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During and shortly after the Second World War, about fourteen million Germans in East-Central and Eastern Europe suffered displacement, expulsion and deportations as a result of the war of extermination conducted by the Nazi regime. These events, now eighty years in the past, continue to be relevant today.
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80 Jahre nach dem Zweitem Weltkrie
Divergent experiences of this history have led to different points of view of the end of the war in East and West. Now we are facing the challenge of making use of these different perspectives to foster peace, democracy and freedom in Europe.
How to find ways of doing this will be the topic of this event.
PROGRAMME
Welcome Address
Dr Gundula Bavendamm, Director Documentation Centre Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation, Berlin
N.N, The Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media, Berlin
Introduction
Eighty years after the Second World War. Its Memory and Reverberations in Germany and in Eastern Europe Today
Matthias Weber, Director, Federal Institute for Eastern European History and Culture, Oldenburg
Short Contributions
Looking Westward: German Commemorations of the End of the Second World War Seen from the Point of View of the Eastern Neighbours
Janusz Reiter, diplomat und publisher, former Polish Ambassador in Germany and the USA, Warsaw.
The End of the Second World War from the Point of View of German Refugees, Expellees and Minorities in Eastern Europe
Christiane Hoffmann, author and journalist, former deputy spokesperson of the German Government, Berlin
Looking Eastward: Soviet and Russian Commemorations from the German and East-Central European Point of View
Ira Peter, author and podcaster, Mannheim
Panel Discussion
How can the Commemoration of the End of the Second World War Foster Solidarity Between Germany and its Eastern Neighbours, both in the Present Day and in the Future?
Janusz Reiter, Christiane Hoffmann, Ira PeterPresenter: Silke Behl, journalist und presenter, Bremen
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Doors Open: 5:30 p.m.
Language: This event is taking place in German.
FREE ENTRY
This is an event by the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media and the Federal Institute for Eastern European History and Culture in cooperation with the Documentation Centre Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation and the German Culture Forum for Eastern Europe.
WITH REGISTRATION
(TALK IN GERMAN)
#80YearsEndOfWar
Dates
May 2025
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