80 Jahre nach dem Zweitem Weltkrieg: Erinnerung und Gegenwart in Deutschland und im östlichen Europa

In the organizer's words:

LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSION

During the Second World War and after its end 80 years ago, around 14 million Germans in Eastern Europe were affected by flight, expulsion and deportation - a consequence of the war of extermination waged by National Socialist Germany. These events still concern us today.

Historical experiences have led to different views of the end of the war in East and West. We now face the challenge of harnessing these different perspectives to strengthen peace, democracy and freedom in Europe.

At this event, we want to talk about ways and means of doing justice to this.

PROGRAMME

Welcome

Dr. Gundula Bavendamm, Director of the Documentation Centre Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation, Berlin

N.N, The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Berlin

Introduction

80 years after the Second World War. Remembrance and the present in Germany and Eastern Europe

Matthias Weber, Director of the Federal Institute for Culture and History of Eastern Europe, Oldenburg

Impulses

Looking West: German cultures of remembrance in relation to the end of the Second World War from the perspective of Eastern neighbors

Janusz Reiter, diplomat and publicist, former ambassador to Germany and the USA, Warsaw

The perspectives of German refugees, displaced persons and minorities in Eastern Europe on the end of the war

Christiane Hoffmann, author and journalist, former Deputy Spokesperson of the Federal Government, Berlin

Looking East: Soviet and Russian cultures of remembrance from a German and East Central European perspective

Ira Peter, author and podcaster, Mannheim

Panel discussion

How can the memory of the end of the war strengthen solidarity between Germans and their eastern neighbors in the present and future?

Janusz Reiter, Christiane Hoffmann, Ira Peter

Moderation: Silke Behl, journalist and moderator, Bremen

FURTHER INFORMATION

Admission time: 5.30 pm

Language: The event will be held in German.

FREE ADMISSION

An event of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Federal Institute for Culture and History of Eastern Europe in cooperation with the Documentation Center Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation and the German Cultural Forum for Eastern Europe.

WITH REGISTRATION