On 23 February, a webinar devoted to the challenges facing the education of schoolchildren on the culture of dialogue and historical education was held with the participation of 46 teachers and educators from Poland and Germany.
During the webinar, the participants:
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listened to a lecture 'The significance of Krzyżowa for Polish-German relations' given by Prof. Krzysztof Ruchniewicz (UWr, Director of the Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies at Wrocław University),
took part in a virtual guided tour of Krzyżowa prepared by Dominik Kretschmann (Director of the Krzyżowa Memorial Site of the Krzyżowa Foundation),
listened a presentation on 'The Significance of International Youth Meeting Houses' by Eva Feldmann-Wojtachnia (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München),
took part in two parallel discussions:
1. historical education and the culture of remembrance. Polish and German perspectives.
2. How to teach dialogue? Practical tips and experiences from working with young people.
The webinar was organised by the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe and Bayerische Landeszentrale für politische Bildungsarbeit. It was the first of the meetings organised as part of the project "Place of Education Krzyżowa / Lernsort Kreisau", which aims to build a network of partnerships between Polish and German teachers who would like to cooperate in preparing educational materials and workshops for Polish-German exchange groups which come to Krzyżowa.
