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Kiron Skinner, Director of Policy Planning Staff in the U.S. State Department, met with representatives from the German Bundestag and various ministries as well as experts from think tanks and the private sector at Körber Foundation. She spoke about current political changes in the United States and the future of transatlantic relations.

Members of the Körber History Reflection Group from 10 European countries discussed the current legacy of the Hitler-Stalin pact with representatives of the Office of the Federal President. Key question of the debate was how, today, 80 years after the onset of the Second World War, this could and should best be internationally remembered.

Old myths and new propaganda, strong leaders and weak peace agreements, dangers for democracy and Europe's crises: there was much to discuss at the fourth Körber History Forum in Berlin. For two days, more than 200 scientists, politicians, journalists and intellectuals contentiously debated the past and occasionally looked cautiously to the future.

The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Poland, Jacek Czaputowicz, discussed in Berlin visions for Europe from a Polish perspective. Further topics included the possible consequences of Brexit for Poland and the impact of China’s relations vis-à-vis Central and Eastern Europe.