The moving history of the neighbouring countries Poland and Germany over the course of 1000 years is the subject matter of the major Berlin exhibition that this accompanying catalogue expands upon knowledgeably and profoundly. Great works of art, unique manuscripts and crucial documents illustrate the eventful cultural and scientific relations in addition to the surprising riches that unfolded there. From Otto III and Boleslaw I around the year 1000 to the present, from the Crusaders and the Hanseatic League to World War II and Solidarnosc - the history of these two nations is marked by numerous interrelationships that are comprehensively depicted here for the first time.
The essays by Polish and German specialists provide the discursive framework for this history. The catalogue furthermore describes every exhibit in a brief commentary.

. A unique neighborship
. An eventful cultural history
. Exhibition Tür an Tür. Polen - Deutschland. 1000 Jahre Kunst und Geschichte in the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 23 September 2011 to 9 January 2012, on the occasion of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, from July 2011

The authors (selected): Dieter Bingen, Christian Lübke, Michael G. Müller, Hubert Orlowski, Gertrud Pickhan, Maria Poprzecka, Matthias Puhle, Andrzej Rottermund, Jan Rydel, Robert Traba, Konrad Vanja