Henryk Marcin Broder, polarising author, provocative journalist and feared talk show guest because of his unconventional directness, was born into a Polish-Jewish family in Katowice, Poland on 20 Augu...
As its title states, “DER SPIEGEL” wanted to be a critical reflector of the definitive discourses of the young Republic and an active asset in the political debate in West Germany.
He was introduced to the secrets of portrait photography by the German masters of the subject. When the Nazis seized power, he was forced to leave Germany.
For Wasecki, the wall has particular personal significance, which led him to confront his life story by creating the world’s largest collection (outside Berlin) of pieces of the Berlin Wall in Sosnówk...
In the 19th century, Wrocław was on the travel itinerary of many well known Poles. The young composer and pianist Frederic Chopin (1810–1849) came here a number of times.
“For Solidarność. Behind the Wall” represents just a snapshot of what happened in the divided Berlin, and this snapshot is often poorly lit, out of focus and incomplete.
Polak w Niemczech, Organ des Bundes der Polen in Deutschland e.V. (Związek Polaków w Niemczech T.z.), Nr. 1-2, Januar-Februar 1934: Sonderausgabe anlässlich der ersten Pilgerfahrt der Polen aus Deutsc...
Haren, a town located on the River Ems in the northwest of Germany, became a centre of Polish life in Germany after the end of the Second World War. Initially the town was renamed Lwów, but later this...
Das Lager 33/130 in Augustdorf für vorwiegend polnische Displaced Persons wurde unmittelbar nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges im Juni 1945 gegründet.
Motivated and inspired by the film “Schindler’s List”, Roma Ligocka wrote an autobiographical novel of her memories of her childhood in the Kraków Ghetto and in the post-war years.
Andenken an die heilige Mission abgehalten von 27. November bis 9. Dezember 1911 in der Herz Jesu Kircher in Bottrop (in polnischer Sprache) durch die Ordensgemeinschaft der Oblaten der Unbefleckten J...
![Anna Piasecka, author of the book “BIGOS, ZOB und JOB. Eine Polin in Deutschland”, [“BIGOS, ZOB and JOB. A Pole in Germany”], published in 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/width_100_tiles/public/titelabbildung_piasecka.jpg?itok=67_NfMr7 "Anna Piasecka, author of the book “BIGOS, ZOB und JOB. Eine Polin in Deutschland”, [“BIGOS, ZOB and JOB. A Pole in Germany”], published in 2017.")
