Warsaw 1945–1947: The Life of Ruins and Life in the Ruins

Name: Warsaw 1945–1947: The Life of Ruins and Life in the Ruins
Start: 2026-06-02T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Pariser Platz 4a, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Schedule

Tue, 02 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Pariser Platz 4a, 10117 Berlin, Germany | Berlin, BE

Warsaw 1945–1947: The Life of Ruins and Life in the Ruins
Lecture by Dr. Błażej Brzostek
02.06, 18.00 | Pariser Platz 4A, 10117 Berlin
Registration: https://forms.gle/LUd2j65So5gpQJ3x8
How does one live in a destroyed city? How do ruins change over time, and how do new forms of everyday life emerge among rubble, provisional shelters, and overgrown landscapes of debris?
In his lecture, historian and author Dr. Błażej Brzostek, whose acclaimed history of Warsaw "Wstecz!" has been celebrated throughout Poland, opens up new perspectives on the history of the Polish capital in the immediate postwar years. The dialectic between destruction and rebirth in a city razed to the ground, which many visitors immediately perceive in the exhibition “Warsaw’s New Beginning …”, is expanded by Brzostek into another dimension: that between nature and culture, between ending and new beginning.
Focusing on Warsaw between 1945 and 1947, Brzostek explores the unique world of life among the ruins and the complex relationship between people and their devastated surroundings. While nature slowly reclaims the ruined city, its inhabitants simultaneously attempt to rebuild everyday life amid the rubble.
This event is accompanying our exhibition Warschaus Neuanfang 1945-1949. Fotografien vom Leben in den Trümmern.