Prof. Krzysztof Ruchniewicz, historian, columnist, and director of the Centre for German and European Studies at the University of Wrocław, an outstanding expert on Polish-German relations, received the Viadrina University Prize for his outstanding contribution to Polish-German understanding and the European idea.

The European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) honoured Prof. Krzysztof Ruchniewicz as a courageous intellectual and committed educator. 

“The Viadrina Prize is an expression of appreciation of my long-standing efforts for dialogue between Poles and Germans. It is a confirmation of the right choice of my life path, which I have made not only for my own benefit, but above all for the benefit of others”, says the laureate.

The laureate adds that for him, the Viadrina Prize also means a call to do everything possible to ensure that the barriers between Poland and Germany, which have fallen as a result of Poland’s accession to the European Union, do not reappear. 

Read more: https://uwr.edu.pl/prof-ruchniewicz-odebral-nagrode-viadriny/