On 10 May, we hosted Ms Anke Meyer, Chairperson of the Polish-German Intergovernmental Commission for Regional and Cross-border Cooperation from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ms Jana Orlowski, Deputy Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Wrocław.
Both ladies, accompanied by the managing director of the Foundation - Dr. Robert Żurek, as well as Dr. Anna Poznańska - director for communication and international cooperation and Dominik Kretschmann - manager of the Memorial Site, visited the Foundation complex.
Read more: Anke Meyer and Mr Jana Orlowski from the German Foreign Ministry visiting Krzyżowa - 10.05.2022
We invite you to listen to a conversation with Anna Malinowska, journalist and author of the book "Brown Lullaby. Stories of kidnapped children", about the Nazi search for "good blood", the post-war fate of robbed children who were deprived of their identity and family, and the demanding work of a reporter who collects the testimonies of the victims.
The conversation, prepared as a podcast, is part of the educational project “Uprooted – (Hi)Stories of Stolen Children during World War II”.
We would like to remind you that podcasts of the Krzyżowa Foundation can also be listened to on the most popular podcasting platforms: anchor.fm, Spotify, as well as on: Google Podcast and Breaker.
Read more: UPROOTED. PODCAST ||"Lebensborn and the post-war fate of children stolen by the Nazis"
We are pleased to announce that the first meeting of the third edition of the project "Laboratory of dialogue and reconciliation" has just taken place. A project that the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe is implementing in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Poland from 2019.
"Since the first edition of the project, our focus has been to create a space for the presentation and exchange of experiences and ideas among people actively working to promote constructive dialogue based on mutual respect," says Dr Tomasz Skonieczny, project coordinator. "Today, in light of Russia's unprecedented aggression against Ukraine, the crimes committed by Russian soldiers against the civilian population, in view of the devastating changes that two years of pandemonium have caused in our social and economic life, issues such as dialogue and reconciliation must be looked at anew, from a completely different perspective. There is no doubt, however, that dialogue is what we invariably need. Even in the face of legitimate questions about its limits'.
Read more: "Dialogue and reconciliation laboratory | | Third edition of the project launched
On Friday, 6 May, the Foundation was visited by special guests. Federal, European and Regional Development Minister Birgit Honé and Lower Saxony Minister of Culture Grant Hendrik Tonne came to Krzyżowa accompanied by the German Consul General in Wrocław, Hans Jörg Neumann. The visit was connected with a tour through Lower Silesia by representatives of the Lower Saxony government on 5 and 6 May.
Managing Directors Dorota Krajdocha and Dr. Robert Żurek, accompanied by representatives of the Foundation's team, showed the guests around the building and presented the history of the place as well as the current activities of the Krzyżowa Foundation. An important aspect of the discussions held during the visit was the challenges currently facing Europe and the possibilities for closer cooperation between the Foundation and Lower Saxony.
Read more: Visit of government ministers of Lower Saxony and the German Consul General - Krzyżowa, 6.05.2022
