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Announcement from the Copernicus Group

Announcement from the Copernicus Group

On 24-26 November, the Polish-German Copernicus Group met in Warsaw for its fortieth meeting. The report "Germany and Poland - regaining trust" summarises the joint reflections of the Group members.

Prof. Waldemar Czachur, Warsaw

Prof. Peter Oliver Loew, Darmstadt

15 December 2022

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Students exchange Kraków-Hannover-Lviv!

From 7th to 12th November, 37 students from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, the Ivan Franko University in Lviv and the Alice-Salomon School (Vocational School for Health and Social Work) in Hannover met in Krzyżowa for an exchange. 

The entire week was dedicated to the challenging topic of "Migration and Flight". Already while getting to know each other, there was space for personal family migration or refugee stories. The tour of Krzyżowa highlighted the migration and flight stories of people who have lived (the Moltke-family) and are currently living here (ukrainian families).

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An open-air gym has been built on the area of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe.

The inhabitants of Krzyżowa and people visiting the historical palace-park complex on the territory of the Krzyżowa Foundation have been able to use a 5-station open-air gym for a few days now. The project was carried out as part of the 'WzMOCnij swoje otoczenie' programme organised by the Polish Power Grid.

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Presentation of the results of the ‘1990/Year One’ project in Berlin

On 18 and 19 November, the results of the ‘1990/Year One’ project were presented in Berlin during two events aimed at teachers from Germany and Poland.

On 18 November, at Schönhausen Palace, during a conference organised for German and Polish teachers, Dr Robert Żurek talked to Markus Meckel, East German oppositionist, participant in the Central Round Table and, after the first free elections, GDR foreign minister. The starting point for the discussion was the German experience of the democratic transition initiated in 1990.

At the Palace, the exhibition ‘1990. Birth of a New Europe’ was also presented.

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