From 14th to 18th February the Polish-German online youth exchange „Ways of remembrance” took place at IYMC Krzyżowa. It was a part of the project in which participate 8 schools from Poland, Germany and Russia. Involved in the Kreisau-groups I and II was 70 pupils (age 16–17) and 6 teachers from the German Berufliche Schule des Kreises Stormarn in Bad Oldesloe and the Polish I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza in Węgrów.

The pupils worked on a very special historical topic: based on the Arolsen Archives projects documentED and #StolenMemory they had the opportunity to learn about the historical and political background of National Socialism and come into contact with the individual stories of persecuted people and their families. With the help of original documents, they did research on personal destinies and items (so called „Effekten“) of former prisoners of concentration camps. The goal of their work was to search for relatives and, after finding them, hand them over the personal item(s) of their family members. During the whole week, pupils worked in small binational groups and prepared documentation about their work.

Furthermore, the students got to know the history of Krzyżowa and they participated in an online guided tour through the memorial site Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica to get a personal impression about a concentration camp.

The project is financed by the German-Polish Youth Office.

Coordinator: Anna Kudarewska.