"The Collision of Freedom" in Gdynia - Bremer Bündnis für deutsch-tschechische Zusammenarbeit

The exhibition was opened in Gdynia on June 28, 2025 and thus shown for the first time. It stood on the Square of Free Ukraine, directly in front of the Gdynia City Museum and in the immediate vicinity of the Baltic Sea, during the summer vacations until September 7, 2025. It was therefore barrier-free and could be visited by many people.

On the weekend of the exhibition opening, the project “NS-Injustice ‘Degenerated Music'” organized a program in cooperation with the swing dance club Harlem Beats that focused on swing and jazz. After the last exhibition panel had been erected and the first visitors had already stopped by with interest, the exhibition was ceremoniously opened. In speeches by Marzena Markowska (Deputy Director of the Gdynia City Museum), Michał Miegoń (curator), Natalie Reinsch (project manager) and Petr Koura (historian), with translations into English and Polish by Justyna Gorgoń (producer), the uniqueness of the exhibition idea, the transnationality of the project cooperation and the importance of the topic were emphasized. While there were dance workshops for advanced swing dancers in the morning, Harlem Beats organized a swing workshop for beginners in the foyer of the Gdynia City Museum after the exhibition opening. It helped them to develop a feel for the music and dance and to be prepared for the subsequent concert. Finally, the Braunschweig band “Die Kleine Swingbrause” took to the stage in the foyer and got the dancing audience in the mood with energetic swing music.

The next day, after another dance workshop by Harlem Beats, the so-called Jazz Walk had its premiere, which took place more frequently over the course of the next week to accompany the exhibition. Michał Miegoń invited them on a guided tour of Gdynia, during which they visited historical places with a strong connection to jazz and swing. As in the exhibition, the focus was on the interwar period and the Second World War.

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