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Educational workshop about 'stolen' children || Uprooted - (Hi)Stories of Stolen Children during World War II

Since March, we have been working with secondary schools to run educational workshops to introduce schoolchildren to the history of children who were " stolen" by the Nazis during World War II and taken to Germany for Germanisation. So far, over 300 students have taken part in the workshops.

We planned that in the first stage of the project we would focus on presenting the story that took place almost 80 years ago. Only during subsequent meetings will we talk to young people about how they see these events and how they interpret, among other things, the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948, Article II, letter e of which states that "forcibly transferring children of a group to another group" is genocide.

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New volunteers and an intern in Krzyżowa

Usually we welcome volunteers to Krzyżowa only in autumn. This year, new people also came to us in April. Three new fantastic colleagues have been with us at the Foundation for several weeks: Keti, Nastya, who are volunteers, and Claudia - an intern.

Where do they come from, how did they get to Krzyżowa and what are their first impressions - you can read about it in short self-presentations.

We are very happy that our new friends are already with us and we wish them creative, interesting and full of good emotions during their time in Krzyżowa!

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Krzyżowa for Ukraine. Easter time of reflection – 22.04.2022

The week just passed was decidedly more peaceful and reflective. On Monday, the last Easter holiday was celebrated in the Catholic Church and some of our guests are now preparing to celebrate Easter according to the Julian calendar. At this special time, the thoughts of all of us are focused on the dramatic events in Ukraine. We wish each other peace, health and safety. We are very happy that more people from Ukraine, who are staying in Krzyżowa, find work. This is very important for our guests. We intensively help and support families staying with us in their efforts to gain independence and self-reliance.

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Easter clean-up in the garden - 13.04.2022

Wednesday, 13 April, brought excellent weather. It was difficult to stay in the office on such a warm and cheerful day. For this reason, for the last time before Easter, an event was held in which the Foundation's employees carried out a number of works in the ecological garden.

They used rakes, spades, wheelbarrows and a sieve to sort the soil. The meeting was also an opportunity for cross-departmental discussions with those with whom we do not work every day.

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