Spring 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. In Klessin, a neighbourhood of Podelzig in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, this occasion will be marked with various commemorative events. The [...]

The annual congress of the Liberation Route Europe (LRE) took place in Krakow from 11 to 13 March 2025. The event brought together experts, historians and members from all over Europe to discuss current [...]

2024 - 2027: Under the leadership of the city of Seelow, the project partners are developing new tourist routes and networks on two remembrance themes of particular importance to the Oder-Warta region: "900 Years of the Bishopric of Lebus" and "Expulsion, Forced Migration and Loss of Culture 1945". The themes will deepen the cross-border educational tourism offer of the Oder-Warta region and strengthen the network "Remembrance connects".

2024 - 2025: In German-Polish cooperation under the leadership of the town of Seelow and with the support of the PRO EUROPA VIADRINA Euroregion, a cross-border history trail has been created that depicts the route taken by the Red Army in 1945 through our region towards Berlin, including key events of the war. Commemorative events in spring 2025 along the history trail will honour the many victims.

2019 - 2023: With the "Places of Remembrance Oder-Warta" funding project, the project partners City of Seelow (lead partner), City of Kostrzyn nad Odra and Municipality of Słońsk pursued the goal of networking the unique landscape of remembrance in the Oder-Warta region, making it visible and valorising it for tourism. The foundations for the cross-border tourism brand "Remembrance connects" have been laid.