Andrew Asher, Jarosław Jańczak, 2007.Transnational Mythmaking in Post-Soviet Europe: Cold War and EU Monuments in a Polish – German ’Divided City’, [in:], Art and Politics: Case-Studies from Eastern Europe, Art History & Criticism nr 3, Linara Dovydaityte (ed.), Kaunas; Vytautas Magnus University, pp. 200-208.
Richard landwehr the european volunteer movement in world war ii - journal ...RareBooksnRecords
The document summarizes the European volunteer movements that fought for Germany during World War II. Over 1 million volunteers from 30 different European nations joined the German Army, nearly half with the Waffen-SS. The Waffen-SS developed the idea of a united, anti-communist Europe and created a new society that promoted European identity over national differences. It details several volunteer legions formed from countries like Norway, Flanders, the Netherlands, and Denmark that fought bravely on the Eastern Front against the Soviets. It also discusses French, Walloon, and Croatian legions formed in the Wehrmacht.
The three main causes of World War 1 were:
1) The alliance system of the early 1900s divided Europe into two groups - the Allies of France, Russia, Britain, and Italy, and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
2) A naval race between Britain and Germany caused tension as both countries increased the size and strength of their navies.
3) Nationalist tensions in the Balkans region of southeast Europe, as groups wanted independence from Austria-Hungary, led to the Balkan Crisis that helped trigger the war.
The newsletter provides information about the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine and discusses distributing the newsletter online in the future. It also includes several articles summarizing auction results of Carpatho-Ukraine postal items, describing a 1903 letter that traveled from Romania to Jerusalem in 11 days, and giving an overview of the battles in the Carpathian mountains between Austria-Hungary and Russia during 1914-1915, focusing on the operations of the Szurmay Corps in the Ung Valley.
1) Poland's geographical position as a gateway between Russia and Europe has made it strategically important. Its invasion was a key objective for both German and Russian forces in World War 2.
2) Poland fears becoming caught between Germany and Russia in future conflicts. It seeks strong NATO support to deter Russian aggression but would be vulnerable if isolated.
3) Finland's position bordering Russia also concerns Poland and NATO regarding Russia's intentions and potential escalation of conflicts.
Alexandru Averescu was a Romanian marshal and politician who served as Prime Minister three times. He first rose to prominence for helping repress a 1907 peasant revolt with violence. During World War I, he led the defense of Moldavia and commanded armies against the Central Powers. After the war, he founded the successful People's Party and served as Prime Minister from 1920-1921 with backing from the king and other parties. Later in life, he was approached by Italy for collaboration against Nazi Germany but declined.
Projects of the Austrian State Archives commemorating the outbreak of the 1st...Thomas Just
The Austrian State Archives has undertaken several projects to commemorate the outbreak of World War 1, including digitizing 300,000 war photos, publishing books on sources related to WWI in Austrian, German and Czech archives. They created an exhibition called "Extraausgabee" on the media and the war which explored topics like propaganda, movies and modern art. They also launched a web portal and Twitter account to provide online access to over 5,000 digitized objects from the war, including the declaration of war against Serbia. Additionally, they will present the war diary of General Karl Schneller and daily situation reports to the Emperor to offer insight from a high-ranking general compared to the official reports.
This presentation was supervised by Miss. Bonnie So during my AL History studies at Rosaryhill School.
To the British perspective of commercialism, those who persisted with the nationalism of Aryan Race should deserve war-guilt condemnations. However, if fostering an empathetic mind towards the heroic sentiments of German and Austrian people, you would find that Serbia was a hateful country because she contributed nothing but to connect with the Russian influences for disturbing the stability of Eastern Europe.
Bismarck, Kaiser William II and Archduke Ferdinand had tried all possible means to protect the dignity of Aryan Races. They thought about lots of concrete measures to restrain the ambitions of Slavs. Under Russian control, Slavs used to be a group of barbaric minorities, so as Serbia. Especially for the epoch after the World War II, we could definitely neglect the existence of this inefficient country as Serbia was often defeated during the World Cup matches.
Serbia has no meritorious culture, as it just copies the elements from Russia. Serbia was accused of stirring up the World War I as she openly refused to bear up the war-guilt clauses after her assassination on the Austrian ruler but to seek military assistance from Britain, France and Russia without a shameful mind.
This presentation has delivered a clear analysis on the fake benevolence of Serbia, in which such criticisms are hardly found from the normal History textbooks in Hong Kong due to the emphasis on a British mode of neutrality.
Richard landwehr the european volunteer movement in world war ii - journal ...RareBooksnRecords
The document summarizes the European volunteer movements that fought for Germany during World War II. Over 1 million volunteers from 30 different European nations joined the German Army, nearly half with the Waffen-SS. The Waffen-SS developed the idea of a united, anti-communist Europe and created a new society that promoted European identity over national differences. It details several volunteer legions formed from countries like Norway, Flanders, the Netherlands, and Denmark that fought bravely on the Eastern Front against the Soviets. It also discusses French, Walloon, and Croatian legions formed in the Wehrmacht.
The three main causes of World War 1 were:
1) The alliance system of the early 1900s divided Europe into two groups - the Allies of France, Russia, Britain, and Italy, and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
2) A naval race between Britain and Germany caused tension as both countries increased the size and strength of their navies.
3) Nationalist tensions in the Balkans region of southeast Europe, as groups wanted independence from Austria-Hungary, led to the Balkan Crisis that helped trigger the war.
The newsletter provides information about the Study Circle for the Postal History of Carpatho-Ukraine and discusses distributing the newsletter online in the future. It also includes several articles summarizing auction results of Carpatho-Ukraine postal items, describing a 1903 letter that traveled from Romania to Jerusalem in 11 days, and giving an overview of the battles in the Carpathian mountains between Austria-Hungary and Russia during 1914-1915, focusing on the operations of the Szurmay Corps in the Ung Valley.
1) Poland's geographical position as a gateway between Russia and Europe has made it strategically important. Its invasion was a key objective for both German and Russian forces in World War 2.
2) Poland fears becoming caught between Germany and Russia in future conflicts. It seeks strong NATO support to deter Russian aggression but would be vulnerable if isolated.
3) Finland's position bordering Russia also concerns Poland and NATO regarding Russia's intentions and potential escalation of conflicts.
Alexandru Averescu was a Romanian marshal and politician who served as Prime Minister three times. He first rose to prominence for helping repress a 1907 peasant revolt with violence. During World War I, he led the defense of Moldavia and commanded armies against the Central Powers. After the war, he founded the successful People's Party and served as Prime Minister from 1920-1921 with backing from the king and other parties. Later in life, he was approached by Italy for collaboration against Nazi Germany but declined.
Projects of the Austrian State Archives commemorating the outbreak of the 1st...Thomas Just
The Austrian State Archives has undertaken several projects to commemorate the outbreak of World War 1, including digitizing 300,000 war photos, publishing books on sources related to WWI in Austrian, German and Czech archives. They created an exhibition called "Extraausgabee" on the media and the war which explored topics like propaganda, movies and modern art. They also launched a web portal and Twitter account to provide online access to over 5,000 digitized objects from the war, including the declaration of war against Serbia. Additionally, they will present the war diary of General Karl Schneller and daily situation reports to the Emperor to offer insight from a high-ranking general compared to the official reports.
This presentation was supervised by Miss. Bonnie So during my AL History studies at Rosaryhill School.
To the British perspective of commercialism, those who persisted with the nationalism of Aryan Race should deserve war-guilt condemnations. However, if fostering an empathetic mind towards the heroic sentiments of German and Austrian people, you would find that Serbia was a hateful country because she contributed nothing but to connect with the Russian influences for disturbing the stability of Eastern Europe.
Bismarck, Kaiser William II and Archduke Ferdinand had tried all possible means to protect the dignity of Aryan Races. They thought about lots of concrete measures to restrain the ambitions of Slavs. Under Russian control, Slavs used to be a group of barbaric minorities, so as Serbia. Especially for the epoch after the World War II, we could definitely neglect the existence of this inefficient country as Serbia was often defeated during the World Cup matches.
Serbia has no meritorious culture, as it just copies the elements from Russia. Serbia was accused of stirring up the World War I as she openly refused to bear up the war-guilt clauses after her assassination on the Austrian ruler but to seek military assistance from Britain, France and Russia without a shameful mind.
This presentation has delivered a clear analysis on the fake benevolence of Serbia, in which such criticisms are hardly found from the normal History textbooks in Hong Kong due to the emphasis on a British mode of neutrality.
Samoilă Mârza - story single photo of the Great UnionGabriel Patrascu
Samoilă Mârza was a farmer from Galtiu, Alba who became the photographer who documented Romania's union with Transylvania in 1918. At age 32, he brought his camera to Alba Iulia and took the only photographs of the event. His photos were published and appreciated by leaders like Ion I.C. Brătianu and King Ferdinand I. However, Mârza lived in poverty and was forced to sell some of his historic photographs. After his death, efforts were made to preserve his photographs and recognize his important role in documenting this pivotal moment in Romanian history.
Samoilă Mârza was a Romanian photographer from Transylvania who is renowned for documenting Romania's union with Transylvania in 1918. As the only photographer present, he captured the five existing photographs of the assembly that proclaimed the union. Throughout his career, Mârza photographed several other important events in Romanian history. He published the photos of the 1918 union and received recognition from King Ferdinand I and others. Though acclaimed in his time, Mârza died in poverty in 1967.
Poland regained its independence in 1918 after 123 years of partition by Austria, Prussia and Russia. The first years after independence were turbulent, as Poland fought wars with its neighbors over borders. During World War II, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 and was divided between them. Poland lost over 6 million citizens during the war. After the war, Poland fell under communist rule from the Soviet Union. Solidarity trade union movements in the 1980s challenged communist rule and led to democratic elections in 1990, ending communist domination. Poland has since joined NATO and the European Union.
Nazi Stereoscopic Photobooks of Vienna and PragueDouglas Klahr
This document summarizes two Nazi-era stereoscopic photo books about Vienna and Prague published in 1941 and 1943. It notes that while stereoscopic photography offered an immersive individual viewing experience, its loose format of individual stereoviews separated from captions compromised some aspects of propaganda by allowing freedom of viewing sequence and breaking the link between image and text. The books presented the cities in a traditional static architectural style but the stereoscopic format's freedoms undermined complete message control sought by propaganda. They were luxury items targeted towards wealthy audiences and distributed through Hitler's personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann's empire.
Mammad Amin Rasulzade was an Azerbaijani statesman and scholar who was the first president of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan from 1918 to 1920. He received his education in Baku and helped establish early socialist and nationalist political organizations in Azerbaijan. Rasulzade declared Azerbaijan's independence in 1918 and established Baku State University before fleeing into exile after the Sovietization of Azerbaijan in 1920. He spent the rest of his life in exile in various countries, expressing his hope for Azerbaijan's independence, before dying in Turkey in 1955.
Nazi Rise to Power, Part 4; The Freikorps Years, 1919-1923Jim Powers
The Freikorps were paramilitary organizations that operated in Germany from 1919-1923. They were composed primarily of World War I veterans and were known for their radical nationalist and anti-communist views. The Freikorps engaged in battles along Germany's borders to prevent territorial losses in Poland, the Baltic states, and Upper Silesia. They also helped crush the Bavarian Soviet Republic in Munich in 1919 and put down other leftist uprisings. However, the Freikorps' use of violence contributed to the instability of the Weimar Republic.
This newsletter provides updates on postal history findings related to Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses:
1) A registered letter from 1851 in Ungvár with transit and arrival marks.
2) Three picture postcards from 1915 in Beregszász with a new "Weiterleiten" military censorship mark.
3) A field post card from 1919 indicating Polní Pošta 12 was located in Munkács, contradicting previous beliefs.
4) Details on the use of orange cancellation marks in Užhorod in 1938 and the locations of various Czechoslovak field post offices during that period.
This document provides an investment analysis of BP (British Petroleum). It summarizes BP's history dating back to 1909, highlights its involvement in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and analyzes its financial performance, competitors, and position in the energy industry. The analysis finds that while BP took a financial hit from the spill, its earnings and goodwill have increased in recent years. It recommends BP as a suitable investment for long-term, low-risk investors due to its improving ratios and dividend yield, though it is still recovering from the 2010 spill.
Zmiana skali postrzegania procesów integracyjnych pozwala na inną ocenę ich przyczyn i przebiegu. Graniczne miasta bliźniacze są tu ciekawym przykładem dla analizy empirycznej. Badanie dyskursu integracyjnego ich struktur administracyjnych daje możliwość zdefiniowania kilku różnych schematów współpracy/integracji transgranicznej. To między innymi staż integracyjny oraz dziedzictwo konfliktu determinują ten proces.
Polsko-niemieckie regiony transgraniczne i miasta transgraniczne po 2004 roku...Adam Mickiewicz University
Due to their unique location spanning the Polish-German border, the transborder cities and regions in the common borderland are of particular
importance for analyzing projects aimed at the creation of new international spaces. This paper’s aim is to analyze possibility of transborder structures erection. The main research questions addressed here are why a rise in transborder initiatives is observable in the new millennium at the Polish-German borderland and whether real transborder structures are a realistic agenda. Two parallel processes might be observed:
institutional pragmatism of territorial self-gove rnment units aiming at cooperation deepening and social isolation of border communities. Both are resulting from deborderisation and deprovincionalisation phenomena.
Too Big to Fail Whitepaper FINAL 6pgs 03 02 11Marti Kopacz
This document discusses the debate around whether states should be allowed to file for bankruptcy. It outlines arguments on both sides of the issue. The cons of allowing state bankruptcy include challenges to states' sovereignty, interfering with state lawmaking processes, and potentially destabilizing municipal bond markets. However, the pros include establishing a framework to bring all constituencies together to address fiscal issues, avoiding defaults through an orderly process, increasing transparency, and avoiding federal bailouts. The document concludes by suggesting a bipartisan task force be formed to further study the complex issue and make recommendations.
Highway to hell? European Union‘s Eastern Policy from a Civilian power persp...Adam Mickiewicz University
Jarosław Jańczak, Michael Meimeth, 2015, Highway to hell? – European Union’s Eastern Policy from a civilizing power perspective, “Centre international de formation européenne CIFE Policy Paper”, No. 7, pp. 10.
Integracja europejska w mikroperspektywie. Graniczne miasta bliźniacze w Euro...Adam Mickiewicz University
The dynamization of integration processes in Europe has generated numerous research topics for political analysis. Border integration is an expression of the broader unification processes of certain structures. It is also a manifestation of the observation that people think globally, but function locally. The European integration perspective is therefore practically implemented in microstructures, exemplified by border twin towns.
The objective of this paper is to revive the micro perspective as a useful approach in the investigation of integration processes. This perspective is applied in the field of border studies, which focus on research into the transformation of European borders resulting from integration processes, as well as on the transformations of the concepts of statehood, territoriality and sovereignty. It is assumed that these phenomena are definitely more observable at the outskirts of states than in their centers. Theoretical and empirical considerations are based on the example of border twin towns, as the European units of local government that integrate across borders. The main differences between the integration of towns in Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe are also indicated in the analysis.
Salah Mahmoud MohamedAhmed Osman is seeking a position as a Telecommunication & IT Network Engineer. He has a BSc in Electronic Systems Engineering with a focus on Telecommunications from Almanhal Academy of Science. He has several professional IT and networking certifications and years of experience in roles supporting computer networks, hardware, and software. He is proficient in technologies like Cisco, Windows server, and has strong communication and problem-solving skills.
This document discusses differentiating between perimortem (around the time of death) and postmortem (after death) fractures in bones. Antemortem fractures occur before death and show signs of healing. Perimortem fractures do not show healing as death occurred at the same time as injury. Postmortem fractures can result from various post-death factors like scavenging or environmental effects. A blind study of 210 known fractures by two anthropologists found error rates of 22.2% for perimortem and 10.4% for postmortem determinations, showing the difficulty of reliable identification due to postmortem changes mimicking perimortem features. Current criteria cannot definitively differentiate peri-
This document is a curriculum vitae for Vikesh Rameshdaw that includes personal details, educational background, skillsets and competencies, career objective, employment history, and contact information. It outlines Vikesh's relevant work experience at MTN in roles with increasing responsibility over 15 years, from Customer Representative to Senior Account Manager. It also lists his qualifications, training, skills, and plans for further education and career advancement.
This paper discusses the author's observations of communication theory, Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, and job design theory during an internship with the SUNY Oswego University Police Department. The author rode along with officers and worked as a student ticket writer. Physiological and safety needs were easily met through benefits and equipment, while belonging and esteem needs were achieved through positive relationships with coworkers. However, lack of recognition from the public made it difficult for officers to reach self-actualization. The paper also examines how basic communication theory applies as officers relay information to dispatchers during traffic stops.
This thesis examines the role of drag performance in modern social, political, and media culture. It explores how drag challenges norms of gender and sexuality, and pushes boundaries of identity. The author conducted interviews with 18 drag queens in New York City to understand how their performances navigate issues of visibility, commodification, and the policing of gender. The thesis argues that drag is a crucial space for examining the social forces that define gender, and offers opportunities to reimagine concepts of masculinity and femininity.
Integracja i dezintegracja w Europie Srodkowej. Graniczne miasta bliźniacze j...Adam Mickiewicz University
The purpose of this analysis is to take a look at integration and disintegration processes in Central Europe from the perspective of twin towns. The premise of the paper is the statement that the integration processes, as seen from the perspective of the border, evidencen deboundarization which is inspired by continental integration, but also show the presence of the contradictory phenomenon of defrontierization following accession. These processes depend on the category of boundaries in a region and are related to the context of bilateral relations between neighboring countries, as well as to the Europeanization of the internal and external borders of the Schengen zone.
This document summarizes a paper about revolutionary and counterrevolutionary terrorism, using the Tupamaros group in Uruguay as a case study. It discusses how the Tupamaros formed in response to Uruguay's economic crisis and used violence to try to bring about political and social change. However, their violent tactics eventually alienated the public and strengthened support for the government. The government then targeted vulnerabilities within the Tupamaros organization, like their use of cells, through increased repression and torture of prisoners. Ultimately, the determining factor in who prevails between revolutionaries and the government comes down to which side has the support of the people.
Polityczne i społeczne konsekwencje członkostwa Polski w UE dla granicy i pog...Adam Mickiewicz University
Wybór granicy i pogranicza jako perspektywy oceny pięciu lat polskiej byt ności w Unii Europejskiej opiera się na postrzeganiu ich jako " laboratorium inte gracji " 3. Pojęcie laboratorium implikuje eksperyment, odkrywanie nieznanego, testowanie określonych rozwiązań, sprawdzanie możliwości ich " rzeczywistej " implementacji. Laboratorium jest jednocześnie " światem w pigułce " , reprezen tatywnym, choć często wyidealizowanym wycinkiem rzeczywistości, takim, na którym można przeprowadzać eksperymenty. Ich rezultaty powinny służyć do uogólnień i proponowania sprawdzonych rozwiązań na szerszą skalę. W warun kach stworzonych w laboratorium ogniskują się najbardziej charakterystyczne i istotne cechy, stanowi ono kwintesencję czynników wymagających sprawdze nia4. Pogranicze spełnia większość kryteriów dla bycia wykorzystywanym w cha rakterze laboratorium integracji, z wyjątkiem pełnego odizolowania. Pograni cze zachodnie dużo wcześniej i intensywniej od innych regionów doświadczało prointegracyjnego kursu Polski, jednak sam moment akcesji oraz jego konse kwencje prawne, ekonomiczne, społeczne i kulturowe zaistniały równocześnie do innych części kraju. Tym, co odróżniało siłę oddziaływania, była natomiast jego intensywność. Jakie elementy czyniły więc pogranicze " laboratorium inte gracji " ? Do najważniejszych z nich można zaliczyć bliskość przestrzenną oraz dziedzictwo trudnych stosunków. Zachodnie pogranicze Polski stanowiło jedyny polski obszar przestrzennie przylegający do Unii Europejskiej poprzez granicę z Niemcami. W odróżnieniu od granicy południowej i częściowo wschodniej, zachodnia stanowiła ostatnią przeszkodę na drodze do wspólnego rynku, obszaru pozbawionego wewnętrz nych kontroli granicznych, ale także styk z zachodnim dobrobytem, rozwiąza niami technicznymi, kulturą organizacyjną, wspólnotowym systemem prawnym etc. Bliskość przestrzenna oznaczała większą częstotliwość kontaktu z tymi ele mentami dla szerokich rzesz mieszkańców. Rozbudowywane po 1989 r. przej ścia graniczne wspomagały ten proces na równi z występowaniem miast podzielonych. Słubice–Frankfurt nad Odrą, Gubin–Guben oraz Görlitz–Zgorzelec przed 1945 r. były jednolitymi miastami, które rozdzielone w wyniku wojny, rozpoczęły proces funkcjonalnej reintegracji po roku 19906. Efekt tego stanowiła
Samoilă Mârza - story single photo of the Great UnionGabriel Patrascu
Samoilă Mârza was a farmer from Galtiu, Alba who became the photographer who documented Romania's union with Transylvania in 1918. At age 32, he brought his camera to Alba Iulia and took the only photographs of the event. His photos were published and appreciated by leaders like Ion I.C. Brătianu and King Ferdinand I. However, Mârza lived in poverty and was forced to sell some of his historic photographs. After his death, efforts were made to preserve his photographs and recognize his important role in documenting this pivotal moment in Romanian history.
Samoilă Mârza was a Romanian photographer from Transylvania who is renowned for documenting Romania's union with Transylvania in 1918. As the only photographer present, he captured the five existing photographs of the assembly that proclaimed the union. Throughout his career, Mârza photographed several other important events in Romanian history. He published the photos of the 1918 union and received recognition from King Ferdinand I and others. Though acclaimed in his time, Mârza died in poverty in 1967.
Poland regained its independence in 1918 after 123 years of partition by Austria, Prussia and Russia. The first years after independence were turbulent, as Poland fought wars with its neighbors over borders. During World War II, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 and was divided between them. Poland lost over 6 million citizens during the war. After the war, Poland fell under communist rule from the Soviet Union. Solidarity trade union movements in the 1980s challenged communist rule and led to democratic elections in 1990, ending communist domination. Poland has since joined NATO and the European Union.
Nazi Stereoscopic Photobooks of Vienna and PragueDouglas Klahr
This document summarizes two Nazi-era stereoscopic photo books about Vienna and Prague published in 1941 and 1943. It notes that while stereoscopic photography offered an immersive individual viewing experience, its loose format of individual stereoviews separated from captions compromised some aspects of propaganda by allowing freedom of viewing sequence and breaking the link between image and text. The books presented the cities in a traditional static architectural style but the stereoscopic format's freedoms undermined complete message control sought by propaganda. They were luxury items targeted towards wealthy audiences and distributed through Hitler's personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann's empire.
Mammad Amin Rasulzade was an Azerbaijani statesman and scholar who was the first president of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan from 1918 to 1920. He received his education in Baku and helped establish early socialist and nationalist political organizations in Azerbaijan. Rasulzade declared Azerbaijan's independence in 1918 and established Baku State University before fleeing into exile after the Sovietization of Azerbaijan in 1920. He spent the rest of his life in exile in various countries, expressing his hope for Azerbaijan's independence, before dying in Turkey in 1955.
Nazi Rise to Power, Part 4; The Freikorps Years, 1919-1923Jim Powers
The Freikorps were paramilitary organizations that operated in Germany from 1919-1923. They were composed primarily of World War I veterans and were known for their radical nationalist and anti-communist views. The Freikorps engaged in battles along Germany's borders to prevent territorial losses in Poland, the Baltic states, and Upper Silesia. They also helped crush the Bavarian Soviet Republic in Munich in 1919 and put down other leftist uprisings. However, the Freikorps' use of violence contributed to the instability of the Weimar Republic.
This newsletter provides updates on postal history findings related to Carpatho-Ukraine. It discusses:
1) A registered letter from 1851 in Ungvár with transit and arrival marks.
2) Three picture postcards from 1915 in Beregszász with a new "Weiterleiten" military censorship mark.
3) A field post card from 1919 indicating Polní Pošta 12 was located in Munkács, contradicting previous beliefs.
4) Details on the use of orange cancellation marks in Užhorod in 1938 and the locations of various Czechoslovak field post offices during that period.
This document provides an investment analysis of BP (British Petroleum). It summarizes BP's history dating back to 1909, highlights its involvement in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and analyzes its financial performance, competitors, and position in the energy industry. The analysis finds that while BP took a financial hit from the spill, its earnings and goodwill have increased in recent years. It recommends BP as a suitable investment for long-term, low-risk investors due to its improving ratios and dividend yield, though it is still recovering from the 2010 spill.
Zmiana skali postrzegania procesów integracyjnych pozwala na inną ocenę ich przyczyn i przebiegu. Graniczne miasta bliźniacze są tu ciekawym przykładem dla analizy empirycznej. Badanie dyskursu integracyjnego ich struktur administracyjnych daje możliwość zdefiniowania kilku różnych schematów współpracy/integracji transgranicznej. To między innymi staż integracyjny oraz dziedzictwo konfliktu determinują ten proces.
Polsko-niemieckie regiony transgraniczne i miasta transgraniczne po 2004 roku...Adam Mickiewicz University
Due to their unique location spanning the Polish-German border, the transborder cities and regions in the common borderland are of particular
importance for analyzing projects aimed at the creation of new international spaces. This paper’s aim is to analyze possibility of transborder structures erection. The main research questions addressed here are why a rise in transborder initiatives is observable in the new millennium at the Polish-German borderland and whether real transborder structures are a realistic agenda. Two parallel processes might be observed:
institutional pragmatism of territorial self-gove rnment units aiming at cooperation deepening and social isolation of border communities. Both are resulting from deborderisation and deprovincionalisation phenomena.
Too Big to Fail Whitepaper FINAL 6pgs 03 02 11Marti Kopacz
This document discusses the debate around whether states should be allowed to file for bankruptcy. It outlines arguments on both sides of the issue. The cons of allowing state bankruptcy include challenges to states' sovereignty, interfering with state lawmaking processes, and potentially destabilizing municipal bond markets. However, the pros include establishing a framework to bring all constituencies together to address fiscal issues, avoiding defaults through an orderly process, increasing transparency, and avoiding federal bailouts. The document concludes by suggesting a bipartisan task force be formed to further study the complex issue and make recommendations.
Highway to hell? European Union‘s Eastern Policy from a Civilian power persp...Adam Mickiewicz University
Jarosław Jańczak, Michael Meimeth, 2015, Highway to hell? – European Union’s Eastern Policy from a civilizing power perspective, “Centre international de formation européenne CIFE Policy Paper”, No. 7, pp. 10.
Integracja europejska w mikroperspektywie. Graniczne miasta bliźniacze w Euro...Adam Mickiewicz University
The dynamization of integration processes in Europe has generated numerous research topics for political analysis. Border integration is an expression of the broader unification processes of certain structures. It is also a manifestation of the observation that people think globally, but function locally. The European integration perspective is therefore practically implemented in microstructures, exemplified by border twin towns.
The objective of this paper is to revive the micro perspective as a useful approach in the investigation of integration processes. This perspective is applied in the field of border studies, which focus on research into the transformation of European borders resulting from integration processes, as well as on the transformations of the concepts of statehood, territoriality and sovereignty. It is assumed that these phenomena are definitely more observable at the outskirts of states than in their centers. Theoretical and empirical considerations are based on the example of border twin towns, as the European units of local government that integrate across borders. The main differences between the integration of towns in Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe are also indicated in the analysis.
Salah Mahmoud MohamedAhmed Osman is seeking a position as a Telecommunication & IT Network Engineer. He has a BSc in Electronic Systems Engineering with a focus on Telecommunications from Almanhal Academy of Science. He has several professional IT and networking certifications and years of experience in roles supporting computer networks, hardware, and software. He is proficient in technologies like Cisco, Windows server, and has strong communication and problem-solving skills.
This document discusses differentiating between perimortem (around the time of death) and postmortem (after death) fractures in bones. Antemortem fractures occur before death and show signs of healing. Perimortem fractures do not show healing as death occurred at the same time as injury. Postmortem fractures can result from various post-death factors like scavenging or environmental effects. A blind study of 210 known fractures by two anthropologists found error rates of 22.2% for perimortem and 10.4% for postmortem determinations, showing the difficulty of reliable identification due to postmortem changes mimicking perimortem features. Current criteria cannot definitively differentiate peri-
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This paper discusses the author's observations of communication theory, Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, and job design theory during an internship with the SUNY Oswego University Police Department. The author rode along with officers and worked as a student ticket writer. Physiological and safety needs were easily met through benefits and equipment, while belonging and esteem needs were achieved through positive relationships with coworkers. However, lack of recognition from the public made it difficult for officers to reach self-actualization. The paper also examines how basic communication theory applies as officers relay information to dispatchers during traffic stops.
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Transnational Mythmaking in Post-Soviet Europe: Cold War and EU Monuments in a Polish– German " Divided City "
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Andrew D. Asher
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Jarosław Jańczak
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Transnational Mythmaking in
Post-Soviet Europe: Cold War
and EU Monuments in a Polish–
German “Divided City”
Key words: monuments, borders, idea flow, public
spaces.
as the communist governments in Poland and East
Germany worked to systematise new forms of gov-
ernance, both Frankfurt(Oder) and Słubice wit-
nessed extensive socialisation campaigns. Słubice
also experienced a Polonisation campaign, and after
the collapse of the communist regime in 1989, an
additional decommunisation campaign. Finally, as
Poland prepared to join the EU in the 1990s, Słubice
and Frankfurt(Oder) became the subject of EU ef-
forts to de-emphasise and integrate its future in-
ternal borders. Even as geopolitical relationships
in Central Europe changed, Frankfurt(Oder) and
Słubice were continuously considered to have high
symbolic value due to their trans-border location,
as is evidenced by their frequent use as venues for
official summits during both the socialist and post-
socialist periods.5
Public space monuments in Frankfurt(Oder) and
Słubice are a reflection of these social contexts. Each
of the monuments examined in this essay is not only
a visual record of how changes in high politics and
public policy were symbolised in the periphery by
the centre, but also documents how traditions “in-
vented” by the centre were adapted and modified by
the periphery to fit the requirements of local politics
and situations. We have therefore chosen to analyse
the six monuments we present not from an aesthetic
or compositional standpoint, but rather as markers
in a larger socio-political symbolic system. We ar-
range the monuments in three cross-border pairs,
with each pair representing a different type and
INTRODUCTION
Because of their unique location spanning the
Polish-German border, the divided cities1
of
Frankfurt(Oder),GermanyandSłubice,Polandarea
site of particular symbolic importance for the legiti-
misation of governing projects aimed at the creation
of new national and international spaces. Following
Fredrik Barth’s2
argument that identifying differ-
ence is most important at the boundaries of groups,
this border location imparts Frankfurt(Oder) and
Słubice with greater symbolic value in relation to
national and international governing bodies than
the cities would otherwise be expected to have. In
order to claim the local space as “Polish”, “German”,
or “European”, outside actors, such as national
governments or the European Union (EU), have
utilised public monuments as a way of “inventing
tradition”.3
However, because border regions are also
typically subject to both centripetal and centrifugal
forces – simultaneously pulling individuals toward
the national centre and toward the local trans-bor-
der region – these efforts ultimately had little effect
on the attitudes of the local population, and instead
reflected the centre’s goals for the symbolic utilisa-
tion of the periphery.
The contested nature of the post-World War II
Polish-German border directly contributed to bor-
der regimes that reified national difference as a
way to consolidate and legitimise power over the
new territorial arrangements.4
At the same time,
POST-COMMUNISTCULTUREANDNEWMYTHS
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phase of memorialisation. The first pair are war me-
morials built immediately following World War II,
the second pair are monuments to great figures of
socialism built as part of the socialist reconstruction
of the two cities, and the third pair are “European”
monuments built in the 1990s as part of the EU’s
integration and expansion initiatives.
FRATERNAL STRUGGLE, SŁUBICE
Designed by Mieczysław Krajnik in 1949, the
Braterska Walka (Fraternal Struggle) monument
presents a column topped by two soldiers – one
Soviet and one Polish – storming the west.6
It is sim-
ilar to other Braterstwo Broni (Fraternity in Arms)
monuments throughout western Poland7
, and was
meant to memorialise the comradeship and frater-
nity of the Polish and Soviet armies. The monument
is located in Plac Bohaterów (Heroes’ Square) in
Słubice, and replaced the graves of 32 Soviet soldiers,
which were moved to other cemeteries. Its original
Polish inscription read Nasze życie ofiarowaliśmy
wspólnie. Niech nasza więź pozostanie na zawsze
(We offered our lives together. Let our tie stay for-
ever), but this was later replaced with one dedicated
to all World War II victims: Pamięci poległym w cza-
sie II wojny światowej (To the Memory of the Dead
of World War II).8
The new monument received a
more or less neutral response from the local popula-
tion, perhaps because Słubice’s post-war population
was comprised of many individuals, such as former
soldiers and persons resettled from Poland’s eastern
territories,forwhomcontactwiththeSovietmilitary
was a normal and accepted occurrence. The monu-
ment remained under the care of the Polish military
garrison stationed in Słubice, and in the 1980s was
restored at the initiative of local party activists.
THE SOVIET CENOTAPH, FRANKFURT(ODER)
Constructed in 1947 and designed by Nikolai
Tomski, the Soviet Cenotaph is located on the former
military parade ground in Frankfurt(Oder), and re-
placed a 1925 monument dedicated to the soldiers of
Frederick Wilhelm II’s Leibgrenadierregiments who
died during World War I. The original monument
featured a soldier on the pedestal looking eastwards,
ready to stand and fight9
, while the Soviet monu-
ment presents a soldier in a sentry-like stance facing
the west.
Placed under the care of the Soviet garrison in
Frankfurt(Oder), the Soviet Cenotaph combines a
monument with a cemetery, wherein approximate-
ly 1,450 soldiers are buried. The dedication reads:
To the eternal remembrance of the Soviet Army
Combatants who gave their lives for the Freedom and
Independence of the USSR, and is written only in
Russian. An inscription on the reverse side – also
in Russian – celebrates the Soviet victory: Our cause
remains just – We have triumphed. Cemetery mark-
ers and an eternal flame (now extinguished) were
added in 1975, and the Russian inscription was sup-
plemented with the German Ihr Vermächtnis, Unsere
Verpflichtung (Your Legacy, Our Obligation).10
Concurrent with the Soviet army’s withdrawal from
Germany in 1994, the monument was transferred
to the town of Frankfurt(Oder) in a ceremony wit-
nessed by approximately 500 guests.11
Since then,
POKOMUNISTINĖKULTŪRAIRNAUJIMITAI
Fig. 1. Mieczysław Krajnik, Braterska Walka (Fraternal
Struggle), 1949, sandstone, concrete, H - 900 cm. Photo by
the authors
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the Soviet Cenotaph was climbed by members of the
Frankfurt(Oder) Alpine club in 199712
, defaced with
a swastika in 200013
, and restored in 2001-2003.14
LENIN MONUMENT / SIBERIAN DEPORTATIONS
MONUMENT, SŁUBICE
Constructed in the 1970s as a new venue for celebrat-
ing communist holidays in Słubice, Lenin Square
was located in a green area surrounded by post-war
blocks of socialist-style flats. The monument was an
initiative of the local party committee to underscore
the special role played by Słubice in Polish com-
munist propaganda, and to commemorate one of
Lenin’s anniversaries. It initially consisted of a con-
crete pedestal and bust, but was soon replaced in
bronze. The unveiling of the monument was a re-
gional and international celebration, and included
guests from East Germany and the Soviet Union.
The bust was subsequently vandalised several times,
and painted red in a politically motivated act in the
1980s. It was then removed and buried in the yard
of the town hall, where it was eventually unearthed
by renovation workers. In the end, the entire Lenin
Monument was replaced in 1990 by a monument
commemorating Poles deported to Siberia in 1940.
The Siberian Deportations Monument was an ini-
tiative of the local Siberian Deportees Association
in Słubice, and consists of two steles salvaged from
the Lenin Monument. The first bears a plaque with
an inscription reading: 50th Anniversary of the
Deportation of Poles to Siberia, and the second holds
a small bust of Christ, which was taken to Siberia in
1940 by one of the association members. In 2000,
the square was officially renamed Plac Sybiraków
(Siberian Deportees Square), in an initiative origi-
nating primarily with the association leaders. The
Siberian Deportations Monument is therefore the
only truly local monument in our sample.
MARX MONUMENT
Created in 1968 by Arndt Wittig and Manfred
Vogler to commemorate the 150th anniversary
of the birth of Karl Marx, the Marx Monument is
located in the north part of the central district of
Frankfurt(Oder), in a green area that was intended
to be surrounded by new blocks of flats. The monu-
ment consists of a concrete pedestal and a bronze
bust – a copy of a work by Fritz Cremer – with an in-
scription that reads: Die Theorie wurde zur material-
len Gewalt (Theory Became Real Power).15
The Marx
MonumentwasacontributiontoEastGermany’s20th
anniversary celebration and was meant to both com-
memorate Marx and to demonstrate the new spirit of
Marxism.16
While both monuments were designed to
add an ideological component to new housing devel-
opments, unlike its Lenin counterpart in Słubice, the
Marx Monument did not produce a political reaction
from Frankfurt(Oder)’s populace – perhaps because
of Marx’s status as a German political thinker.
INTEGRACJA, SŁUBICE
Located in the plaza of the Collegium Polonicum17
library, the Integracja (Integration) monument was
the winner of a design competition commissioned
by the Słubice city government for a monument
to symbolise the border. It was installed in 2002 by
Katarzyna Solima as part of a series of integration ef-
forts and Polish-German cross-border projects that
marked a high point in cooperation between the two
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Fig. 2. Nikolai Tomski, Soviet Cenotaph, 1947, sandstone,
H - 800 cm. Photo by the authors
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cities. The monument consists of two granite blocks
stacked in a column and “sewn” together with rope.
A stainless steel needle is stuck through one corner
of the top block, while another corner of the block
is “patched” with stitches. According to its author
– who was unfamiliar with the local situation – the
monument was designed to symbolise cooperation
between Poland and Germany within an integrating
Europe. Local inhabitants, however, tend to see it as
symbolising cooperation between divided cities, and
call to mind two Polish sayings: Coś jest szyte grubymi
nićmi (literally: something sewn with thick thread =
something that is untrue), and Coś się nie trzyma
kupy (literally: something that doesn’t stay together
= something that is senseless or untrue). Given that
one of the most common complaints regarding “inte-
gration” projects in Słubice is that they are manufac-
tured by local administrations to gain access to EU
funds and do not reflect a social reality of increased
cooperation, these interpretations – quite opposite
to the author’s intentions – perhaps more accurately
reflect the local perception of integration. In this re-
spect, the monument might be a more apt represen-
tation of the failed hope of integration in Słubice and
Frankfurt(Oder), rather than one of a successfully
integrating Europe.
EUROPASKULPTUR SYMBIOZA,
FRANKFURT(ODER)
Created in 2004 by the West Berlin artist Udo Cordes
as part of a European project funded by the German
federal budget, EuropaSkulptur consists of two ge-
ometric elements rising separately – but still con-
nected and close together – from the same origin,
and is intended to symbolise the integrating states of
the EU.18
These elements are set on a pedestal with
four plaques, three of which are inscribed with text
by Romano Prodi, Guenter Verheugen, and Gesine
Schwan on the future of European integration, and
a fourth which contains information on the project.
The geometric portion of the sculpture was installed
in 1996 in front of a factory in Frankfurt(Oder),
and was only later moved to its current loca-
tion in European Square in front of the European
University Viadrina in Frankfurt(Oder), as part of
“Europe Day” celebrations on May 8, 2004. This fact
was left unremarked during the celebrations19
, and
the university and the city viewed the installation of
the monument primarily in pragmatic terms, hop-
ing that it would not only add “European symbol-
ism” to the European University, but also produce a
media-relevant event.
ANALYSIS: INVENTING TRADITIONS THROUGH
PUBLIC SYMBOLS
The monuments in Frankfurt(Oder) and Słubice
can be understood as a material representation of an
ongoing process of inventing and reinventing tradi-
tions. “Invented traditions” have three tasks: to cre-
ate a feeling of belonging, to legitimise the status of
institutions or relations of authority, and to socialise
behaviour and the transfer of values.20
Furthermore,
we should expect the frequency of the invented tra-
dition to increase when “a rapid transformation of
society weakens or destroys the social patterns for
which the “old” traditions had been designed”.21
Thus, in Frankfurt(Oder) and Słubice, we observe
that there have been two main periods of monument
building: the first immediately following World War
II, and the second immediately following the col-
lapse of communist governments in 1989. In several
cases, the new monuments quite literally destroyed
and replaced the monuments of the old order.
The monuments in Frankfurt(Oder) and Słubice
also facilitate the flow of ideas between the centre
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Fig. 3. Pomnik Sybiraków (Siberian Deportations
Monument), 1990, steles salvaged from the Lenin
Monument, concrete pedestal, metal plaques, H - 200 cm.
Photo by the authors
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represented are principally those between the centre
and the periphery: many of the monuments in this
analysis would not even exist if a centre were not
involved in an active project of attempting to assert
and legitimise its power over the periphery.
Nevertheless, there are significant differences in the
absorption of external patterns in Frankfurt(Oder)
and Słubice during different periods of their post-
World War II history, which in turn correspond to
different centre-periphery relations. Ideas originat-
ing from the centre are often transformed in the pe-
riphery, and gain new meanings and interpretations
resulting from specific local conditions. These con-
ditions influence not only the local perception of a
doctrine, but also the doctrine itself. Three types of
modifications are commonly observed: (1) shorten-
ing – the selective choice of ideas that modify the
original content, (2) completion – the supplementa-
tion of original content with elements adjusted to
meet the needs of local conditions, and (3) imitation
– the repetition of a centre doctrine without real un-
derstanding in the periphery.24
In fulfilling the three
tasks of invented traditions, the monuments in
Frankfurt(Oder) and Słubice exhibit each of these
modifications, as shown in Table 1.
and the periphery by functioning as public symbols.
Symbols have “. . . a specific function. A symbol hints
at something which does not exist as a thing or mat-
ter immediately perceptible to the senses… In other
words, a symbol tells about “some other reality” and
is “the crystallisation of a linguistic description”.”22
In this way, materially existing objects are useful to
embody and present abstract ideas, such as inter-
national socialism or EU integration, as well as to
strengthen a populace in its convictions regarding
these ideas. At the same time, “... the power of sym-
bols and symbolic power do not lie in symbols and
symbolic systems as such; power is in the hands of
those social forces and groups who authorise these
symbols, whose symbols they are, whose self-iden-
tity is expressed in these symbols”.23
Because they
must be specifically authorised by those who hold
power, public space monuments operate especially
in this manner, and as embodied symbols, physical-
ly represent a system of power relations. In the case
of Frankfurt(Oder) and Słubice, the power relations
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Fig. 4. Arndt Wittig, Manfred Vogler, Marx Monument,
1968, concrete pedestal and a bronze bust, H - 500 cm,
H - 200 cm. Photo by the authors
Fig. 5. Katarzyna Solima, Integracja (Integration), 2002,
granite, H - 300 cm. Photo by the authors
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tion. On the Fraternal Struggle monument, the
new inscription dissociated Poland from the Soviet
Union, symbolically breaking the original inscrip-
tion’s “tie”. The change of the dedication also shifted
the focus of the monument from the victors to the
victims, an emphasis that perhaps has more reso-
nance in the national imagery of post-war Poland.
Likewise, the addition of a German inscription on
the Soviet Cenotaph not only allowed the German
populace of Frankfurt(Oder) to participate in the
monument’s symbolism, it also softened the victori-
ous tone of the original by transforming a past-ori-
ented “triumph” into a future-oriented legacy.
In contrast to the Soviet-era monuments, the
European monuments demonstrate the process of
adaptation. Given a loose framework of “European
values” to work with, both shortening and comple-
tion were utilised in the 1990s to create a trans-
border regional context of “Europeaness”. Robert
Parkin25
sees regionalisation as a bureaucratic in-
strument, in which trans-border regions might be
useful for financial purposes such as acquiring EU
subsidies. This leads to the need for legitimisation,
which requires a local identity to be established,
even if this identity is more a matter of pragma-
tism than of actual local feeling26
, and follows a
functional understanding of the development of
Euroregions27
in which the Europeanisation process
leads to trans-border cooperation as an alternative
to nation states.28
At the same time, unlike within
the Soviet context, national and European identities
in divided cities on the Polish-German border do
not necessarily collide, they can also complement
one another.29
Above all, communist monuments in Frankfurt
(Oder) and Słubice demonstrate the process of imita-
tion. They were created by local units of the commu-
nist party, and directly inspired by the centres. These
monuments follow an aesthetic typical of socialist
realism, and they are virtually indistinguishable
from monuments in other locations. The symbolic
meaning of these monuments remains constant be-
tween the centre and the periphery – specifically,
socialist unity based on wartime sacrifice resulting
in peace, and a legitimate continued Soviet military
presence and political influence.
It is also interesting to observe the difference be-
tween the Fraternal Struggle monument in Słubice
and the Soviet Cenotaph in Frankfurt(Oder). The
Słubice monument is inclusive of both Polish and
Soviet soldiers and was inscribed in the national
language, while its analogue in Frankfurt celebrates
only the victors and was inscribed in Russian, a dis-
similarity that demonstrates the different positions
of post-war Poland and East Germany vis-a-vis
the Soviet Union. As an “ally,” it was important for
public symbols in Poland to justify and legitimise
Soviet influence by emphasising Poland’s inclusion
in the socialist project. As a defeated nation, there
was no such imperative in Germany, where monu-
ments could be raw symbols of Soviet power, as is
evidenced by the original inscription: Our cause re-
mains just – We have triumphed.
Perhaps predictably, once the geopolitical situation
changed, these monuments were soon modified to
suggest new meanings. In both cases, these changes
represent a reassertion of national self-determina-
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Table 1. Doctrine modification vs. invented tradition tasks
Imitation
(Communist
Monuments)
Completion (Modified
Communist Monuments)
Shortening
(EU Monuments)
Belonging Soviet sphere of influence Reassertion of national
identity
United Europe -> trans-
border European region
Legitimisation Soviet presence, closed or
highly regulated borders
Autonomy, relaxation of
borders
Independence, open
borders -> functional
interdependence
Values Peace, egalitarianism,
international socialism.
Self-determination,
independence
Peace, equality, international
markets, integration ->
financial pragmatism
Source: Authors’ concept
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As a result, the post-communist monuments
were designed to confirm Słubice’s belonging to a
“European” space, and Frankfurt(Oder)’s openness
to “European” projects. In both cases, the monu-
ments assert that the two cities are part of a com-
mon transnational space (and they are both related
to the cities’ universities, two flagship programs of
EU integration). However, though both Integracja
and EuropaSkulptur are designed to emphasise
cross-border connectedness, and are part of broad-
er EU initiatives, they are also idiomatic expressions
of this idea, adapted to local needs, reflecting local
decisions of content and aesthetics, and sometimes
exhibiting pure pragmatism and opportunism on
the part of their sponsors and authors.
Finally, with the exception of the Siberian
Deportations Monument, the monuments we have
examined are also representative of imperial rather
than national projects, that is, they are aimed at rep-
resenting and legitimising international governing
projects (the Soviet Union and the EU). The location
of the two cities in a contested border space made
them especially important places for expressing a
symbolism that privileges the needs of these interna-
tional projects more than local needs and values. The
choice of sites for the monuments is critical in this
regard, and reveals tensions between local spaces and
international and national agendas. The Soviet pe-
riod monuments are located in prominent positions
at the centres of newly constructed public spaces,
with the aim of mobilising local inhabitants around
rebuilt city centres and legitimising a new geopoliti-
cal situation, as well as strengthening the ideological
foundations of the state. In contrast, the European
monuments are located at the edges and gates of ter-
ritories, and near the universities, and are addressed
to local inhabitants and visitors as a way to demon-
strate openness and cooperation. Modifications to
the monuments also demonstrate this tension, as
they work to reclaim international monuments as
local or national symbols. For example, the Soviet
Soldiers monument replaced a memorial to soldiers
of the Kaisergrenadiers (a replacement of national
with international), while the Siberian Deportations
Monument replaced the Lenin Monument (a replace-
ment of international with local).
It is additionally instructive that most of the monu-
ments failed to create any strong emotions among
the citizens. They were usually treated as an element
of the surrounding environment or cityscape rather
than objects of particular focus. This follows a cer-
tain logic given their broader geopolitical context.
Like the Soviet Union before it, the EU has set about
creating an international space subject to specific
governing principles. Although ideologically dis-
similar, both the EU and the Soviet Union devel-
oped a vocabulary of symbols with which to define
and structure these international spaces. Thus in the
case of an individual monument in the periphery,
it is perhaps less important for that monument to
make a great political impact than it is for it to help
structure and reinforce a larger international “social-
ist” or international “European” space. It is therefore
not a testament to the failure of these monuments,
but rather to their success, that, as political objects,
only one of them (the Lenin Monument) elicited a
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Fig. 6. Udo Cordes, EuropaSkulptur Symbioza (European
Sculpture Symbiosis), 2004, metal, H - 800 cm. Photo by
the authors
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resistive response. The others were so much part of
a normalised political-spatial landscape that they
were perceived as benign. This demonstrates the
key theme common to all of the monuments in
all of the time periods we have examined here: as
geopolitical needs change, so do the symbolic vo-
cabularies that are deployed to structure spaces. The
“traditions” that earlier governing bodies sought to
invent must be modified or created anew in order to
fit these changing needs. The monuments in Słubice
and Frankfurt(Oder) are thus a physical example
and record of how these evolving needs have been
deployed at the level of local symbolism and utili-
sation of public space, and of how an environment
can be shaped to demonstrate a broader ideological
position.
Notes
1
Divided Cities on the Polish-German border were cre-
ated in 1945, when the shift of the border to the Oder and
Neisse rivers separated several German cities into Polish
and German “twins”.
2
Fredrik Barth, Ethnic Groups and Boundaries. The
Social Organization of Culture Difference, Bergen:
Universitetsforlaget, 1969.
3
Eric Hobsbawn and Terrance Ranger (eds.), The
Inventions of Tradition, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1983.
4
Sheldon Anderson, A Cold War in the Soviet Bloc: Polish-
East German Relations 1945-1962, Boulder, CO: Westview
Press, 2001; Helga Schulz, ‘Schwierige Nachbarschaft
on Oder und Neiße – Trudne sàsiedztwo nad Odrà i
Nysà’ (‘Difficult Neighbourhood on the Oder and Neisse
Rivers’), in: Barbara Breysach, Arkadiusz Paszek, and
Alexander Tölle (eds.), Grenze-Granica (Border), Berlin:
Logos Verlag, 2003.
5
For example, in 1972 prime ministers Piotr Jaroszewicz
and Willy Stoph, and first secretaries Edward Gierek and
Erich Honecker met in the two cities for a Polish/German
summit (Jerzy Oleksiński, ‘Wielki dzień Słubic’ (‘The
Great Day of Słubice’, in: Echo Słubickie, July 1972), and
in 2004 EU enlargement celebrations held on the border
bridge featured ministers for foreign affairs Włodzimierz
Cimoszewicz and Joschka Fischer.
6
Sebastian Preiss, Uta Hengelhaupt, Sylwia Groblica et
al, Słubice: Historia-Topografia-Rozwój (Słubice: History-
Topography-Development),Słubice:CollegiumPolonicum,
2003, p. 121.
7
Edward Mrozowski, ‘W pamiętną rocznicę’ (‘In
Memorable Anniversary’), in: Echo Słubickie, May 1975;
Jan Dzikowski, ‘Szli na Zachód osadnicy’ (‘The Settlers
Went West’), in: Echo Słubickie, May 1975; Eugeniusz
Jakubaszek, Miejsca Pamięci Narodowej w Województwie
Zielonogórskim (National Memory Places in Zielona
Góra Voivodship), Zielona Góra: Lubuskie Towarzystwo
Kultury, 1972.
8
Preiss, Hengelhaupt, Groblica et al, 2003, p. 121.
9
Monika Kilian and Ulrich Knefelkampf (eds.), Sieben
Spaziergänge durch die Stadtgeschichte (Seven Walks
through the Town’s History), Berlin: Scrīpvaz, 2003, p. 44.
10
Sybille Gramlich, Stadt Frankfurt(Oder) (The City
of Frankfurt(Oder)), Worms am Rhein: Wernersche
Verlagsgesellschaft, 2002, pp. 115-116.
11
‘Ehrenmal an die Stadt übergeben’ (‘Memorial
Transferred to the Town’), in: Märkische Oderzeitung, 9
May 1994.
12
‘Bergsteiger am Ehrenmal’ (‘Rock-Climbers on the
Memorial’), in: Märkische Oderzeitung, 28 November
1997.
13
‘Sowietische Ehrenmale geschadet’ (‘Soviet Memorial
Damaged’), in: Berliner Morgenpost, 10 May 2000.
14
Anja Sokolow, ‘Bis 2003 Sanierung des Sowjetischen
Ehrenmals auf dem Anger’ (‘By 2003, Renovation of
the Soviet Memorial in Anger Square’), in: Märkische
Oderzeitung, 30 May 2001.
15
Kilian and Knefelkampf, 2003, p. 62.
16
Manfred Folger, ‘Monumenten der Klarheit und
Zuversicht’ (‘Monuments of Transparency and Trust’), in:
Neuer Tag, 3 May 1968.
17
Collegium Pollonicum is a division of Adam Mickiewicz
University, Poznań, and is part of a major cooperative ef-
fort between Adam Mickiewicz University and European
University Viadrina, Frankfurt(Oder).
18
Udo G. Cordes, Goetzen. Ich und die Anderen (Goetzen.
Me and the Others), Frankfurt(Oder)/Słubice: FFO
Agentur, 2004.
19
Jana Schwedler, ‘Kulturstandort Frankfurt(Oder)’
(‘Culture Place Frankfurt(Oder)’), in: Union, 8 May 2004.
20
Hobsbawn and Ranger, 1983, p. 9.
21
Ibid., pp. 4-5.
22
Kyösti Pekonen, ‘Centre-Periphery Relations in the
Cycles of Political Symbols: the Problem of Modernity’, in:
Jukka Kanerva and Kari Palonen (eds.), Transformation
of Ideas on a Periphery, Helsinki: The Finnish Political
Science Association, 1987, p. 41.
23
Ibid.
24
Jukka Kanerva and Kari Palonen (eds.), Transformation
of Ideas on a Periphery, Helsinki: The Finnish Political
Science Association, 1987, p. 9.
25
Robert Parkin, Regional Identities and Alliances in
an Integrating Europe: A Challenge to the Nation State?,
Oxford: University of Oxford, 1999, p. 5.
26
Ibid., p.13.
27
Olivier Thomas Kramsch, The Para-Site of Governance:
Trans-border Regionalism in the Euroregions, University
Nijmegen Working Papers, no. 1, 2003, p. 4.
28
Parkin, 1999, p. 1.
29
Cf. Ulrike H. Meinhof and Dariusz Galasinski, Border
Discourse:ChangingIdentities.ChangingNations,Changing
Stories in European Border Communities, A ‘state-of-the-
art’ report in collaboration with the European Border
Identities consortium, 2000, p. 1.
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