Eugeniusz Kubiaczyk’s manuscript was created in 2000 after thirteen years of research into the history of his family, which had emigrated to Sanz near Greifswald.
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.
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...
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...
Magdeburg is known in Poland above all as the place where Józef Piłsudski was interned. The fortress there is a frequent reminder of the imprisonment of the leader of the Polish legions and one of the...
Die Geschichte der Familie Jankowski aus Herne gehört sicherlich zu den „klassischen“ Schicksalen der Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts ins Ruhrgebiet eingewanderten Polen.
The history of the Tomczak family's emigration to the Ruhr area begins in 1918 in the small village of Orkowo, in the district of Śrem (Province of Poznan). After 100 years in Oberhausen, it leads bac...
Festlich gekleidete Gruppe vor dem Portaleingang von St. Barbara in Röhlinghausen. Ansichtskarte, ca. 1912-1920 (Bund der Polen in Deutschland e.V. / Porta Polonica)
Quittungsbuch der Bergmannsabteilung der Polnischen Berufsvereinigung in Bochum (Książka kwitowa, Oddział Górników Zjednoczenia Zawodowego Polskiego) von Czesław Czierczniekiewicz, Bochum 1913
Das Protokollbuch des Katholischen Vereins der Polinnen des hl. Johannes (Katolickie Towarzystwo Polek pod patronatem św. Jana Ewangelisty) in Gelsenkirchen-Hüllen, 1895-1910.