Vilnius 16.04.2026 - 17.04.2026 Application deadline: 30.11.2025 Organizers: Kirsten Bönker / David Feest, Nordost-Institut, Lüneburg; Povilas Dikavičius, Vilnius branch of the German Historical…

We now offer 42 volumes of our German-language series “Einzelveröffentlichung” (Individual Publications) free of charge in digital form. These include, for example, Iwona Dadej's study on German and…

Warsaw August 1, 2025, 5:00 p.m. - A city commemorates the Warsaw Uprising of 81 years ago. A siren sounds, a minute's silence brings the Polish capital to a standstill, people remember the victims.…

A group of German speakers on their way to Canada. They came from Volhynia, in what is now Ukraine, where they had family and a new farm. They set off in the mid-1890s, heading for English-speaking…

The GHI Warsaw, Prague Branch Junior Scholar in Residence Program Starting September 1, 2025, the Prague branch of the German Historical Institute Warsaw (GHIW) offers research stays at its Prague…

Within the DFG Priority Programme 2357 – “Jewish Cultural Heritage”, the tandem project of Bet Tfila Braunschweig and the DHI Warsaw is being funded for a second phase (2025-2028). The previous…

Several photographs of the Holocaust have achieved the status of visual icons. Other stages on the road to mass murder, however, have been less well documented through photography. In many instances,…

Das Deutsche Historische Institut Warschau , ein Forschungsinstitut der öffentlich-rechtlichen Max Weber Stiftung (MWS) hat zum 01.09.2025 die Stelle (50%) einer wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterin/eines…

Eighty years ago today, the unconditional surrender of the German armed forces came into effect. For Germany, May 8 is an important day of remembrance, which is also understood as Liberation Day.…

The academic year 2023/24 was a year of change for the DHI Warsaw in many respects. After ten years in office, Miloš Řezník handed over the reins to Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska in April 2024. In January,…

Today is World Book Day! We would like to take this opportunity to present some books that have caught our attention recently. The recommendations come from our research assistants Michael Zok, Ralf…

The application phase for our scholarships is open. Applications for scholarships beginning between July and December 2025 must be submitted by March 31 . During a fellowship, scholarship holders can…