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Invitation to an exhibition "Distance from the Troops"!

Invitation to an exhibition

From 8 September, the exhibition "Distance from the Troops" will be on display for one month on the first floor of Kreisau Palace. The exhibition was designed by the Peace Library in Berlin, the central design element being many black and white photos. In addition, the biographies of some men who refused to serve in the armed forces on the German side during the Second World War, such as Heinrich Böll or Franz Jägerstätter, are presented.

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A power boost for seniors! The Generations Dialogue Project!

There is a lot going on in the 'Dialogue of Generations' project. We have already held workshops on senior health, concerts as part of the Krzyżowa-Music Festival, and many ethnographic and cultural heritage workshops in Lower Silesia. Currently, the seniors are taking part in workshops on personal development, watercolour painting and dance and movement. And around the corner there are already upcoming educational trips, theatre and digital workshops.

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German-Polish discussion with Archbishop Alfons Nossel

Archbishop Alfons Nossol, Professor of Dogmatic Theology, retired Ordinary of Opole, a great ecumenist, advocate of dialogue, member of the Council of Honour and a great friend of the Krzyżowa Foundation, celebrated his 90th birthday on 08.08.2022.
On 12 November 1989, he celebrated a mass at Krzyżowa, which was a milestone in the process of German-Polish reconciliation.

To honour the Archbishop's services, a German-Polish discussion took place at the invitation of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation at the Palace in Kamień Śląski on 05.09.2022. with the Archbishop, led by PhD Annemarie Franke, who is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Krzyżowa Foundation, and Prof. Dr Waldemar Czachur, Chairman of the Foundation Board.

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New titles in the library of the Krzyzowa Foundation

New titles in the library of the Krzyzowa Foundation

A whole series of books have enriched the library of the Krzyzowa Foundation in recent weeks. Among them are biographies on Dorothy von Moltke (by Urte von Berg) and Konrad von Moltke (by Claire Weill) and current volumes from the series of publications of the Forschungsgemeinschaft 20. Juli 1944 e.V.
The entire stock of the library can be viewed online via the Foundation's homepage. https://biblioteka.krzyzowa.org.pl/

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