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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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Highlights

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. Kunst und „Postmemory“

Sabina Kaluzas Werk ist geprägt von der deutsch-polnischen Geschichte und vielen verzwickten Konstellationen, die das Heranwachsen als Tochter einer Deutschen und eines Polen mit sich brachte.
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.
Bozena Badura. Expert in contemporary German literature

The cross-media literary critic, literature specialist, and moderator is known among other things as an expert in German-language first novels.
“Flawless intonation ... an intimacy of expression” – Susanne Szambelan, the Polish cellist from Berlin

Her perfect technique and artistic sensitivity have made her an international name. In an interview with Porta Polonica, she talks about her musical passion and everything that Berlin has to offer.
Jurek Becker. The author of “Jacob the Liar”

Sometimes, it takes just one work to make an artist immortal. Jurek Becker ([1937]–1997) did just that with his novel “Jakob der Lügner” (“Jacob the Liar”).
Memories of Tadeusz Michał Siara in Marburg/Lahn

Professor Armin Geus, biologist, science historian and art collector, remembers his friend, the Polish graphic artist Tadeusz Michał Siara.
Bascha Mika. A feminist pioneer in the field of journalism

Bascha Mika (*1954) is one of the Polish voices that command respect in the German media. Over the course of her career, she has held numerous management positions and has become a role model for an e...

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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...

Online exhibitions

Changes in the Ocean. On the Art of Agata Madejska

Agata Madejska was born in 1979 in Warsaw. She studied at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen and the Royal College of Art in London.
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.
Sabina Kaluza. Kunst und „Postmemory“

Sabina Kaluzas Werk ist geprägt von der deutsch-polnischen Geschichte und vielen verzwickten Konstellationen, die das Heranwachsen als Tochter einer Deutschen und eines Polen mit sich brachte.

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MACZKÓW. Eine deutsch-polnische Nachkriegsgeschichte

Porta Polonica / BeBra Verlag

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Graphic Novel MACZKÓW erschienen

Von Marta Schwierz, Rüdiger Ritter und Greta von Richthofen, hrsg. von Porta Polonica

Diese Graphic Novel erzählt anhand der…

Events

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

Mon 27.10.2025 | 18:15

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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.

Digital collection

Paradies auf Zeit - wie aus Haren Maczków wurde

„Paradies auf Zeit – wie aus Haren Maczków wurde“: Ein neuer Film (2020) über die polnische Enklave in Deutschland, Maczków an der Ems 1945-1948.

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Interview mit Helena Bohle-Szacki, 2005

Helena Bohle-Szacki. Ausschnitte aus einem vierstündigen Video-Interview von 2005, Archiv „Zwangsarbeit 1939-1945. Erinnerungen und Geschichte“ / © Freie Universität Berlin 2012

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The water-battle water

You can still find such a bottle at flea markets and online auctions today. It is said to contain water from the stadium in Frankfurt, collected directly after the match between Germany and Poland.

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Fig. 37: Room 11. Polonia (“Silent Rebels” exhibition)

J. Malczewski: “Polish Hamlet” (1903); “Pythia”, 1917; “Young Poland”, 1917; L. Wyczółkowski: “Knight Surrounded by Flowers”, 1904; J. Malczewski: “Slavery – War – Liberty” triptych, 1917

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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

Radio Flora from Hanover – in Polish

Sabina Kaluza. Kunst und „Postmemory“

Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Germany

Bozena Badura. Expert in contemporary German literature

“Flawless intonation ... an intimacy of expression” – Susanne Szambelan, the Polish cellist from Berlin

Jurek Becker. The author of “Jacob the Liar”

Memories of Tadeusz Michał Siara in Marburg/Lahn

Bascha Mika. A feminist pioneer in the field of journalism

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

Changes in the Ocean. On the Art of Agata Madejska

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

Sabina Kaluza. Kunst und „Postmemory“

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

Paradies auf Zeit - wie aus Haren Maczków wurde

Interview mit Helena Bohle-Szacki, 2005

The water-battle water

Fig. 37: Room 11. Polonia (“Silent Rebels” exhibition)