Our colleague from the Krzyżowa Foundation, head of communication and international cooperation, Dr. Anna Poznańska, appeared on Radio Wrocław in a programme entitled 'Mission Lower Silesia'.
Anna, who was born in Germany, talks about how the Polish-German school exchange influenced her life decisions, how she found herself in Wrocław, why she thinks Polish is like Latin and what she does in the Krzyżowa Foundation.
Read more: "Mission Lower Silesia" - Dr Anna Poznanska in Radio Wroclaw
March 2021 will marked the first anniversary of the death of Dr Ewa Unger, co-founder of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe and long-time chairwoman of its board, long-time president of the Club of Catholic Intelligentsia in Wrocław, a Wroclaw native who worked throughout her life for Polish-German understanding.
As an active member of the Club of Catholic Intelligentsia in Wrocław, Dr Ewa Unger had since the 1970s maintained contact with Catholic lay groups in the Federal Republic of Germany and with members of the Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (Aktion Sühnezeichen) in the GDR. She became a mainstay of the partnership between the parishes of Wrocław and Dortmund, which in the 1980s was characterised by an exceptional will to help and solidarity with the Polish population suffering from a lack of food and medicines.
Read more: Ceremony to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Dr Ewa Unger - 13 March 2021 (photo)
With real joy and pride we have received the information that the Chairman of the Council of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe - Professor Waldemar Czachur and the Managing Director of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe - Dr Robert Żurek were among the fifty personalities described as 'verdiente Versöhner', i.e. people who have merited the benefit of German-Polish reconciliation. In a letter sent by the German Ambassador to Poland, Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven, to both of the honoured persons, their merits in building a German-Polish understanding were highlighted through, among other things, their involvement in the activities of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe.
Read more: Prof. Waldemar Czachur and Dr Robert Żurek in the group of "verdiente Versöhner" - persons of...
Usually, when you open something, the ribbon is cut. But we came up with the idea that there would be no cutting, only tying. Two groups of children with two ribbons in the colors of both countries left the stage, and the two prime ministers came together and tied them with a knot. I believe it was a very significant moment: we start - we tie. Dr. Ewa Unger on the official opening of the Krzyżowa Foundation Center in 1998.
This year we had to say goodbye to Dr. Ewa Unger - co-founder of the Krzyżowa Foundation. Let her words be a message to us. When there's so much discouragement, anxiety, conflict around - let's tie! Let us take care of our relations, let us support each other, let us create a space of respect and understanding.
This is what we wish You - Our Friends and Partners - on the occasion of Christmas and the upcoming New Year.
The Management Board and Employees of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe
Read more: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021
