'In Between 2022': Bridges over the Olza

European Network Remembrance and Solidarity

'Bridges over the Olza' is a podcast from the 'In Between?' 2022 series, created by an international group of European students that took part in workshops and study visit in the Polish-Czech borderland region in July 2022. There are two bridges crossing the Olza river, which connect Cieszyn in Poland and Český Těšín in the Czech Republic: the Bridge of Friendship and the Bridge of Freedom. Both towns were once one, but since the last century, they have been divided by borderlines. The history of the region is preserved in the local Silesian dialect as well as other remnants of the old order. What are those remnants? How did the border look like after Poland and Czech Republic joined Schengen? How does it manifest today in peoples’ lives and minds? Produced by: Dorota Błaszczyk, Julia Ciołek, Adam Crhák, Magda Kopańska, McCall Mash, Luděk Němec, Ema Polívková, Veronika Warzycha, Maciej Zawistowski with the support of Beata Tomczyk (ENRS) and Jarosław Kociszewski, FreeRange Productions. With the contribution of Aleksandra Błahut-Kowalczyk, Petr Marciniak, Pavel Peč, Michał Przywara and Roman Wirth The series of study visits 'In Between?', initiated in April 2016 by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity, draws on from the methodology of oral history. So far, more than 130 young people (under 26 years of age) have participated in seven editions of the project and visited a total of 22 multicultural regions of Europe. Project 'In Between?' 2022 is co-funded by the European Union. Read more: https://enrs.eu/inbetween