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School exchange Warszawa-Ober-Ramstadt, 11-16.09.2022 Krzyżowa

From 11th to 16th of September, 46 young people (between 16 and 19 years old) from the XXVIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Jana Kochanowskiego in Warszawa and the Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Schule in Ober-Ramstadt, together with their teachers, met in Krzyżowa to get to know each other and also to deal in several workhops with "Polish-German History and remembrance culture". Besides integration and language animation activities and a tour through the history of Krzyżowa, they actively exchanged in small working groups on their family histories, important historical events of their countries, discussed about the different perspectives and aspects influencing history and memory and on questions, inspired by the exhibition "Courage and Reconciliation": How to contribute to the future? How to build Europe together? How to remember the past?

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Polish-German youth exchange Ulanów- Kempen, 12-16.09.2022 Krzyżowa.

Polish-German youth exchange Ulanów- Kempen, 12-16.09.2022 Krzyżowa. 

A Polish-German youth exchange between the schools Gymansium Thomaeum from Kempen and the Kazimierz Rupa Public Elementary School in Wólka Tanewska from Ulanów took place in Krzyżowa on 12-16.09.2022. 

The exchange involved 32 male and female pupils, from Germany and Poland, aged between 12 and 15.

The theme of the exchange was: Your life and our life in Europe. During the exchange, pupils and students took part in an excursion to Wrocław, a history walk, group integration and numerous workshops on diversity and human rights.

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Polish-German-Bulgarian youth exchange Siedlce-Mühlenbeck-Warba, 05-09.09.2022 Krzyżowa

Polish-German-Bulgarian youth exchange Siedlce-Mühlenbeck-Warba, 05-09.09.2022 Krzyżowa

From 05.09.2022 to 09.09.2022 a Polish-German-Bulgarian youth exchange between schools took place at the IYMC Krzyżowa: 

• Käthe-Kollwitz-Gesamtschule from Mühlenbeck, 
• Hetman Stanisław IV High School from Siedlce and 
• Sredno uchiliste "Pejo Kr. Yavorov" from Varna. 

This was the first exchange in the history of the International Youth Meeting Centre in Krzyżowa in which a school from Bulgaria participated. Almost 50 pupils and students took part in the exchange.

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Dominik Kretschmann, head of the memorial department of Krzyzowa Foundation, takes part in the “Governance Academy”.

Dominik Kretschmann, head of the memorial department of Krzyzowa Foundation, takes part in the “Governance Academy”.

What attitude and what skills are needed to react to a rapidly changing environment and what skills and strategies can help to implement changes in rigid structures? Which competencies are sustainable? These and other questions will be discussed during our 3-day seminar and the topic of change will be explored in all its facets.

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