Vor rund 80 Jahren endete der Zweite Weltkrieg. Aus diesem Anlass veranstaltet das DHI Warschau in Kooperation mit dem Museum des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Danzig eine Reihe \u00f6ffentlicher Vortr\u00e4ge. Die internationalen G\u00e4ste pr\u00e4sentieren ihre Forschung sowohl in Warschau als auch in Danzig. Sie widmen sich dabei nicht nur den historischen Ereignissen, sondern auch der Frage, wie die schmerzhaften Erfahrungen w\u00e4hrend des Krieges bis heute die Gesellschaft pr\u00e4gen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n East Prussia was the first German province the Red Army reached, and the first where fighting took place. It saw battle from August 1944 until May 1945 – nine months, longer than any other German province. The dominant narrative for this era is that of the Germans’ flight and expulsion, but these months can teach us much more. Taking a more holistic approach to violence, this talk will discuss Nazi crimes perpetrated against foreign labourers and Jews, Red Army violence against civilians, violence of the German military perpetrated against its own population, and the post-war hardships faced by the remaining German population, showing how these related to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBastiaan Willems: Life and death in East Prussia, 1944-1945<\/h3>\n\n\n\n