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The students of Viadrina university find comfort in Slubice

Morning mass is not popular with the students at the Europa University of Viadrina. This is something that student-pastor Andrzej Maciejewski had to learn and so now he invites them to attend evening mass in Slubice. more...

One man's mission to create better German-Polish understanding

Reinhard Caspari has worked hard to boost understanding between Germany and Poland. In Goettingen’s twinned city of Torun in Poland, he is his city’s most famous son. more...

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No false sentimentality: «Homeland travels» helps German visitors to Poland

Tracing family history in the old homeland: A project by students at the Europa University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder supports people travelling to Poland. more...

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«Little girl from Poland» clothes Hamburg's upper crust

Liz Malraux grew up alongside a sewing machine. Today she is a successful fashion designer, and breeds horses on the side. more...

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Tomasz Niewodniczanski - from nuclear physics to antique maps and beer

Physicist Tomasz Niewodniczanski, who came to Germany from Poland in 1970, has a passion for collecting rare things. more...

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Sweet or sour - Bahlsen scientists go in search of the «European taste»

The English like them rich, the Italiens prefer them to be firm and the French do not like them bitter - baking buscuits in Hanover is an exact science. more...

Drama, comedy, whodunnits - the Kiel Polish Theatre has a wide range

The Kiel Polish Theatre in northern Germany has put on a broad range of plays since 1982. Founder Tadeusz Galia is an actor, director, set designer and works in the box office too. more...

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A calling by coincidence: Karin Wolff translates Polish literature

Karin Wolff's aim is to spread Polish literature throughout Germany. One of her translations was the basis for Roman Polanski's film «The Pianist.» more...

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In Poland Steffen Moeller plays the «typical» German

A German comedian who claims to have a «Polish soul» makes Poles laugh. In his adopted homeland, east of the Oder, he is also a major star. more...

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A tale of two cities - Goerlitz in Germany and Poland's Zgorzelec

As a designer and city planner, Peter Mitsching enthuses about the historical treasures of two cities which face each other across the German-Polish border. more...

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An expert takes a close look at Polish culture in Berlin

Polish culture in the German capital is hardly noticed although it can be found all over the place, says Uwe Rada an authority on one of Berlin's largest minorities. more...

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Historians on the trail of Polish slave labourers

Karl Liedke is researching the fates of Polish slave labourers, prisoners of war and concentration camp prisoners. Many of the survivors have become his friends. more...

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«Kowalski meets Schmidt» - bizarre TV from Poland and Germany

The German-Polish television magazine «Kowalski meets Schmidt» seeks to break down stereotypes and examine the similarities and differences between the countries. more...

Taking a stand - the painter Wawrzyniec Tokarski

Tokarski mixes word and image in his paintings and draws attention to political and social processes. The Polish artist lives in Berlin. more...

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A Polish woman is improving links between Germany and her homeland

Warsaw-born Elzbieta Zimmermann has been working for decades to boost relations between Poland and Germany. more...

Successful partnership: Normalcy governs German-Polish relations

The Honourary Citizen of Gdansk, Hans Koschnick, recalls how 30 years ago a tiny chink was opened in the erstwhile «Iron Curtain.» more...

The «Waschmaschinewsky» - a Berlin bar with a Polish flavour

«The Waschmaschinewsky» owes its name to a joke about Polish workers in central Germany. The bar brings Berliners closer to their neighbouring country. more...

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Polish Investment in Germany

Encouraged by the opportunities offered by Poland’s European Union membership and the healthy growth of the Polish economy, Polish investors are increasingly turning to the German market. more...

Exactitude and getting up early, that is how a Polish sociologist sees the Germans

A Pole in charge of the Collegium Polonicum in Slubice east of the Oder lives in Frankfurt-an-der-Oder on the west side. He aims to bring the two nations closer together. more...

Celebrating Polish failure is an institution in Berlin

Are there any Poles in Berlin? The Polish community does not seem to have a high profile in the German capital but then there's always the «Polish Losers' Club». more...

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