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.
“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.
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...
Since the middle of the 19th century, the so-called "Ruhr Poles" have been taking up industrial activities in the west of Germany, organizing themselves in the initial phase as a national team. Over t...
Marcel Reich-Ranicki once said about himself: “I am 50% Polish, 50% German and 100% Jewish”. In Germany he has gone down in history as the “Pope of German Literature”: an equally entertaining and erud...
The V2 rocket, Hitler’s miracle weapon, was intended to decide the outcome of the Second World War. It was also thanks to Poles that Hitler’s missile centre was bombed.
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...
Ausstellung „Literarische Bilder des Holocaust. ‚Die Passagierin‘ von Zofia Posmysz“, 28.01.2017–06.03.2017, Zentrum für verfolgte Künste im Kunstmuseum Solingen, Kuratorin: Magdalena Mazik (Muzeum Sz...
Stefan Szczygieł (1961-2011) studied photography and free art at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art. He was an innovative artist whose contemporary digital photography moved between the real, the digital a...