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Collection of the Pomeranian State Museum
The holdings of the Pomeranian State Museum include approximately 60,000 objects with a focus on painting and graphic art. Works by Frans Hals, Caspar David Friedrich, Vincent van Gogh and the legendary Croy carpet from 1554 are among the highlights.
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Der Weg ins Ungewisse ("The road to the unknown")
Millions of Germans who were forced to leave Silesia between 1945 and 1947 found themselves on a road into the unknown. The Poles who arrived here during this period already had this road behind them, however, their future was still uncertain. This touring exhibition of HAUS SCHLESIEN, which is...
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Documentation of the home collections in Germany
The Federal Republic of Germany is home to several hundred centers of local history or “Heimatsammlungen” (homeland collections), which were founded after the end of the Second World War by refugees, displaced persons and ethnic German repatriates. The documentation of the Federal Institute for...
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Encounters with a German-Polish cultural landscape
The history of West Prussia is very multi-faceted. It is an example of a cultural landscape on the Baltic Sea that has benefited from its advantageous location in the heart of Europe for centuries, but has also frequently become the political plaything of rulers. The permanent exhibition in the West...
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German-Polish Museum Forum
German-Polish dialogue on museum exhibition and education work – HAUS SCHLESIEN offers German and Polish museum experts a forum for discussion and cross-border exchange through its curators' conferences.
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Jews in Poland in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
The article offers an overview of Jewish history and the development of Jewish settlement in medieval and early modern Poland from the first recorded mentions of Jewish centers in the 11th century through to the end of the 18th century. As in the neighboring countries of Hungary and Bohemia, the Polish monarchs were also interested in Jewish settlement; the privilege of 1264 and its confirmations created the legal framework for this. Jews were involved in the economic and demographic development of Poland. The Jewish percentage of the urban population also grew, and their formative influence was particularly visible in the south-eastern provinces, which found expression in the concept of the Jewish "shtetl". In modern times, Poland-Lithuania also became a center of Jewish scholarship. The crises and wars in the mid-17th century brought an influx of messianic movements. In the 18th century, the impulses of the Jewish Enlightenment and the emancipation of the Jewish population were the subject of lengthy and lively discussion.
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Oma kommt aus Schlesien ("Grandma comes from Silesia")
Families can be deeply affected and moved by stories about where they came from – and the stories and fates of those who escaped are still very much alive today. Many children and grandchildren carry the memories and traumas of their ancestors with them. HAUS SCHLESIEN addresses this issue and has...
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Pfefferkuchen ("Gingerbread")
Several thousand tons of gingerbread are exported every year. Reason enough to take a closer look at this sweet baked treat and its history. The touring exhibition of HAUS SCHLESIEN, which is available for loan, tells the story of the origins and development of gingerbread and is dedicated to the...
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SILESIAN PLACES OF REMEMBRANCE - THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION OF HAUS SCHLESIEN
Eight thematic modules, around 300 objects on 300 square metres, 15 interactive media and nine hands-on stations and two audio tours - the exhibition presentation in HAUS SCHLESIEN is as diverse as the region of Silesia itself. On the basis of selected Silesian Silesian places of remembrance, the...
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The Hoffmann family estate
The Hoffman estate, which has been made accessible through a cooperation project between HAUS SCHLESIEN and the Martin Opitz Library, tells a family’s history, which spans a century and hundreds of kilometers, from Lower Silesia to the Rhine. More than 500 photographs, documents and memoirs of...
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The Sidonia File
She was executed as a witch – today she is an ambassador for the region's history. 400 years after the execution of Sidonia von Borcke, perhaps the most famous Pomeranian noblewoman, a German-Polish project dedicated to her story was launched.
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Typisch schlesisch!? ("Typically Silesian!?")
"Is there such thing as a Silesian identity, and if so, how many?" The touring exhibition "Typically Silesian", which is available for loan, grapples with this question, which actually contains three other questions, namely, “where is Silesia?”, “who is Silesian?” and “what is typically...
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Zu Hause und doch fremd ("At home and yet foreign")
At home and yet foreign – that was how it felt for millions of Germans who had fled or been driven out of Silesia and now had to create a new existence for themselves from scratch in the Federal Republic of Germany or the GDR. This was also the feeling of the Poles who had to relocate to Silesia,...