On 17 June, at 10 a.m., a ceremonial opening of the "Neighbours in Europe" exhibition took place in Wrocław. The exhibition was created on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Polish-German Treaty on Good Neighbourhood and Friendly Cooperation and shows the history of Polish-German relations from the Second World War until the present day.
Its creators are: Centrum Historii Zajezdnia in cooperation with the city of Wrocław and the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe.
The opening ceremony of the exhibition was attended by: Ewa Gołąb-Nowakowska - Director of the Department for International Cooperation of the City Hall,, Hans Jörg Neumann - General Consul of Germany in Wrocław, Dr. Marek Mutor - Director of the "Centrum Historii Zajezdnia" and Dr. Robert Żurek - Managing Director of the "Krzyżowa" Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe.
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High school students from Świdnica, Strzegom and Świebodzice spent May and June visiting interesting cultural and natural places in Lower Silesia. Trips organized by the "Krzyżowa" Foundation as part of the "Poviat road to educational success" project tooke place to such places as: Arboretum in Wojsławice, Książ Castle, Colorful Lakes in Rudawy Janowickie, tourist routes in Świeradów, the Walimskie Drifts, Church of Peace in Świdnica, ZOO , The National Museum, the Jewish Cemetery, Hydropolis in Wrocław and Krzyżowa Foundation.
Students benefited from organized workshops, activities and guided tours. In total, over 30 trips tooke place during one month, in which nearly 1,500 students took part. The aim of the away-from-home activities was to arouse students 'interest in various fields, which result in the improvement of students' key competences and, consequently, obtaining better learning outcomes.
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For the eighteenth time, the Krzyżowa Foundation invited to the Seminar of Memorials of Eastern and Western Europe. After the seminar in 2020, shortly before the scheduled date, had to be canceled due to a pandemic, the Krzyżowa Foundation together with other project partners decided to move the event to the virtual space in 2021.
Due to this change, it was decided to shorten the four-day event to two days. On 25 and 26 March employees of memorial sites, museums and research institutions from Eastern, South-Eastern and Western Europe were invited to discuss the topic “Virtual Memory. Memory Places and Digital Media ”.
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