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  • Artymowska, Zofia (1923 Kraków - 2000 Warsaw)

    The Bochum Art Museum – the Collection of Polish Art

    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 th...

  • Besuch von Kardinal Wojtyla bei Bischof Hengsbach in Essen (September 1978)

    Franz Hengsbach – Polish Pastor, Bishop and Cardinal

    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 numb...

  • Jarosław Modzelewski, Murek (Wall), 1988, oil on canvas, 170 x 220 cm

    Jerke Collection of Polish Art

    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 in Karlsruhe, 20th may 1916

    Roman Witold Ingarden

    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 Aristop...