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On January 27-30, 2025. 26 students from Bad Friedrichshall Gymnasium visited Krzyzowa as part of a trip to memorial sites to learn about the history of the Krzyzowa Circle resistance movement, the development of Polish-German relations as depicted in the exhibition “Courage and Reconciliation,” and to reflect on issues of hatred, propaganda and discrimination based on our latest exhibition “1939-1945: The Years That Changed the World.” Participants also prepared together for a visit to the former Groß-Rosen concentration camp, gathered further information on site, and then held a discussion about the importance of such visits in curricula.

Read more: A journey of remembrance to Krzyżowa, Groß-Rosen and Auschwitz

A trilateral TRIYOU youth exchange took place in Krzyzowa from March 10-14, 2025, with students and teachers from Poland, Germany and Ukraine. The event attracted 34 participants and 6 chaperones from schools: Albert-Einstein-Schule Langen (Germany), School and Kindergarten Complex No. 3 in Wroclaw (Poland) and Lviv Academic Gymnasium at Lviv Polytechnic University (Ukraine).

The program was full of integration activities, such as team-building games and team competition. Participants worked in international teams, preparing presentations on schools, cities, music or national cuisines in the form of posters, performances or multimedia presentations.

Read more: Poland, Germany, Ukraine - where do we go together?

From November 11th to 16th 2024, long-standing guests came to Krzyżowa again: German linguistic students from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and the Ivan Franko University in Lviv as well as pupils from the Hannah Arendt vocational schools in Hannover. The traditional theme of the meeting was “Migration - Migration movements in Europe” and the participants learned, discussed and exchanged in small international groups during the workshops about their own family migration stories, the migration history of the von Moltke family and the regional migration history of Lower Silesia after 1945, as well as the current situation in the participants' countries, Germany, Poland and Ukraine. 

Read more: Exchange on the topic of migration

Join the International Youth Orchestra - Music For Future!

Are you a young musician ready to create harmony across borders?

Join talented musicians from Poland, Germany, Ukraine, and Greece for an unforgettable summer of music-making!

What awaits you:

• Learn from renowned European orchestra musicians
• Perform exciting repertoire in professional concerts
• Make lifelong friends from different countries
• Stay in the historic Krzyżowa estate
• Professional development workshops
• Cultural exchange activities

  Read more: Join the International Youth Orchestra - Music for Future 2025