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Polish
“In the Middle of Europe:
Berlin as the City of East and West: Five Portraits of Travelers Between Worlds”
Uwe Rada
The Survival Artist
When you ask Mateusz Hartwich where he’s from, he fires back “Breslau. I am a Beslauer in Berlin.” It sounds perfectly clear—place of origin, place of residence, the classic parameters of migration. But the 25-year-old is everything but a classic case. “The best part about Berlin,” he says, winking, “ is that it’s easy to avoid the Poles.”...
The Border Artist
Between Poznan and Potsdam—for Michael Kurzwelly it’s routine. Kurzwelly, who was born in Bonn, lived for 8 years in Poznan, where he directed it’s art center. Later he commuted between Frankfurt (Oder), where he now lives, and Potsdam to teach Telekom workers in Polish.
More here (in German):
http://www.uwe-rada.de/themen/pol35.html
