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  • Pfadfinder im Warschauer Aufstand, Bild aus der Ausstellung

    "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
  • Gegend um Hirschberg, 1793; Bildarchiv, Inv.-Nr. P 5166

    Time Travel

    Silesia – an ancient cultural landscape and European heritage. Fascinated by the cultural energy that emanated for centuries from his homeland in what is now Poland, Albrecht Haselbach (1892–1979), a brewery owner in Namslau, acquired a unique collection of over 4,000 copperplate engravings,...
    • Travelling exhibition
  • Ausschnitt des Flyers zur Ausstellung "Wem gehört Polen?"

    "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,...
    • Travelling exhibition
  • Treppenaufgang zur Steuerungszentrale des Kraftwerks "Zabrze" in Hindenburg/O.S., 2009; Bildarchiv, Inv.-Nr. 261209

    Structure and architecture. The post-industrial heritage of Upper Silesia

    The aesthetics of the industrial facilities of Upper Silesia presented in this exhibition are artistically showcased for the first time in the photographs of Berlin-based photographer Thomas Voßbeck. He impressively highlights the imposing halls and machines through his composition and use of...
    • Travelling exhibition
  • Passanten am Plac Wileński in Warschau, um 1959; Bildarchiv, Inv.-Nr. 205119

    Snapshots from Warsaw / Migawki z Warszawy

    Around 4,500 color slides by West German journalist and Poland correspondent Hans-Joachim Orth (1922–2012) were taken during his regular trips to the socialist People's Republic of Poland from the mid-1950s onwards.
    • Open air exhibition
  • Ein PK-Fotoreporter, Unteroffizier der Luftwaffe, ausgerüstet mit Fotoapparat Leica III mit Teleobjektiv, 1939/44

    In the Enemy's Viewfinder

    During World War II, around 700,000 residents of Warsaw lost their lives. Almost the whole Jewish population was murdered. By 1945, Warsaw had become a ruined and almost deserted city. The photographs on show come from observations through the “Enemy's Viewfinder”, that is, through the lenses of...
    • Travelling exhibition