Info brochure Remembrance Connects Oder-Warta

ish border opens up a variety of per- spectives that together can convey a differentiated picture of history. The reappraisal and clarification of the culture of remembrance has progressed so far that a differenti- ated view of history is possible and should be striven for throughout Eu- rope. In the culture of remembrance, there is no “one true narrative”, but it should be desirable to allow the most objective view possible “from a bird’s eye view”. One may remem- ber in historically correct ways! “Remembrance connects” as a brand message The common objective, the phi- losophy and the content-related guideline of the umbrella brand to be developed can be reduced to the statement “Remembrance connects” and aims at a common peaceful future and a deeper mutu- al understanding. Knowledge of the individual past in the context of common histo- ry across all three eras of remem- brance creates a mutual basic un- derstanding of the behaviour of Poles and Germans. In addition, the significance of Europe as well as current world and geopolitical events can be explained based on the historical development of the Oder-Warta region. Remembering together, looking at historical events from different angles and entering into dialogue about them should lead to insights that ensure a common future. In par- ticular, the realisation that the com- mon future is not yet assured, gen- erates or, in the best-case scenario, strengthens the will to work on it together. In this sense, the three new plac- es of remembrance and encoun- ter in Seelow, Kostrzyn nad Odrą and Słońsk, with their future use as sites for meeting, information, communication and exchange, also set important accents and promote the development of a common re- membrance landscape involving all places of remembrance in the re- gion. The Platkow war memorial symbolises the transformation of a region. On a monument erected in 1897 to commemorate those who died in the wars of unification in 1864, 1866 and 1870/71, plaques and symbols were re- moved at the end of the war in 1945 and the graffiti „Soviet victory over the Saudeutsche (German bastards)“ was applied by Polish soldiers. 48