is a project for high-school students from Poland, Croatia and Germany on the role of women in the past and present.
During the project young people throw light on the topic of the secondariness of women’s role in post-war historiography. The example of women in resistance movements against National-Socialism during the Second World War lends a good starting point for such investigations. The participants get familiar with the biographies, letters and memories of the female members of resistance groups and this way will learn more about the inhuman Nazi regime. Interviews with women who were part of resistance during the Second World War or female relatives as well as with women who are active in resistance nowadays help deepen the knowledge about the lives of these women. Furthermore, the students critically examine the role of women in their national historiographies, as well as how and in which situations women experience discrimination nowadays. The young participants will get familiar with filming and interviewing during a film and interview training. They produce their own short movies that will help them to deepen the newly gained knowledge and present it to a broad audience.
Project structure
Part 1: 07.-13.05.2019 in Krzyzowa
Part 2: 07.-13.09.2019 in Trebnitz
Further information on the project from 2015 can be found on the project blog: http://her-story.strikingly.com/
Read more: "HER-Story" - workshops on the role of women in the past and present - Krzyżowa/Kreisau,...
The next edition of the Model International Criminal Court (MICC) University project took place in Krzyżowa from 1st to 6th April. Students from all over the world simulated trials of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
This edition of the project was attended by 50 participants from the United States, Germany, Poland, Egypt, India, Belarus, Congo, Israel, Ukraine, Nigeria, France, Greece, Lebanon and Zimbabwe.
Participants in the project played the role of judges, prosecutors and defenders and simulate court trials. The student teams discussed hypothetical cases of war crimes, ranging from prosecution charges to negotiations on compensation for victims. As part of the project, students also formed a press team that follows the negotiations at the MICC and produced a report with information on current human rights issues.
During the five-day programme, the simulation was combined with training sessions and seminars on topical topics of international criminal and human rights law.
The MICC project aims to promote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to promote the dissemination of knowledge about human rights.
Read more: Model International Criminal Court (MICC) University - Krzyżowa, 1-6.04.2019
The eighth of March was celebrated as a special day in Kreisau. On this date a workshop took place in the context of the women's day. The participants, who came from many different countries, dealt with the topic of gender roles within the framework of the project.
First of all, the participants got to know each other by making name tags for another person and then discussing questions such as "Is the hole in the donut part of the donut"?
After restoring brain activity with coffee and biscuits, we talked about what rules each person would need to feel safe, comfortable and open in the group. The ideas of the participants were then summarized in a group contract.
Read more: Workshop on Women's Day, 08.03.2019 Krzyżowa
