--- title: "Liberty, Equality, Solidarność. Polish Viewpoints in Berlin" date: 2024-04-19 last_modified: 2025-12-01T11:11:01+01:00 generated_at: 2026-05-13T19:17:26Z url: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/exhibition/liberty-equality-solidarnosc-polish-viewpoints-in-berlin" description: "The Open Space “Liberty, Equality, Solidarność” in the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition looks at Berlin as a site of Polish struggles for freedom and against discrimination, as well as a place of dialogue and solidarity." image: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BG_Solidarnosc_Tasse_1080x1080px_pure.jpg" language: "en-US" --- # Liberty, Equality, Solidarność. Polish Viewpoints in Berlin ### Open Space | Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum ![]() ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BG_Solidarnosc_Tasse_1080x1080px_EN.jpg) ![Auf blauem Grund steht in weißer Schrift Freiheit Gleichheit Solidarnosc auf der Wand, darunter befinden sich Videoinstallationen und Texttafeln in drei verschiedenen Sprachen. Links ist die Rauminstallation bestehend aus weißen Gardinen und roten Stühlen auf rotem Teppich zu sehen](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/240531_HUF_Solidarnosc_1846.jpg) The Open Space by Ewa Maria Slaska, Anna Krenz and Jemek Jemowit ![Personen lesen sich eine Textkarte zum Olympiastadion in Berlin durch](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/240531_HUF_Solidarnosc_0997.jpg) The Open Space leads to sites of Polish freedom fights in Berlin. ![Viele Menschen stehen in der Ausstellung und hören sich die Eröffnungsreden zum neuen Ausstellungsbereich an](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/240531_HUF_Solidarnosc_0633.jpg) Full house during the opening of the new Open Space at BERLIN GLOBAL - The Open Space “Liberty, Equality, Solidarność” in the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition looks at Berlin as a site of Polish struggles for freedom and against discrimination, as well as a place of dialogue and solidarity. **Location** Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum Schloßplatz 10178 Berlin **Opening hours** Mon + Wed – Sun | 10:30 am – 6:30 pm Tue | closed Last entrance is at 5:30 pm **Special Opening/Closing Times** see Info & Service **Entrance** Day Ticket: 9 euros / 0 euros (reduced) Further ticket information under ‘Tickets’ [Get your tickets now!](https://tickets.humboldtforum.org/#/tickets/time?museum_id=1&exhibition_id=1&group=timeSlot) > Poles have lived in Berlin for centuries and shaped the cultural, social, political and economic life of the city. The Polish border is less than 100 kilometres away. And yet, the city’s close ties with its neighbouring country sometimes only become visible at a second glance. The multi-layered installation by Ewa Maria Slaska, Anna Krenz and Jemek Jemowit introduces visitors to seven sites in Berlin where Polish people have fought for freedom, equality and solidarity. Spread throughout the city, they include the Olympic Stadium, the Warschauer Brücke, Moabit Prison and Volkspark Friedrichshain. The Open Space also shares Polish perspectives on everyday life in Berlin, moving between a sense of belonging and experiences of discrimination. It explores the traces of historical power relations and the ways they affect coexistence. ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/240531_HUF_Solidarnosc_0919.jpg) The Open Space invites visitors to share their different points of view and engage in dialogue, even when the topics are difficult. In doing so, the Open Space itself becomes a further place of Polish-Berlin solidarity. ##### Background information “Wolność, Równość, Solidarność” (Liberty, Equality, Solidarity) was a slogan used by striking shipyard workers in Gdansk in August 1980, who later formed the Solidarność trade union. This succinct and powerful variation of the historical slogan of the French Revolution can still be heard today at pro-democracy protests in Poland. Poland's history is characterised by partitions by Prussia, Russia and Austria in the 18th and 19th centuries, by German exploitation and extermination during the Second World War and by Soviet foreign influence from 1945 to 1989. Against this backdrop, Poles repeatedly fought for their freedom, campaigned for equal rights and built structures of solidarity – including in Berlin. ## Programme - [ ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Othmann-Pour-Groupe-Dejour-300x141.png)](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/events/portraying-war-a-reading-with-ronya-othmann-and-ela-pour) - [ ![Ein langer Tisch in einem grünen Garten mit vielen sitzenden Menschen drum herum](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Leutert-Heilkraeuterapotheke-Flamingo-225x300.jpg) Open Spaces, Workshop ### Solidarity‑based Medicinal Herb Pharmacy Getting to know the Hevrîn Xelef Garden and “HEKAYAT” together 2026-06-03 15:00:00 ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/events/solidarity%e2%80%91based-medicinal-herb-pharmacy) - [ ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/BG_FF_TimeMachine_SSB-Website_EN_1200x900px-300x225.png)](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/events/open-space-vernissage-time-machine-infinitum) ## The artists ## Ewa Maria Slaska ![]() ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ewa_LW_3.jpg) Ewa Maria Slaska with former chairman of the Solidarność trade union and Polish President Lech Wałęsa in Berlin ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ewa_Portrait_c_Jacek_Krenz.jpg) Ewa Maria Slaska, 2023 Born in Poland in 1949, writer, editor, publicist, blogger, project manager, translator, teacher and curator Ewa Maria Slaska also sees herself as a mediator between German and Polish realities. She fled to Berlin in 1985 as a political activist in the *Solidarność* movement and has been working in refugee aid ever since. She has been involved in many projects over the past 40 years, including the independent TV show “Magazyn Wyspa” (“Island”), *WIR e.V. – Verein und Verlag zur Förderung der deutsch-polnischen Literatur* and the German-Polish Poets’ Steamer. ## Recent projects - 2012: ewamaria.blog - 2013: Polish graves in Berlin (including an exhibition, book, and the rescue of the grave of Prof. Aleksander Brückner) - 2021: Actor in the film “The Legend of Zygmunt Blask” by Jemek Jemowit - 2021: Polkopedia, online encyclopaedia of Polish women abroad - 2022: The Missing Half of History. Irena Bobowska, the Forgotten Heroine - 2023: Quest for Women\* - 2023/24: Women in the Shadow of the Guillotine. Polish Women Executed at Plötzensee Prison - 2024: Tree for Irena Bobowska in Berlin ## Anna Krenz ![]() ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Anna_Krenz_Protest_c_Maciej_Soja.jpg) Anna Krenz (front right) during a performance by Dziewuchy Berlin as part of the “Global Scream” protest action, 2020 ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Anna_Krenz_c_Tomasz_Siuda.png) Anna Krenz Born in 1976 in Poznań, Poland, the artist, architect, author and activist Anna Krenz has lived in Berlin since 2003. She is the founder of the collective *Dziewuchy Berlin* and the association *Ambasada Polek e.V.* Since 2001 she has worked with the Danish Centre for Renewable Energy (Folkecenter for Renewable Energy in Denmark) on sustainable development projects. Anna Krenz is part of the women’s project studio *Sinus\_3*, which combines architecture, ecology, visual arts and public space design. From 2003 to 2012, she co-directed the *ZERO Gallery* in Berlin, which hosted more than 100 exhibitions, concerts and happenings with artists from Poland, Germany and around the world. ## Projects (selection) - 2004: Polish Wife - 2019: Global Scream - 2020: Botschaft der Polinnen\* - 2022: The Missing Half of History. Irena Bobowska, the Forgotten Heroine. - 2022: Siostry\* prize - 2023: Quest for Women\* - 2023: Sisters in Arms – Bettina von Arnim and Julia Woykowska - 2023/24: Women in the Shadow of the Guillotine. Polish Women Executed at Plötzensee Prison - 2024: Tree for Irena Bobowska in Berlin - 2024: Contact High with the Curators \[vinyl\], Edition Telemark ## Jemek Jemowit ![]() ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Jemek_Mauerfall_Grazyna-Marzewska-Nowak.jpg) Jemek Jemowit (right) with his father and brother, Berlin, 9 November 1989 ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jemek-jemowit_zabo-chabiland_2.jpg) Jemek Jemowit Born in Gdynia, Poland in 1986, Ziemowit Nowak is better known by his alter ego, goth-glam musician Jemek Jemowit. Since 2009, his genre-spanning artistic journey has shaped the musical landscape with a political and conceptual approach. In addition to his performance and music activities, Nowak has run the art and culture venue TROPEZ at the Humboldthain summer pool in Berlin’s Wedding district since 2019. ## Productions - 2010: Wave & Groom EP \[CD-R\] Jemcock Productions DE - 2011: Zemsta LP \[Vinyl\] Fabrika Records GR - 2013: Tekkno Polo EP \[Tape, CD\] Oficyna Biedota PL, Jemcock Prod. DE - 2015: Jemek Jemowit ist Doktor Dres LP \[digital, Vinyl\] Martin Hossbach DE - 2016: Wróg publiczny N° 1 \[digital, CD\] Martin Hossbach, Jemcock Prod. DE - 2019: Das Satanische Album \[digital, Vinyl\] Martin Hossbach, Reverend Campanelli Records DE - 2020: Tekkno Polo LP \[digital, Vinyl\] Martin Hossbach, Reverend Campanelli Records DE - 2021: Legenda Zygmunta Blask \[digital, Tape\] Atypeek Music FR, Ziemol PL - 2022: PZPR EP \[digital\] Atypeek Music FR ## Media partner [ ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LOGO-Pure-transparent-300x73.png) ](https://artsoftheworkingclass.org/) [ ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tipBerlin_Logo_2023_1000px_RGB-300x78.png) ](https://www.tip-berlin.de/) [ ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/TheBerliner_Logo_1000px_RGB-300x71.png) ](https://www.the-berliner.com/) ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Freiflaechen_07_853p-300x200.jpg) After the Open Space exhibit opens, it is on display for about 18 months as part of BERLIN GLOBAL. ### The Open Spaces The Open Spaces are three areas of the exhibition BERLIN GLOBAL developed by initiatives, organizations and independent groups. The aim is to increase visibility of perspectives on Berlin’s past and present that have not received sufficient representation in museums and exhibitions – including BERLIN GLOBAL. The projects are selected by an independent jury and developed and implemented over a period of 12 months in cooperation with the Stadtmuseum Berlin. Afterwards, the exhibition is on display at BERLIN GLOBAL for about 18 months. [ More info](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/open-spaces) ## Info & Service ##### Opening Hours Mon + Wed – Sun | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm Tue | closed Last admission is at 5.30 pm ##### Special Opening Hours Fri, 1 May 2026 (Labour Day) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm Thu, 14 May 2026 (Ascension Day) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm Wed, 20 May 2026 (private event) | 10.30 – 14.30 pm Mon, 25 May 2026 (Whit Monday) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm Fri, 25 June 2026 (private event) | 11.30 – 18.30 pm Sat, 3 October 2026 (German Unity Day) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm Last admission is at 5.30 pm ##### Closing Times Due to maintenance work, the exhibition will be **closed from 4 to 6 May 2026**. On **7 and 8 May 2026**, **parts of the exhibition may be closed** due to maintenance work. The exhibition will reopen as normal on 9 May 2026. On **20 May 2026**, the exhibition will close at 2.30 pm due to an internal event. Thank you for your understanding. ##### Directions Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin [ Google Maps](https://g.page/humboldtforum?share) [ Bus & Train](https://www.bvg.de/en/connections/connection-search) ##### Contact For ticketing and service requests, please contact the Humboldt Forum [Visitor Services](https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/contact-us/): +49 30 9921 189 89 Mo – Fri, 10 a.m.– 6 p.m. ## Tickets ##### Day Ticket 9 euros / 0 euros (reduced) [ Ticketshop ](https://tickets.humboldtforum.org/#/tickets/time?museum_id=1&exhibition_id=1&group=day) ##### Humboldt Forum Combi Ticket 14 euros / 7 euros (reduced) Two-day ticket: 18 euros / 9 euros (reduced) Day group ticket: 50 euros [ Ticketshop ](https://tickets.humboldtforum.org/#/tickets/time?museum_id=1&exhibition_id=1&group=day) ### Free admission: Solidarity-based model Free admission for children and adolescents up to 18 years of age, for students, international students, persons with an electronic residence permit (eAT), FSJ volunteers, recipients of transfer payments (ALG I / Bürgergeld) or persons with severe disabilities (at least 50%), Personal Assistants of persons with severe disabilities (at least 50%), holders of the MuseumsPass Berlin, press, partner institutions, sponsors and members of the support associations, ICOM members. Until the end of the exhibition project ‘Beziehungsweise Familie’ (Family Matters) at the Humboldt Forum, holders of a valid ticket for the Humboldt Forum will receive free admission to the Museum Knoblauchhaus. ### Humboldt Forum Combi Ticket The Humboldt Forum Combi Ticket is valid for BERLIN GLOBAL, the collections of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art, as well as other temporary exhibitions at the Humboldt Forum. The ticket is also valid for the special exhibition ‘Beziehungsweise Familie’ (Relationship or Family) with interventions at the Humboldt Forum and the Museum Knoblauchhaus in the Nikolaiviertel. **Day ticket** Validity: 1 day according to the selected date **Two-day ticket** Validity: 2 days according to the selected date + the following day **Day group ticket** Validity: 1 day according to the selected date, up to 5 adults, with or without children ### Special price 5 euros for Ehrenamts-Card holders, members of the Theater Gemeinde Berlin and with the WelcomeCard 2023