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The First International Exhibition on the Largest Communist Post-War Crime in Poland Opens

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CALL FOR PAPERS: The 80th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trial

Application deadline: 5 September 2025

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Kontaktseminar für Lehrkräfte aus Deutschland und Polen

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Hitlers Kunsträuber. Kajetan Mühlmanns Raubzug durch das Generalgouvernement

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How does Russian propaganda work – in Russia and in Germany?

Genocide Rhetoric Inside Russia and Soft Power Operations in Germany.

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Crimea Behind Bars: Public Talk with the Kremlin Prisoner Leniye Umerova

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The post-war reconstruction of Gdańsk and Szczecin and its contemporary echoes

A new Exercising Modernity Event!

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Vasyl Stus and the Polish Human Rights Movement: Exploring Solidarity and Beyond

Exploring Solidarity and Beyond

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Monuments and Territory: War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine

Book Launch and Discussion

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Butkevych and Stus: Filling Oneself-with-One-Self

Words have the power to save lives.

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The Postcolonial Challenge: Connecting Disciplines and Bridging Debates

(P)ostcolonialism is back by popular demand!

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Book Presentation: The Story of a Ukrainian Defender

Join us for an evening of powerful storytelling and in-depth discussion on the realities of war with Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko and the renowned journalist Lara Marlowe

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Special guided Tour of the Permanent Exhibition ‘"Witold Pilecki. In Resistance to Hitler and Stalin"

Special guided Tour through our Permanent Exhibition as part of a special commemorative programme on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

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Fritz Bauer and the Cold War Battle to Remember Auschwitz

A lecture delivered as part of a special commemorative program marking the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation.

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Filmvorführung: Stanisław Zalewski. Botschaft des Erinnerns (polnisch/deutsch)

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Die Villa Wolf in Gubin - Ein Meilenstein der Moderne Mies van der Rohe

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Schließzeiten während der Feiertage

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Vertep Christmas Performance

The event agenda includes a Panel Talk with Ihor Kalynets (renowned dissident, poet, and participant in the historic Vertep of 1972)

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„Der Weg zum Warschauer Aufstand“ – Premiere der digitalen Ausgabe

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"Under German Occupation: Europe 1939–1945" - Prof. Tatiana Tönsmeyer

The lecture will be held in German, with simultaneous interpretation into English.

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Bykivnia, Babyn Yar, Bucha

Between The Massacre and Memory. An international Conference

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Movie Screening: "Yours Vasyl"

Including Panel Talk with Director Svitlana Rudiuk and Vasyl´s sister Mariia Stus!

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(P)Ostkolonialismus – Postcolonial Perspectives on Poland, Ukraine and Eastern Europe

During our conference researchers from various academic disciplines will discuss the potential benefits and challenges of postcolonial and decolonial perspectives on the historical and contemporary entanglements of the areas under study.

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Networks of Support in the Wake of russia's War against Ukraine

The Case of Ukraine, Poland, Germany and Czech Republic

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Extended Deadline: The Nexus of Decision24

Poland, Ukraine, Germany: An interdisciplinary journey into the substance of Memory, Freedom, Peace, and Security

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Fortbildungen für Lehrkräfte: Witold Pilecki. Ein Mensch im Widerstand

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Ukrainische Archive Retten: Hilfe für die Archive in Beryslav

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First international exhibition about Vasyl Stus! | 17.10.24 - 29.08.25

An exhibition about a forgotten Ukrainian and European freedom fighter!

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Perspectives on the 20th Century

An articles series by the Pilecki Institute Berlin. Relatively short pieces dedicated to the history of the 20th century meet with voices and perspectives from contemporary debates that reflect the current state of historical research

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Working with Language: Translation in Vasyl Stus's Biography

A lecture by Margarita Yegorchenko, one of the researchers behind the "Stus" exhibition.

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„Vom Konflikt zur Versöhnung. Wie unterrichtet man über die deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen?“. Seminar für Lehrkräfte und Pädagog*innen

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Ausstellungseröffnung in Dresden

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After the voice. The story of Marcella Sembrich.

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Orphan Memory: Between Vanishing and Forgetting in Eastern Europe

An Exercising Modernity Lecture

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Barbara Brukalska and Helena Syrkus: Polish women architects and the networks of the avant-garde

An Exercising Modernity Lecture

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The Erosion. An Art Installation about the Collective Memory of WWII

Created by the star new media art & design collective panGenerator.

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Will of Survival, Obligation to Witness… Rachela Auerbach and the Women of Oneg Shabbath in the Warsaw Ghetto

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Open Call: “A Journey from Dangerous to (Un)Safe”

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Open Call: 5th Edition of the Exercising Modernity Academy

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Call for Contributions: (P)ostcolonialism

A symposium on postcolonial perspectives on Poland, Ukraine and Eastern Europe

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Nexus 2023

“The Nexus of Decision 2023: Germany, Poland, Ukraine”

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Important information regarding our opening times in June and July

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Kontaktseminar für Lehrkräfte aus Deutschland und Polen

Deutsch-polnisches Seminar für Lehrkräfte "Geschichte – Schule – Begegnung" am 12.-15.11.2024 in Berlin

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Online-Fortbildung „80 Jahre Warschauer Aufstand: 1944/2024“

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Das Institut bleibt am Wochenende geschlossen

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Out Now: The Manipulenin Anthem and full recording of the ceremony

Fake Narratives deserve Fake Awards