Porta Polonica – Culture and History of Poles in Germany

Polinnen und Polen in Deutschland: Wege in die Sichtbarkeit

Poles in Germany: Roads to visibility

New documentary film: Polish football in Germany

Wiesław Smętek, Battle of Bonn 1994

Stefan Szczygieł. Das fotografische und filmische Werk

Stefan Szczygieł. His photographic and film work

Atlas of remembrance places
Polish graves in Germany

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Highlights

Marek Żebrowski: My German adventure

Marek Żebrowski, exceptional pianist, composer and author looks back on the “German years” in his remarkable career.
Flexibel in allen Systemen. Die vielen Leben des Konrad Gruda

Bürgersohn, Soldat, Funktionär, Sportreporter. Konrad Glücksmann-Gruda (1915–2012) war eine schillernde Persönlichkeit, die in allen Phasen ihres langen Lebens aus schwierigen Situationen das Beste fü...
Halina Kłąb-Szwarc. Die jüngste Geheimagentin der Heimatarmee

Um an Informationen heranzukommen, verwandelte sich Halina Kłąb-Szwarc (1923–2002) in eine „waschechte Deutsche“. Zu ihren größten Errungenschaften zählt die Lokalisierung wichtiger Militäreinrichtung...
Maria Końska-Chmielecki. Puppets, passion and Polish traditions

With her “Offene Augen” (“Open Eyes”) puppet theatre in Bielefeld, Maria Końska-Chmielecki (1954–2022) masterfully combined her passion for art with her career as a psychologist.
Mariusz Hoffmann – from a village in Silesia to Werne and then Berlin

The author Mariusz Hoffmann spent his childhood in Zalesie, a small village where even then it felt as though time had stood still. His parents then decided to move to Germany in search of a better li...
Leon Dudas und Elisabeth Brauer: Ihre Liebe gegen die NS-Ideologie

Kurz vor dem Weihnachtsfest des Kriegsjahres 1942 wurde im nordpfälzischen Kerzenheim bei Kirchheimbolanden der polnische Zwangsarbeiter Leon Dudas erhängt, sein „Vergehen“ hatte einzig darin bestande...
Celina Muza – Actor, chanson singer and feminist activist

When Celina Muza (*1966) is not on stage, she actively works to promote women’s rights and support the younger generation.
Finding a language for the illustrated books of memory. 3 theses by Karl Schlögel on historical narration

There is a distinct – border-crossing – genre of memory and preservation: it is the illustrated books in which memory is stored and deposited.

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Parkfriedhof Marzahn in Berlin: Błażej Stolarski (1880-1939)

Ten skromny grób kryje nie tylko historię życia, sukcesów i porażek jednego z największych polskich ludowców II Rzeczypospolitej ale i niewyjaśnioną do końca tragedię pierwszych miesięcy wojny.
Görne (Brandenburg)

The grave of the two unknown soldiers of the First Polish Army in Görne (Brandenburg)
Stalag X B Sandbostel

In September 1939, near the town of Sandbostel, located south of Bremen, Stalag X B was established, initially for 10,000 prisoners of war. As part of the plan to attack the western countries, the cam...
Sage

The cemetery is located south of Sage. 713 airmen, 192 soldiers of various formations, 50 British Navy seamen, 6 merchant fleet sailors killed in convoys and 9 soldiers from an undetermined military f...
Rheinberg

The cemetery, designed and built in 1946 under the supervision of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, is the place of final rest of 3,334 fallen soldiers of the British Army and Allied countries. ...
Verden

At the Cathedral cemetery in Verden in Eitzer Straße, there is a plot of World War II victims with a monument in the shape of an obelisk, which commemorates child victims from among the foreigners who...
Berlin-Plötzensee

Built in the second half of the nineteenth century, the prison was used by National Socialists not only as a penal institution, but also as the main execution site of the fourth penitentiary area. In ...
Öhringen

At the municipal cemetery in Pfedelbacher Straße there "has always been a Polish monument" - unofficially called this way by the inhabitants of Öhringen. According to unrecorded information, the monum...

Online exhibitions

Johannes a Lasco

Born into a Polish magnate family in 1499, Jan Łaski, Latin name Johannes à Lasco, anglicised form John à Lasco, was predestined for a distinguished political and theological career. His uncle was the...
Dora Diamant. Activist, actress, and Franz Kafka’s last companion

After escaping from a conservative Jewish background in the Polish town of Będzin, she led an eventful life shaped by her pursuit of freedom as well as her loyalty to her love and her traditions.
SPINNING (NARRATIVE) THREADS IN THE SHADOWS, or the fine line between the personal and... the personal. The work of Ewa Finn

Ewa Finn was born in Warsaw. She came to Berlin in the late 1990s to study at the University of the Arts.

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„D. Diamant ist der Name“ – Ein Leben zwischen Ost und West (Kurz-Doku)

Zum Abschluss des Kafka-Jahres 2024 präsentiert Porta Polonica eine Kurz-Dokumentation zu Dora Diamant (1898–1952), Schauspielerin, Aktivistin und letzte Lebensgefährtin von Franz Kafka.

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Polnisches Marienfest vor St. Barbara in Herne-Röhlinghausen, Ansichtskarte, ca. 1912-1920

Events

Wojciech in Herne, Stanisław in Recklinghausen – Polnische Überlieferung in Kirchen des Ruhrgebiets

Mon 09.12.2024 | 18:15

Schweinsteiger und Podolski mit Siegerpokal der WM 2014

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Fußball in Deutschland: „Alles deutsche Jungen?“ (Kurz-Doku)

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2 neue Filme mit und über Wiesław Smętek

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Animationsfilm über den Kupferstecher Daniel Chodowiecki

Studnicki-Gizbert, Władysław

Władysław Studnicki-Gizbert (born in Dünaburg/Daugavpils, Latvia on 15/11/1867 – died 10/1/1953 in London) was a Polish conservative, Germanophile publicist and politician.
Von der Stadtverwaltung bis zum Bundestag

Über politische Partizipation und die Arbeit von Polinnen in der Verwaltung – zehn Kurzporträts
Bender, Stanisław

Stanisław Bender (1882-1975), Polish painter, member of the “Munich School”. From 1908: student at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, from then on resident in Munich.
Polish surnames in Germany

Today, the number of people in Germany with a Polish migrant background is the second largest behind those with a Turkish migrant background.

Digital collection

Paradies auf Zeit - wie aus Haren Maczków wurde

„Paradies auf Zeit – wie aus Haren Maczków wurde“: Ein neuer Film (2020) über die polnische Enklave in Deutschland, Maczków an der Ems 1945-1948.

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Interview mit Helena Bohle-Szacki, 2005

Helena Bohle-Szacki. Ausschnitte aus einem vierstündigen Video-Interview von 2005, Archiv „Zwangsarbeit 1939-1945. Erinnerungen und Geschichte“ / © Freie Universität Berlin 2012

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The water-battle water

You can still find such a bottle at flea markets and online auctions today. It is said to contain water from the stadium in Frankfurt, collected directly after the match between Germany and Poland.

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Fig. 37: Room 11. Polonia (“Silent Rebels” exhibition)

J. Malczewski: “Polish Hamlet” (1903); “Pythia”, 1917; “Young Poland”, 1917; L. Wyczółkowski: “Knight Surrounded by Flowers”, 1904; J. Malczewski: “Slavery – War – Liberty” triptych, 1917

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Poles in Germany: Roads to visibility

New documentary film: Polish football in Germany

Wiesław Smętek, Battle of Bonn 1994

Stefan Szczygieł. His photographic and film work

Culture and history of Poles in Germany

Highlights

Marek Żebrowski: My German adventure

Flexibel in allen Systemen. Die vielen Leben des Konrad Gruda

Halina Kłąb-Szwarc. Die jüngste Geheimagentin der Heimatarmee

Maria Końska-Chmielecki. Puppets, passion and Polish traditions

Mariusz Hoffmann – from a village in Silesia to Werne and then Berlin

Leon Dudas und Elisabeth Brauer: Ihre Liebe gegen die NS-Ideologie

Celina Muza – Actor, chanson singer and feminist activist

Finding a language for the illustrated books of memory. 3 theses by Karl Schlögel on historical narration

New in the atlas of polish graves in Germany

Parkfriedhof Marzahn in Berlin: Błażej Stolarski (1880-1939)

Görne (Brandenburg)

Stalag X B Sandbostel

Sage

Rheinberg

Verden

Berlin-Plötzensee

Öhringen

Online exhibitions

Johannes a Lasco

Dora Diamant. Activist, actress, and Franz Kafka’s last companion

SPINNING (NARRATIVE) THREADS IN THE SHADOWS, or the fine line between the personal and... the personal. The work of Ewa Finn

News & Events

Encyclopaedia Polonica

Studnicki-Gizbert, Władysław

Von der Stadtverwaltung bis zum Bundestag

Bender, Stanisław

Polish surnames in Germany

Digital collection

Paradies auf Zeit - wie aus Haren Maczków wurde

Interview mit Helena Bohle-Szacki, 2005

The water-battle water

Fig. 37: Room 11. Polonia (“Silent Rebels” exhibition)