„Über die Grenze muss man nicht weit“

In the organizer's words:

Polish-German stories - 1871 to the present day

Germany and Poland: Today's Oder-Neisse border separates and connects them in a neighborhood that historically moved, burdened and shaped the two countries. Between them there have always been things that connect them across the barriers: Identities, convictions and languages.

The bilingual exhibition (German and Polish) gives a voice to people whose family history is shaped by the shared history, who actively shape German-Polish relations or whose local traces they try to preserve.

Starting in 2024, the 20th anniversary of Poland's accession to the EU, the exhibition goes back 150 years in stages: from the open borders of the European Union, to the solidarity with Solidarność trade unionists that overcame borders, to the brutal occupation of Poland during the Second World War and the history of Masur:innen in the German Empire. The final question is what all of this can mean for us and the future of our immigration society.