Association of German Social-Cultural Societies in Poland
The Association of German Social-Cultural Societies in Poland (abbreviated: VdG ) is the umbrella organization of the German minority in Poland with its seat in Opole . The association is a member of the Federal Union of European Nationalities and has over 200,000 members.
history
After several German companies were founded after the political change in Poland and merged to form district organizations in 1990, they decided at a joint meeting on September 15, 1990 in Wroclaw to form a central council. This should represent the interests of the minority before the German as well as the Polish government. The first office of the council was in Strzelce Opolskie (Groß Strehlitz).
On August 27, 1991 the Association of Social-Cultural Societies was registered.
On May 11th, 2009 the new eight-member board of the association was elected. The 50-year-old Bernard Gaida was elected chairman for the first time. On December 7, 2013 the VdG elected a new board, Gaida was re-elected chairman. On May 30, 2014, the German Association for Reconciliation and the Future became a member of the VdG. The new member was previously independent and competed with the German Friendship Circle in the Silesian district.
Member organizations
District Organizations
- Association of the population of German ethnicity, Kujawien-Pomeranian district council
- Association of the German Minority District Board Pomerania
- German Social Cultural Society District Board of Lodsch
- German Social Cultural Society District Board Lower Silesia
- German Friendship Circle in the Silesian District
- Social and cultural society of Germans in Opole Silesia
- Social and Cultural Society of the German Minority District Board of Greater Poland
- Socio-cultural society of the German minority district board of Lebuser Land
- Social-Cultural Society of the German Minority District Board West Pomerania
- Association of German Societies in Warmia and Mazury
Board
Since December 7, 2013, the board of the VdG consists of:
- Bernard Gaida (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
- Renata Zajączkowska (Vice-Chairwoman of the Board of Directors)
- Norbert Rasch
- Rafał Bartek
- (Kornelia Pawliczek-Błońska), retired
- (Agnieszka Neuwald-Piecha), retired
- Roland Hau
- Henryk Hoch
New board members:
- Marcin Lippa
- Marek Psotta
Former board members
The board of directors elected on May 11, 2009 included:
- Bernard Gaida (chairman), Krystyna Płocharska (vice-chairwoman), Norbert Rasch, Ryszard Galla , Agnieszka Neuwald-Piecha, Renata Zajączkowska, Marcin Lippa, Helmut Kurowski
The board of directors elected on February 12, 2005 included:
- Henryk Kroll (chairman), Helmut Kurowski (vice chairman), Bruno Kosak , Jan Lenort, Krystyna Płocharska, Oskar Duk († May 28, 2007), Joachim Strzedulla († March 29, 2008), Fryderyk Petrach
activities
The VdG also meets with the associations of German minorities abroad, such as the Czech Republic and Denmark, but also with other minorities, such as the Sorbs in Germany and the Belarusian minority in Poland, in order to exchange ideas about the association's work and its successes. But meetings with the CDU and the Junge Union also take place.
The VdG organizes various festivals, such as the cultural festival of the German minority in Poland , the German culture days in Opole and the like. a.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ VDG: New board of the Association of German Societies elected ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ VDG: Assembly of Delegates: Two new board members have been elected ( memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
