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Danuta Karsten, maiden name Chroboczek, was born in 1963 in the village of Mała Słońca, forty kilometres south of Danzig/Gdańsk. From 1978 to 1983 she attended the Artistic Lyceum in Gdynia. She subsequently studied sculpture from 1983 to 1985 at the State College of Visual Arts in Danzig under the guidance of Stanisław Radwański. In 1986 she moved to the Art Academy in Düsseldorf to pursue her studies in sculpture under Günther Uecker and Klaus Rinke. In 1993 she completed her studies as a master student under Klaus Rinke. She now lives and works in Recklinghausen and Herne.

The Bochum Art Museum (Kunstmuseum Bochum) probably contains the most comprehensive and important public collection of Polish 20th century art in Germany. In 2015 it comprised around 100 works from the areas of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, object art and installations.

The history of Polish citizens in Germany is intimately linked with the history of their pastoral care. Most Polish-speaking immigrants to Germany were members of the Catholic Church. In terms of numbers these were followed by Protestant immigrants from Masuria who were particularly prominent in the Ruhrgebiet. Nor should we forget Polish citizens of the Jewish faith.

One of the most remarkable collections of Polish art in Germany belongs to a married couple named Jerke who live in Recklinghausen.

Roman Witold Ingarden, the greatest Polish phenomenologist, can be placed in the ranks of classic philosophers. His Opus Magnum “Controversy on the Existence of the World” can be compared with Aristophanes’ bible of philosophy “Metaphysics”.