On 5 December 2020, the online election of the members of the Council of the Krzyżowa Foundation for the new cadence took place. The most important body of the Foundation has a maximum of 24 members and is elected for a 5-year term. The new Council will be constituted at its first meeting, scheduled for spring 2021.
We warmly congratulate all those elected and wish them success, effective cooperation and many activities that will contribute to building dialogue and understanding by the Foundation.
The members of the Council of the Krzyżowa Foundation in the new cadence:
Read more: Election of the new Council of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe
The 50th anniversary of Willi Brandt's visit to Warsaw, during which he paid tribute to the fallen Poles in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, as well as to the Jews when he knelt down at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, is an opportunity for a broader reflection on Polish-German relations not only in recent decades. It is undertaken by Dr. Robert Żurek, a member of the Management Board and Managing Director of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe, in his latest article "How Germany changed its course and broke with its negative policy towards Poland".
The article was published on the website Więź.pl.
Read more: Robert Żurek "How Germany changed its course and broke with its negative policy towards Poland"
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will remember 2020 as a very difficult year, as the time in which making plans for the future gave way to fear for our health and that of our loved ones, fear for work and a safe tomorrow. Under the circumstances the activity of the Krzyżowa Foundation had to change. Many of the plans we wanted to implement this year have been postponed, and many of them we have had to change or find other ways to put them into practice.
2020 was to be very fruitful for the Foundation, we counted on a record number of projects and visitors. Only in the period from March to June, 69 multi-day projects were planned in Krzyżowa, in which nearly 3,000 people were to participate. Most of them were Polish-German school exchanges. Lockdown in Poland and other European countries shattered all these plans. Within a few weeks, we had to completely change the approach to the implementation of our projects, in which, after all, youth exchanges and meetings of people from different countries were always the most important elements. In this crisis year we have been forced to find solutions to two key problems: how is the Krzyżowa Foundation to survive and how it can, after all, pursue its mission.
Read more: Crisis is also a search for new opportunities – 2020 at the Krzyżowa Foundation | Robert Żurek
Since October there is a new volunteer with us – Alicja. Where did she came from? Why did she decide to come to Krzyżowa/Kreisau? What is her first impression? You can read all about it in her short self presentation.
We are really glad that Alicja decided to do her volunteer service with us here in Krzyżowa and we hope she is going to have creative and inspiring time here.
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Read more: Welcome a new volunteer in Krzyżowa !
