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“Peace is a very fragile construct and you can never assume that any acquis communautaire is truly obtained for good. It may be clearly observed in at least several regions of the world, which makes it even more alarming. The future of our civilisation is in our own hands and we must take responsibility for the shape of that future…”

On January 27, 2015 we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi German concentraction and extermination camp Auschwitz.

Established seven decades ago, the Poznan Institute for Western Affairs is among Poland’s most prominent research and scholarly institutions, widely recognized and highly esteemed in the international scholarly community. The Institute’s research interests center on the history of Polish-German relations, the Western and Northern Territories, European and trans-Atlantic affairs and Poland’s policies and security.

According to the legend, Jews fleeing persecution in the Middle Ages came east. When they arrived in a forest, they heard the word ‘Polin’, which sounded like “Rest here” in Hebrew. They knew then that this was the place to settle. Polin is the Hebrew word for Poland and the inspiration for the name of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.