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On May 20-24 at the International Youth Meeting Center in Krzyżowa a Polish-German youth meeting took place. The exchange is attended by students from Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn Gymnasium Forst, who have been learning Polish for a year, and students from Primary School No. 10 in Debica, which in turn is learning German. This unique combination results in great mutual curiosity and many opportunities to deepen the knowledge of the language of the partner school. The exchange program includes many language animations, workshops with elements of theatre pedagogy, workshops on communication and cooperation in groups, historical workshops, guided tours of Wrocław and a trip around Krzyżowa.

The school from Forst came to Krzyżowa for the 10th time! This extraordinary jubilee was celebrated with a cake and a diploma from the Krzyżowa Foundation.

The year 1989 became a turning point in the history of Europe. Communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe began to falter, Hungary opened its border with Austria, Poland held its first semifree parliamentary elections, many East German refugees in Prague and Warsaw speeded up the changes in East Germany, and then the Berlin Wall fell. This departure allowed for a new beginning of Polish-German relations.

In November 1989, Chancellor Helmut Kohl visited Poland and met with the first non-communist Prime Minister of Poland, Tadeusz Mazowiecki. Their embrace during the service in Krzyżowa in Lower Silesia went down in history as a symbol of Polish-German reconciliation.

Today, 30 years later, we would like to recall this history and ask what it means for us. Is reconciliation between Germans and Poles still an issue? How well have we managed to use the last 30 years to create a friendly coexistence between a free Poland and a united Germany? What are the challenges facing the German-Polish neighbourhood today? These and other questions will be answered by the participants of the meeting.

On 20th May at the International Youth Meeting Center in Krzyżowa another international school exchange will start. For the 7th time, as a partnership, a group of young people from the High School Complex in Kłodawa and Erich Kästner Gymnasium from Laatzen will come to Krzyżowa.

65 pupils will face the themes of World War II in order to create a better common future.

Organizers: ZSP Nr. 5 Kłodawa, Erich-Kästner Gymnasium Laatzen, "Krzyżowa" Foundation for European Understanding.

From 20 to 24 May a German-Polish school meeting took place between 2 primary schools in the International Youth Meeting Centre in Kreisau. The participants from Hamburg and Gdansk got to know each other in art workshops, cooperation games and during the joint activities. It was a very special project for us in Kreisau, as two primary school classes met. The school meeting revolved around the topic underwater world and in workshops the children dealt with the topic sustainability. Together the students discussed in workshops about children's rights and visions, wishes and dreams for the future. The time spent together enabled new acquaintances, the dismantling of language barriers and many football tournaments.

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