = new ArrayList<>();
+    relations.add(null); // yes, that's an actual real-world example!
+    String actual = Manifestation.dumpShortenedRelations(relations);
+    assertThat(actual).isEqualTo("[]");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/metasvc-model/src/test/java/de/digitalcollections/model/jackson/identifiable/entity/manifestation/ManifestationTest.java b/metasvc-model/src/test/java/de/digitalcollections/model/jackson/identifiable/entity/manifestation/ManifestationTest.java
index fa55d010b..2bb8c9141 100644
--- a/metasvc-model/src/test/java/de/digitalcollections/model/jackson/identifiable/entity/manifestation/ManifestationTest.java
+++ b/metasvc-model/src/test/java/de/digitalcollections/model/jackson/identifiable/entity/manifestation/ManifestationTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package de.digitalcollections.model.jackson.identifiable.entity.manifestation;
 
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-
 import de.digitalcollections.model.RelationSpecification;
 import de.digitalcollections.model.identifiable.Identifier;
 import de.digitalcollections.model.identifiable.entity.agent.Person;
@@ -201,27 +199,4 @@ public void testSerializeDeserialize() throws Exception {
         manifestation,
         "serializedTestObjects/identifiable/entity/manifestation/Manifestation.json");
   }
-
-  @DisplayName("only dumps uuids of relations in toString to avoid recursion")
-  @Test
-  public void testToString() {
-    Person author = Person.builder().uuid(UUID.randomUUID()).build();
-    Manifestation manifestation = Manifestation.builder().uuid(UUID.randomUUID()).build();
-    EntityRelation entityRelation =
-        EntityRelation.builder().subject(author).predicate("foo").object(manifestation).build();
-    manifestation.setRelations(List.of(entityRelation));
-
-    String actual = manifestation.toString();
-
-    String expected =
-        "Manifestation{composition='null', dimensions='null', expressionTypes=[], relations=[EntityRelation{subject="
-            + author.getUuid()
-            + ", predicate='foo', object="
-            + manifestation.getUuid()
-            + "}], language=null, manifestationType=null, manufacturingType=null, mediaTypes=[], otherLanguages=[], parents=[], publicationInfo=null, distributionInfo=null, productionInfo=null, scale='null', subjects=[], "
-            + "titles=[], version='null', work=null, customAttributes=null, navDate=null, refId=0, notes=[], description=null, identifiableObjectType=MANIFESTATION, identifiers=[], label=null, localizedUrlAliases=null, previewImage=null, previewImageRenderingHints=null, tags=[], type=ENTITY, created=null, lastModified=null, uuid="
-            + manifestation.getUuid()
-            + "}";
-    assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
-  }
 }