The meeting with the German guests at the ICC provided an opportunity to exchange experiences, discuss potential future cooperation, and strengthen ties between the two countries. The German Consul General, Holger Mahnicke, also learned about the latest projects being carried out by our institution, discussed plans to renovate the International Cultural Centre as part of the FEnIKS program, and toured our headquarters.  

Consul Holger Mahnicke has headed the mission in Kraków since July 2023. Previously, he worked at the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in German diplomatic missions—including in Malaysia, France, the United States and the United Arab Emirates. 

The International Cultural Centre has been collaborating with German institutions for years. In recent years, the ICC Gallery has presented a series of exhibitions introducing German culture and art to the Polish public. These included “Unwanted Capital: Architecture and Urban Planning in Kraków During the German Occupation, 1939–1945” (2022), “More than Bauhaus. German photography between the wars and Polish parallels” (2021), “Max Ernst: An Ornithologist’s Dreams” (2016), and “GDR. Stories from a vanished country” (2012). Together with the German Consulate General, we also organized a lecture by Nora Ebneth: “Chopin in the Third Reich – Idealized, Appropriated, Banned”.