The Chairs of Contemporary History, German Literature and Culture, and the Centre for Research on Film and Audiovisual Culture of the German Language Area, Library of Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies of the University of Wrocław would like to invite you to the conference “Powstanie ludowe w NRD. Historia – Literatura i Film – Pamięć” (“Popular Uprising in the German Democratic Republic. History – Literature and Film – Memory”)
The 70th anniversary, which falls this year, of one of the first anti-communist demonstrations in the Eastern Block, on 17 June 1953, is an excellent opportunity to recall these events, show their functioning in literature and film, and share the current memory of them all.
During the sitting the course of the popular uprising in the GDR and the reactions of special services in Poland and the GDR to this event will be presented. We will look closely at various positions of writers and press echoes of events in Poland and Germany, as well as the state of the research on the uprising.
Specialists who have been dealing with GDR issues and Polish-GDR relations for years will attend the sitting. An additional point of the program will be to draw attention to the regional echoes of the uprising in Poland on the example of Upper Silesia and the German minority.
Conference programme:
11:00-13:30 – History
- Krzysztof Ruchniewicz: Powstanie ludowe w NRD: stan badań, przebieg i skutki. (Popular uprising in the GDR: state of research, course and consequences.)
- Dariusz Wojtaszyn: Wpływ powstania czerwcowego na funkcjonowanie wschodnioniemieckiej służby bezpieczeństwa (The impact of the June Uprising on the functioning of the East German security service)
- Filip Gańczak: „Prowokacja berlińska”. Powstanie czerwcowe w NRD w materiałach tajnych służb PRL (“Berlin Provocation”. The June Uprising in the GDR in the materials of the secret services of the Polish People’s Republic)
- Adriana Dawid: Echa powstania na Górnym Śląsku wśród mniejszości niemieckiej (Echoes of the uprising in Upper Silesia among the German minority)
Lunch break
14:30-16:00 – Literature and Film
- Marek Zybura: Powstanie ludowe w literaturze NRD (Popular Uprising in literature of GRD)
- Daniel Pietrek: Powstanie w twórczości Horsta Bienka (The uprising in the works of Horst Bieniek)
- Andrzej Dębski: Powstanie ludowe w niemieckich kronikach filmowych (Popular uprising in German newsreels)
Coffee Break
16:15-16:45 – Memory
- Jacek Lepiarz: 60 rocznica powstania ludowego w polskich i niemieckich mediach (60th anniversary of the Popular Uprising in Polish and German media)
17:00-19:00 – Discussion panel „Znaczenie powstania ludowego dla polskiej i niemieckiej tradycji buntów społecznych” (“The significance of the Popular Uprising for Polish and German tradition of social revolts.”)
Participants:
Adriana Dawid, Leszek Szaruga, Marek Zybura
Moderation: Piotr Przybyła
Translated by Martyna Szmyt (student of English Studies at the University of Wrocław) as part of the translation practice.
