Die 3. Sinfonie von Górecki wurde 1976 vom Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden in Auftrag gegeben und uraufgeführt. Erst in den 1990er-Jahren wurde sie international bekannt.
Krystyna Wituska war kaum 23 Jahre alt, als sie durch Gerichtsurteil vom 19. April 1943 wegen ihrer konspirativen Arbeit gegen das Dritte Reich zum Tode verurteilt wurde.
Alicja Kwade, born in Katowice, Poland in 1979, has lived in Germany since 1986. She is one of the best known and sought-after artists of her generation.
He is one of the greatest poets of the 20th century: Zbigniew Herbert was born in Lwów, a town caught between cultures, and died as a poet between cultures.
Im Leben von Tadeusz Rolke, dem Vorreiter der polnischen Dokumentarfotografie, gab es so viele Wendungen und historische Ereignisse, dass sie für die Biographien mehrere Menschen reichten.
On 29 November 1942, a young man, just 19 years old, fell on the Eastern front as a solider in the Wehrmacht. He is one of many Ruhr Poles in the German Wehrmacht whose story has not yet been told.
Her suspense-packed novels captivate thousands of Poles, have won prizes and been translated into a number of languages. In Germany, however, only a few know the work of the Berlin-based author.
Polish workers have played a central role in the history of Bochum as a city, particularly in the period defined by mining and the iron and heavy industries.
Marek Radke wurde am 1952 in Olsztyn (Allenstein) geboren. Seit 1983 lebt er in Deutschland. Zu seinen künstlerischen Betätigungsfeldern gehören vor allem Malerei, Skulptur und Installation.
In the “Polish period” of the city from 1945 to 1948, the Polish Catholic church in Maczków (Haren an der Ems) kept classic church records meticulously according to church law.
Bronisław Huberman (1882-1947), who in his day was the most famous Polish violinist in the world, lived and gave concerts in Germany during the First World War and the 1920s.
To this day, the author does not feel completely at home anywhere. He sees himself as neither Polish nor German and considers this circumstance to be positive.
