[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]A story from the collection of memorabilia and memories of prisoners of the former POW camp Stalag VIII A On February 14, 1945, Erna Riedel received two photos with Valentine's Day wishes. They show the French prisoner of war...
Due to the current development of the pandemic, the International Messiaen Days Görlitz-Zgorzelec will not to take place in the near future. After the restrictions on public life have been extended once again until at least 18 April, the Meetingpoint Music Messiaen Association feels compelled...
Some reflections on his life by Basil Borthwick with acknowledgements to Peter McGhie and Phil Webster, his two `muckers` on the march west from Gorlitz, to Billy Allison (The Fox) for copies of letters from John's step-daughter, Mrs Agnes Mitchelmore, and to Bob Anderson for...
The Foundation Memory, Education, Culture announces within the project " To know and understand. Memory in the name of the future. Development of educational networks and civil society in the Polish-Saxon border region" funded by the EU through the programme INTERREG Poland - Saxony 2014-2020...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]INTERNATIONAL MESSIAEN DAYS GÖRLITZ-ZGORZELEC: "FEAR AND HOPE" APRIL 29 - MAY 2, 2021 The festival will create a space where we will have the opportunity to once again try to understand the fears and hopes accompanying the prisoners of Stalag VIII...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sergeant Leonard Grzegorek was born on 2 December 1903 in Mistrzewice near Sochaczew. He was taken prisoner as a result of the battle on September 12, 1939 in the Magnuszewski Forest near the town of Augustów. He was wounded...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The text describes Z. Nardelli's stay as a prisoner of Stalag VIII A and is marked by a period of struggle to preserve his identity in very difficult camp conditions, a period of extraordinary cultural development and great...
This year's international youth exchange Worcation, which has been taking place in the European City of Görlitz-Zgorzelec for 13 years with participation of young people from many European countries, was transferred to the online world and took place from 25 July to 7 August. The programme...
Giuseppe Gonneli was born on 01.03.1924 in Siena, Italy. While we know nothing about his youth, we can safely say that he was called up on 19 May 1943. A few months later, on 09 September 1943, he was captured by the Germans in Albano...
We are happy to announce that, together with seven organisations from Albania, Spain, Croatia, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Italy, we are a partner in the 'Qualcosa in Comune' project, organised by the Italian association Associazione InCo - Molfetta within the Erasmus+ programme. The project includes a...
Lucien Hougardy was born on 13.02.1912. While we know nothing about his childhood, we do know some things about his captivity: he was drafted in 1939 at the beginning of the war, as part of the TTR (Troops of Radio Transmission). In 1940 he was...
Due to a film shooting the European Centre Memory, Education, Culture will remain closed from 27th to 30th of August 2020. ...