"Enemies Strangers Friends" - Former Ambassador Rolf Nikel presents his book on German-Polish relations at Viadrina

The former German ambassador to Poland Rolf Nikel will present his highly topical book "Enemies Strangers Friends. Poland and the Germans." at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). Interested parties are cordially invited to attend the event organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Polish Studies, the Karl Dedecius Foundation and the Oekumenisches Europa-Centrum (OEC) in the Lodge Hall of the European University, Logenstraße 11.

The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Justus Werdin, retired pastor. Following the conversation, the book can be purchased.

As German ambassador to Warsaw from 2014 to 2020, Rolf Nikel witnessed and helped shape the dynamics between Germany and Poland at close quarters. In January of this year, his book was published, in which he describes his observations before and after the "turn of the times" proclaimed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz - both from the direct neighborhood perspective and in a broader European and geopolitical context. In doing so, he reports his observations authentically and with some personal anecdotes.

When and where?

Wednesday, June 21 - 5.00 p.m.
In the Lodge Hall of the European University, Logenstraße 11, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
 

About the person
After studying political science, economics and international law in Frankfurt am Main, Durham and Paris, Rolf Nikel worked for many years in the Federal Chancellery. Foreign assignments took him to the Soviet Union, Kenya, France and the United States, among other places. From 2024 to 2020, Nikel was German ambassador to Warsaw.

Rolf Nikel is vice president of the German Council on Foreign Relations and vice president of the German Poland Institute.