With author Brygida Helbig and historian Jörg Hackmann from the University of Szczecin. The event will be moderated by Grzegorz Lisek (Institute for Slavic Studies, University of Greifswald).

As part of the Polish Culture Days POLENMARKT

The capital of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship has a vision and has developed rapidly in recent decades, including becoming a cultural hotspot and an important driving force
in the German-Polish integration area.
The literary scholar and writer Brygida Helbig spent several months in Szczecin in 2025. As a city writer for the German Cultural Forum for Eastern
Europe, she explored the city's past and present and took part in its cultural life. She wrote about her observations and impressions during this
her observations and impressions in a blog www.stadtschreiberin-stettin.de

We would like to take a look at the past and present with our guests and talk about our twin city Szczecin.

An event cooperation of the German Cultural Forum Eastern Europe, the Koeppenhaus, as part of the project ID: Pomerania, funded by the Interreg VI A Cooperation Program Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Brandenburg / Poland 2021-2027.

Photo credits: Brygida Helbig (c) Kamila Parandowska, Filharmonia (c) Urząd Miasta Szczecin

Admission free, donation welcome.