Revolutions from a Polish and feminist perspective
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| Admission: exhibition admission: 9 EUR / reduced 0 EUR |
| Ticket: free admission for children and young people under 18 years of age |
| Info: The offer is free of charge. All you need is a ticket for the exhibition and a free ticket for the guided tour. Tickets for the guided tour can be booked at the Humboldt Forum ticket office or online from one month before the event. |
| Info: Meeting point: Weaving Cartographer |
| Planning: Duration: 90 min |
| Suitable for: 12 years and older |
| Which languages: German |
| Venue: Berlin Exhibition, 1st floor, World Studio |
| Belongs to: Liberty, Equality, Solidarność, WELTSTUDIO special: Connecting and Meeting |
How can we reflect on historical revolutions today?
On International Women⁺’s Day, Polish writer Ewa Maria Slaska and Polish artist and activist Anna Krenz explore revolutions from Polish and feminist perspectives at BERLIN GLOBAL.
They revisit the correspondence between German writer Bettina von Arnim and Polish author Julia Woykowska to highlight the development of women’s history. They tell the stories of courageous fighters in the Polish resistance movement during the Nazi period – Stefania Przybył, Maria Kwaśniewska and Irena Bobowska. And they discuss the role of the Polish trade union Solidarność in the peaceful revolution of 1989.
Slaska and Krenz also speak about places of remembrance in Berlin, such as the “Monument to the Polish Soldier and German Anti-Fascist,” the Irena Bobowska memorial tree, and the recently erected German memorial stone for Polish victims of National Socialism. Drawing on the history of Prussian Queen Louise and her sister Frederike, they link these narratives to sisterhood and women’s empowerment today.
Part of the Open Space programme Liberty, Equality, Solidarność.
About the format
The tandem guided tour involves two people. An educator and a Berlin expert guide you through selected exhibition areas. The invited expert determines the subject matter. The experts will bring their own varied professional and personal backgrounds into the conversation and they may be a midwife, artist, small-scale female entrepreneur, biologist, historian, archaeologist, psychologist, female fire fighter or restorer. People who work as volunteers or who have provided curatorial support in the exhibition will also be invited. This makes every tandem guided tour individual and unique.
Participants
Ewa Maria Slaska (*1949, Poland) is a writer, journalist, blogger and project manager. She has lived in exile in Berlin since 1985. She founded among other things the programme Wyspa – Inselmagazin (1986) and was editor of the literary magazine WIR. In 2003, she received the German-Polish Journalism Award. On her blog Ewa Maria and Friends, she and other authors publish daily writings on cultural, social, historical and political topics. In August 2025, her new novel “Sen amerykański. Pokolenie Solidarności” was released. Under the title “Polnischer American Dream. Generation Solidarność”, it is also available in German as a PDF.
Witaj na Polkopedii – encyklopedii Polek za granicą!
Anna Krenz (*1976, Poland) is an artist, illustrator, editor and activist. She studied Technology/Energy Architecture (Poznan University) and Environment & Sustainable Design (Architectural Association, London). Krenz is a founder and member of the Berlin-based initiative Dziewuchy Berlin (founded in 2016), a civic movement that supports Polish women internationally and actively campaigns for women’s and human rights in Poland and Germany. She participates artistically in various protests and actions in Berlin and Poland.