Poland

For decades, Polish-German relations and the common history of Polish and German citizens in the last century played an important role in the Polish EUSTORY history competition organised by the KARTA Centre Foundation.

In 2024, the KARTA Centre Foundation began work on documenting the history of Poland's relations with the countries of the Weimar Triangle. The project, funded by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will be completed this year with publications on Polish-German relations over a period of 40 years (1984-2024) and Polish-French relations in the 20th century.

On the occasion of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 January to 30 June 2025, a short trailer has been released as part of the project, capturing crucial moments in the history of Poland's relations with the partner countries of the Weimar Triangle.

Polish-German relations were also at the heart of the debate "Opening the Borders. Polish-German Dialogue 1984-2004-2024", organised by the KARTA Centre in Warsaw on 18 December 2004. The event brought together the following high-level experts from both countries:

List of participants (in alphabetical order)

Bartosz Dziewanowski-Stefańczyk,
German Historical Institute Warsaw

Christhardt Henschel,
German Historical Institute Warsaw

Michal Jamiolkoswsky,
Institute of German Studies, University of Warsaw

Andrzey Kaluza,
German Institute for Polish Affairs, Darmstadt

Igor Kąkolewski,
Centre for Historical Research at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Berlin

Adam Krzemiński,
Editor Polityka

Agnieszka Kuchcińska-Kurcz,
Centre for Dialogue Przełomy, Szczecin

Stephan Lehnstaedt,
Touro University Berlin.

Magdalena Lemańczyk,
Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Science

Robert Małecki,
Institute of German Studies, University Warsaw

Marek Mazurkiewicz,
Institute of Policy and Administration, University of Opole

Dominik Pick,
Collegium Polonicum in Słubice

Mateusz Fałkowsky,
Pilecki Institute Berlin

Janusz Reister,
Centre for International Relations

Krzysztof Ruchniewicz,
Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Polish–German social and cross-border cooperation

Anna Zinserling,
Federal Association of Polish Teachers and Association of the College of Polish Language and Culture in Berlin/Potsdam

Robert Żurek,
Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Unterstanding in Europe.

Leszek Żyliński,
Department of Literature and Culture, University of Torun

 

For details see the debate’s recording.