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The Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe will be a partner of the PNWM in the project Likhtar/ Ліхтар. The project is aimed at female teachers, educators and specialists in formal and non-formal education involved in Polish-German-Ukrainian youth exchange. Likhtar will include networking meetings, trainings, consultations, among others.

The Likhtar/ Ліхтар project has been running at the German educational institution Bildungsstätte Bredbeck since April 2022. Likhtar brings together people involved in international youth work from Poland, Germany and Ukraine, motivates and strengthens to implement exchange projects during the Russian war against Ukraine.

Read more: Krzyżowa Foundation Likhtar - a beacon for Polish-German-Ukrainian youth exchanges

In September, the "Green Land" kindergarten held its first music education workshop with elements of music therapy.
During the music therapy classes were used primarily

• Creative music therapy methods and techniques,
• various techniques of active listening to music
• and relaxation techniques.

Read more: Music education workshops with elements of music therapy in the kindergarten "Green Land"

The House on the Hill is the heart of the Krzyżowa remembrance and education work. The members of the Kreisau Circle met in the former home of Helmuth James and Freya von Moltke during the Second World War.The building was completely renovated in the '90s and ceremonially opened as a memorial and residential building in 1998. Over the past decade or so, the technical condition of the building has deteriorated significantly due to humidity and under the influence of weather conditions.Therefore, in 2022, a technical dossier was started, which will form the basis, planned for the following years, for the renovation of our memorial.

External construction work will begin later in 2023. The foundations will be drained and insulated, and the roof and elevation renovated. Therefore, guests visiting the Krzyżowa Foundation must expect restricted access to the House on the Hill from July onwards. Work on the interior will continue in the coming years. In addition, renovation and modernisation of the educational area and revitalisation of the garden are planned.

The big challenge for Krzyżowa now is to secure the necessary funding. The Willy Robert Pitzer Foundation, the Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Foundation and the Georg Zinner Foundation have already pledged the initial funding, while funds are still lacking to complete all the necessary construction and renovation work and the new exhibition and educational space.

Read more: The House on the Hill is being renovated

On 20 April, the programme 'Facts about the World' aired on TVN24 BiS showed material presenting the robbery of children from Ukraine by the Russians, showing some parallels between the contemporary situation and the crimes committed by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. The material was based on an interview with Dr Tomasz Skonieczny, an employee of the Krzyżowa Foundation.

Read more: For TVN24 BiS, PhD Tomasz Skonieczny talks about stolen children from Ukraine