Travelling exhibition "We wanted to be free and to owe that freedom to ourselves." The Warsaw Uprising began on August 1, 1944, at 5:00 p.m. World War II—and with it, the occupation of Poland—had already lasted nearly five years. Since then, the population had been subjected to brutal oppression. The uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto the previous year had also been ruthlessly...
Travelling exhibition "Who owns Poland?“ In two respects, the exhibition has a cross-border character: for the first time, propaganda postcards on the “Polish Question” during World War I are being juxtaposed from various imperial and national perspectives. Furthermore, the exhibition is being presented in several countries: Austria,...
Special exhibition 1920 - A province disappears The First World War was an important caesura in the history of the province of West Prussia. The cornerstones negotiated in the Treaty of Versailles ended the integration of West Prussia into Prussian territory and incorporated the region into the newly founded Polish Second Republic. This led to...
Background Article A City Inside the City Some disdain it as an enclave of a consumerist, unthinking middle class. Others sing its praises and consider it a one-of-a-kind urban development project. No other urban district in Poland has been written about and discussed as much as the Miasteczko Wilanów. But where do the roots of this discussion lie? What part do literature and other art forms play in the reproduction of those narratives? And what does the reality behind the stereotypes and urbanistic homages actually look like?
Biographical Portrait A diary report of deportation and arrival Joanna Konopińska recounts her deportation by the Germans during World War II and her arrival in Wroclaw after the end of the war in 1945 in her moving diary “Tamten wrocławski rok”.
Series of seminars Academia Silesia German, Polish, Silesian, European? Identity and memory are complex, constantly changing and not always easy to put into words. So it’s just as well that they become the focus of attention for one week as part of "Academia Silesia" at the HAUS SCHLESIEN!
Research project Acting or Re-acting. Negotiating Local, National and Transnational Dimensions of Sustainability in Poland since the 1970s The project explores the exchange and tensions between transnational and national debates on sustainability in Poland since the 1970s. The project attempts to analyze how actors from governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) participated in transnational debates on sustainability.
Background Article Adam Mickiewicz Adam Mickiewicz, the Polish romantic, poet, translator and journalist, was a migrant for most of his life. He also travelled to Berlin, Rome, Constantinople and other places for pleasure, scientific purposes and on political missions. These frequent changes of location show a mobile and transnational life story.
Background Article Agata, Dorota, Iwona, Jolanta "What luck that we had this kindergarten!" All four say. That was in the early 1970s. Agata and Jolanta now live in Germany, Dorota and Iwona have stayed in Masuria. Lehndorff Castle, the "Pałac", was a place they all felt happy. In those stately rooms they had a feeling of security and comfort, they played among the old oaks, went swimming in the lake. It was a microcosm away from the adult world with its worries and traumas.
Background Article Antje Vollmer She is known as a Green Party politician and for her longstanding role as Vice President of the German Bundestag. After retiring in 2005, she became a freelance author. Her first book project “Doppelleben” (Double Life) tells the story of Heinrich von Lehndorff, one of the conspirators of the events of 20 July 1944 , and his wife Gottliebe. It is a moving biography of two young aristocrats that tells of their daring and their love.
Series Arbeitsberichte ("Work Reports") Summaries and descriptions of individual holdings of the Martin Opitz Library are published in the Arbeitsberichte ("Work reports") series.
Background Article Are the Polish Housekeepers ‘willig und billig’? The European Union’s extension to the East in 2004 urged German filmmakers and audiences to look beyond Germany's border. However, traces of 19th-century colonial perceptions of Poland and its population were still hard to overlook.
Archive | Collection | Museum Art Forum East German Gallery ("Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie") The Art Forum East German Gallery (KOG) is an art museum with an outstanding collection ranging from Romanticism to Modernism and a unique focus on art creation in Eastern Europe. Here you can discover paintings, sculptures and graphic art by German artists who lived and worked in the region...
Research project Art historians of the Central Powers in the First World War - Apologists of destruction or "art protectors"? What is hidden behind the term "art protection", which was used in the First World War? To what extent were art historians and other arts scholars involved in war tactics? The research project " Kunsthistoriker der Mittelmächte im Ersten Weltkrieg – Apologeten der Vernichtung oder...
Series Beiträge zur Geschichte der Deutschen in Polen und der deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen ("Contributions on the history of Germans in Poland and German-Polish relations") In the "Beiträge" (contributions), the Martin Opitz Library publishes various works dealing with the history of Germans in Poland and German-Polish relations.
Holding Bestandsbeschreibung Westpreußisches Landesmuseum The collections of the West Prussia State Museum are aimed at audiences interested in cultural history, including local historians and school classes. The library and archive offer possibilities for in-depth study and can provide basic information for local history and family researchers.
Research project Blood and Metal. The Transnational Knowledge Spaces of Ludwig Hirszfeld and Jan Czochralski in the 20th Century The research project focuses on 20th-century Polish scientists who were not educated in Poland and examines how their inventions and ways of thinking were influenced by cultural factors such as nation, language and denomination, as well as the places they were educated and society as a whole.
Journal Brief aus dem HAUS SCHLESIEN ("Letter from HAUS SCHLESIEN") You want to find out more about Haus Schlesien, its events, topics and partners? The "Brief aus dem HAUS SCHLESIEN” ("Letter from House Silesia") will keep you up to date!
