{"id":1202,"date":"2026-05-11T10:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erinnerung-verbindet.eu\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2026-06-26T07:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:58:10","slug":"kick-off-conference-for-the-living-places-of-remembrance-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erinnerung-verbindet.eu\/en\/veranstaltung\/kickoff-konferenz-zum-projekt-lebendige-erinnerungsorte\/","title":{"rendered":"Kick-off conference for the \u201eLiving Places of Remembrance\u201c project\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mi\u0119dzyrzecz, 18 March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The kick-off conference for the German-Polish project \u201eLiving Places of Remembrance\u201c (\u201e\u017bywe miejsca Pami\u0119ci\u201c) took place at the Mi\u0119dzyrzecz City Library on March 18, 2026. Representatives of the project partners, from municipalities, cultural and memorial institutions, and the Interreg programme Brandenburg\u2013Poland presented the objectives and planned activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The focus of the cooperation is the cross-border remembrance of the Nazi \u201eeuthanasia\u201c murders, as well as making visible the traces of Jewish life in the border region. The partners link historical reappraisal with educational and memorial offerings that are intended to be accessible and inclusive in the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the opening by Katarzyna Szadkowska (City of Mi\u0119dzyrzecz, Head of the Department of Economic Development), the Mayor Remigiusz Lorenz<\/strong> In his opening address, [he\/she\/they] highlighted the responsibility to draw consequences from history for the present and future. [He\/She\/They] thanked those involved for their commitment and emphasised that the project aims to keep memories alive and strengthen solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

\u201eWe cannot change what has happened in the past, but let us allow the memory of those events to change us \u2013 to make us more sensitive, more responsible, and more united when it comes to helping other people.\u201c<\/em> (Mayor Remigiusz Lorenz)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The project partners then reported on their locations and project content:<\/p>\n\n\n

    \n
  • Ewa Walkowska (Mi\u0119dzyrzecz Municipality) \u2013 Historical Context and Local Partners<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Anna Chinalska & Cezary Wysocki (Lubusz Voivodeship) \u2013 Investments at the historic Obrawalde Cemetery<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Gunnar Betz (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf District) \u2013 Town Twinning and Youth Exchange<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • J\u00f6rg Kr\u00fcger & Dirk R\u00f6der (City of Seelow) \u2013 Remembering Jewish Life, the \u201eMemories Connect\u201c Brand and International Networking<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Antje Fr\u00f6hlich (Town of Ueckerm\u00fcnde Seaside Resort) \u2013 Permanent Exhibition on Nazi Medical Murder and Digital Networking<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Rostock University Medicine \/ Dirk R\u00f6der representing Dr. Kathleen Haack \u2013 Scientific Project Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Brandenburg Memorials Foundation \/ Gunnar Betz representing \u2013 \u201esilenced\u201c exhibition and new forms of remembrance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n

    Following this, the project partners signed the partnership agreement for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    The conference concluded with an excursion to the memorial site and former cemetery at the hospital in Obrzyce. At these special locations, Katarzyna Sztuba-Fr\u0105ckowiak, who specialises in documenting the crimes committed by the National Socialists against the hospital's patients, gave a lecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We thank the city of Mi\u0119dzyrzecz for the organisation and hospitality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n\n\n

    • \"\"<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li>
    • \"\"<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li>
    • \"\"<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li>
    • \"\"<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li>
    • \"\"<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li>
    • \"\"<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The kick-off conference for the German-Polish project \u201eLiving Places of Remembrance\u201c brought together representatives of the project partners at Mi\u0119dzyrzecz Public Library.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lebendige-erinnerungsorte","category-veranstaltung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erinnerung-verbindet.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erinnerung-verbindet.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erinnerung-verbindet.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erinnerung-verbindet.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erinnerung-verbindet.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/erinnerung-verbindet.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erinnerung-verbindet.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erinnerung-verbindet.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erinnerung-verbindet.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erinnerung-verbindet.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}