Izabela Paszko is a social anthropologist with a PhD in history and works at the German Historical Institute Warsaw. Her scientific interests evolve around social history, commemorating practices and anthropology of everyday life.

"Combining an interdisciplinary approach with the historian's keen eye for the sources, Paszko's innovative and richly documented study tests the borders between private and public, shedding new light on community, intimacy, adaptation, resistance, and survival under the German occupation."Jonathan Huener, Miller Distinguished Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Vermont, USA

• Introduction 1. Upper Silesia – A Historical Context 2. Informality and Sense-Making Practices in the Borderland 3. It is said…: Communal Lives – Collective Talk 4. Communication and Relations in Places of Forced Co-Existence 5. So Close and Yet So Far: Maintaining Familial Relations and Friendships under the German Occupation, Conclusion

Izabela Paszko is a social anthropologist with a PhD in history and works at the German Historical Institute Warsaw. Her scientific interests evolve around social history, commemorating practices and anthropology of everyday life.

"Combining an interdisciplinary approach with the historian's keen eye for the sources, Paszko's innovative and richly documented study tests the borders between private and public, shedding new light on community, intimacy, adaptation, resistance, and survival under the German occupation."Jonathan Huener, Miller Distinguished Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Vermont, USA

• Introduction 1. Upper Silesia – A Historical Context 2. Informality and Sense-Making Practices in the Borderland 3. It is said…: Communal Lives – Collective Talk 4. Communication and Relations in Places of Forced Co-Existence 5. So Close and Yet So Far: Maintaining Familial Relations and Friendships under the German Occupation, Conclusion

Izabela Paszko is a social anthropologist with a PhD in history and works at the German Historical Institute Warsaw. Her scientific interests evolve around social history, commemorating practices and anthropology of everyday life.

"Combining an interdisciplinary approach with the historian's keen eye for the sources, Paszko's innovative and richly documented study tests the borders between private and public, shedding new light on community, intimacy, adaptation, resistance, and survival under the German occupation."Jonathan Huener, Miller Distinguished Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Vermont, USA

• Introduction 1. Upper Silesia – A Historical Context 2. Informality and Sense-Making Practices in the Borderland 3. It is said…: Communal Lives – Collective Talk 4. Communication and Relations in Places of Forced Co-Existence 5. So Close and Yet So Far: Maintaining Familial Relations and Friendships under the German Occupation, Conclusion