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The House on the Hill is the heart of the Krzyżowa remembrance and education work. The members of the Kreisau Circle met in the former home of Helmuth James and Freya von Moltke during the Second World War.The building was completely renovated in the '90s and ceremonially opened as a memorial and residential building in 1998. Over the past decade or so, the technical condition of the building has deteriorated significantly due to humidity and under the influence of weather conditions.Therefore, in 2022, a technical dossier was started, which will form the basis, planned for the following years, for the renovation of our memorial.

External construction work will begin later in 2023. The foundations will be drained and insulated, and the roof and elevation renovated. Therefore, guests visiting the Krzyżowa Foundation must expect restricted access to the House on the Hill from July onwards. Work on the interior will continue in the coming years. In addition, renovation and modernisation of the educational area and revitalisation of the garden are planned.

The big challenge for Krzyżowa now is to secure the necessary funding. The Willy Robert Pitzer Foundation, the Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Foundation and the Georg Zinner Foundation have already pledged the initial funding, while funds are still lacking to complete all the necessary construction and renovation work and the new exhibition and educational space.

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The East-West European Memorial Meeting in Krzyżowa/Kreisau is aimed at employees of memorial sites, museums, memorials, educational centers, human rights organizations or contemporary witness projects. The aim of the memorial meeting is to get to know each other and to exchange knowledge and experience. From 29 March to 1 April 2023, it took place for the 20th time in Kreisau.

You can download a detailed conference report as a pdf on this page.

20 Memorial Seminar Krzyzowa 2023.pdf

This year's meeting focused on insurrection, protest and resistance - debates in Eastern and Western Europe in the post-war and post-communist period and the remembrance of these in museums and memorial sites. Among the lecturers were Dr. habil. Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska (German Historical Institute Warsaw),  Prof. Dr. Claudia Weber (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)),  Prof. em. Dr. Peter Steinbach (German Resistance Memorial Centre, Berlin), Dr. Raphael Utz (German Historical Museum, Berlin), Dr. Martyna Gradzka-Rejak (Biuro Badań Historycznych IPN and Muzeum Getta Warszawskiego, Warsaw), Irmgard Zündorf (Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Research, Potsdam),  Nataliia Ivchyk (NGO Mnemonic, Ukraine),  Vytautas Jurkus i Vytautas Petrikenas (9th Fort Kaunas, Lithuania) and Dr. Andrea Genest (Ravensbrück Memorial).

Read more: 20. East-West European Memorial Meeting in Krzyżowa

Dominik Kretschmann, head of the memorial department of Krzyzowa Foundation, takes part in the “Governance Academy”.

What attitude and what skills are needed to react to a rapidly changing environment and what skills and strategies can help to implement changes in rigid structures? Which competencies are sustainable? These and other questions will be discussed during our 3-day seminar and the topic of change will be explored in all its facets.

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1 September 2022 marks the 83rd anniversary of Germany's attack on Poland. How is this day celebrated in Poland?
How do organisations that carry out projects in Poland funded by the Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) Foundation look at this day.
We invite you to read a text that appeared on the EVZ website based on several interviews - one of them was conducted with Dominik Kretschmann - Manager of the Memorial Site in Krzyżowa (text in German).

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Read more: 1 September 2022 marks the 83rd anniversary of Germany's attack on Poland. How is this day...