Porta Polonica – Culture and History of Poles in Germany

Polinnen und Polen in Deutschland: Wege in die Sichtbarkeit

Poles in Germany: Roads to visibility

New documentary film: Polish football in Germany

Wiesław Smętek, Battle of Bonn 1994

Stefan Szczygieł. Das fotografische und filmische Werk

Stefan Szczygieł. His photographic and film work

Atlas of remembrance places
Polish graves in Germany

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„Niemiecki – Polnisch – Deutsch – Polskie“. Fotoreportage über Polen im Ruhrgebiet

Die Arbeit entstand anlässlich des Diploms von Maria Steffen im Jahr 1996 an der Ruhrakademie Schwerte unter der Betreuung von Prof. Gerd Aretz (Fotografie) und Jörg Meyer (Typografie).
Alzacka diaspora polonijna w fotografii

Fotografie (1924–1965) te zostały zgromadzone dzięki uprzejmości Jean Chęcińskiego i stanowią świadectwo codziennego życia diaspory polskiej w alzackim Bassin Potassique.
Szenische Lesung in Haren (Ems): Graphic Novel „Maczków“ wird auf besondere Weise lebendig

Eine szenische Lesung brachte die Geschichte nun an den Ort zurück, an dem sie einst stattfand – und öffnete damit neue Zugänge zu einem schwierigen Kapitel deutsch-polnischer Geschichte.
IZAIZA. Kreativität zwischen Grafik-Design und Kunst

In Hamburg entwickelte sich Izabela Krzyscik (*1975) von einer im Schichtdienst arbeitenden Chemikantin zu einer gefragten freiberuflichen Designerin.
From the Warsaw Uprising to Frankfurt/Main. Polish concentration camp prisoners in the ‘Adlerwerke’ factories

1,400 men from the city were taken to a satellite concentration camp that had been set up near the ‘Adlerwerke’ factories in Frankfurt/Main, where they were put to work as forced labourers.
Radio Flora from Hanover – in Polish

The Polish-language programmes on “Flora”, the non-profit citizens’ radio station based in Hanover, have been broadcast weekly since 1998.
Sabina Kaluza. Art and (post)memory

Sabina Kaluza’s works are deeply influenced by German-Polish history and the many complex contextual elements that surrounded her as the daughter of a German mother and a Polish father.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Germany

What is little known is that Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941), legendary Polish pianist, composer and statesman, spent many years in Germany, especially in Berlin.

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Parkfriedhof Marzahn in Berlin: Błażej Stolarski (1880-1939)

Ten skromny grób kryje nie tylko historię życia, sukcesów i porażek jednego z największych polskich ludowców II Rzeczypospolitej ale i niewyjaśnioną do końca tragedię pierwszych miesięcy wojny.
Görne (Brandenburg)

The grave of the two unknown soldiers of the First Polish Army in Görne (Brandenburg)
Stalag X B Sandbostel

In September 1939, near the town of Sandbostel, located south of Bremen, Stalag X B was established, initially for 10,000 prisoners of war. As part of the plan to attack the western countries, the cam...
Sage

The cemetery is located south of Sage. 713 airmen, 192 soldiers of various formations, 50 British Navy seamen, 6 merchant fleet sailors killed in convoys and 9 soldiers from an undetermined military f...
Rheinberg

The cemetery, designed and built in 1946 under the supervision of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, is the place of final rest of 3,334 fallen soldiers of the British Army and Allied countries. ...
Verden

At the Cathedral cemetery in Verden in Eitzer Straße, there is a plot of World War II victims with a monument in the shape of an obelisk, which commemorates child victims from among the foreigners who...
Berlin-Plötzensee

Built in the second half of the nineteenth century, the prison was used by National Socialists not only as a penal institution, but also as the main execution site of the fourth penitentiary area. In ...
Öhringen

At the municipal cemetery in Pfedelbacher Straße there "has always been a Polish monument" - unofficially called this way by the inhabitants of Öhringen. According to unrecorded information, the monum...

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Alzacka diaspora polonijna w fotografii

Fotografie (1924–1965) te zostały zgromadzone dzięki uprzejmości Jean Chęcińskiego i stanowią świadectwo codziennego życia diaspory polskiej w alzackim Bassin Potassique.
Angelika J. Trojnarski. In search of a deeper understanding of the world

The artist Angelika J. Trojnarski (born in Mrągowo, Poland, in 1979) often takes up conflicting elements in her work, contradictions that cannot be easily resolved.
From the Warsaw Uprising to Frankfurt/Main. Polish concentration camp prisoners in the ‘Adlerwerke’ factories

1,400 men from the city were taken to a satellite concentration camp that had been set up near the ‘Adlerwerke’ factories in Frankfurt/Main, where they were put to work as forced labourers.

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Mon 27.10.2025 | 18:15

Lodz, seine deutsch-polnisch-jüdische Erinnerungskultur und Erinnerungsorte in der Stadt (1945–2025)

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Bömelburg

Professor für Ostmitteleuropäische Geschichte (JLU Gießen)

Die Vortragsreihe „Kultur und Geschichte der Pol:innen in Deutschland“ findet in Zusammenarbeit mit der Stiftung Geschichte des Ruhrgebiets im Haus der Geschichte des Ruhrgebiets…

MACZKÓW. Eine deutsch-polnische Nachkriegsgeschichte

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Graphic Novel MACZKÓW erschienen

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„D. Diamant ist der Name“ – Ein Leben zwischen Ost und West (Kurz-Doku)

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2 neue Filme mit und über Wiesław Smętek

Schweinsteiger und Podolski mit Siegerpokal der WM 2014

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Fußball in Deutschland: „Alles deutsche Jungen?“ (Kurz-Doku)

Studnicki-Gizbert, Władysław

Władysław Studnicki-Gizbert (born in Dünaburg/Daugavpils, Latvia on 15/11/1867 – died 10/1/1953 in London) was a Polish conservative, Germanophile publicist and politician.
Von der Stadtverwaltung bis zum Bundestag

Über politische und gesellschaftliche Partizipation von Frauen mit polnischer Migrationsbiografie – 20 Kurzporträts
Polish surnames in Germany

Today, the number of people in Germany with a Polish migrant background is the second largest behind those with a Turkish migrant background.
Polish painting from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day

Polish painting from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. The first “official” exhibition of Polish art in the Federal Republic of Germany 1962/63.

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Poles in Germany: Roads to visibility

New documentary film: Polish football in Germany

Wiesław Smętek, Battle of Bonn 1994

Stefan Szczygieł. His photographic and film work

Culture and history of Poles in Germany

Highlights

„Niemiecki – Polnisch – Deutsch – Polskie“. Fotoreportage über Polen im Ruhrgebiet

Alzacka diaspora polonijna w fotografii

Szenische Lesung in Haren (Ems): Graphic Novel „Maczków“ wird auf besondere Weise lebendig

IZAIZA. Kreativität zwischen Grafik-Design und Kunst

From the Warsaw Uprising to Frankfurt/Main. Polish concentration camp prisoners in the ‘Adlerwerke’ factories

Radio Flora from Hanover – in Polish

Sabina Kaluza. Art and (post)memory

Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Germany

New in the atlas of polish graves in Germany

Parkfriedhof Marzahn in Berlin: Błażej Stolarski (1880-1939)

Görne (Brandenburg)

Stalag X B Sandbostel

Sage

Rheinberg

Verden

Berlin-Plötzensee

Öhringen

Online exhibitions

Alzacka diaspora polonijna w fotografii

Angelika J. Trojnarski. In search of a deeper understanding of the world

From the Warsaw Uprising to Frankfurt/Main. Polish concentration camp prisoners in the ‘Adlerwerke’ factories

News & Events

Encyclopaedia Polonica

Studnicki-Gizbert, Władysław

Von der Stadtverwaltung bis zum Bundestag

Polish surnames in Germany

Polish painting from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day

Digital collection