On 17 June, at 10 a.m., a ceremonial opening of the "Neighbours in Europe" exhibition took place in Wrocław. The exhibition was created on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Polish-German Treaty on Good Neighbourhood and Friendly Cooperation and shows the history of Polish-German relations from the Second World War until the present day.
Its creators are: Centrum Historii Zajezdnia in cooperation with the city of Wrocław and the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe.
The opening ceremony of the exhibition was attended by: Ewa Gołąb-Nowakowska - Director of the Department for International Cooperation of the City Hall,, Hans Jörg Neumann - General Consul of Germany in Wrocław, Dr. Marek Mutor - Director of the "Centrum Historii Zajezdnia" and Dr. Robert Żurek - Managing Director of the "Krzyżowa" Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe.
Read more: Opening of the exhibition "Neighbours in Europe" - Wrocław, 17.06.2021
Due to the pandemic and limitations in the activities of our center, the possibility of purchasing publications offered by the Krzyżowa Foundation has also become troublesome. Thanks to our friend, the Zajezdnia History Center in Wrocław, the option to buy our books is much simpler.
For several days now, the offer of the Zajezdnia History Center online store also includes the publications of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe. For several days now, the offer of the Zajezdnia History Center online store These are items in Polish published by the Krzyżowa Foundation, but also other publications dealing with the history of Krzyżowa, foundations and Polish-German relations established there in the 1990s.
Read more: The books of the Krzyżowa Foundation in the offer of the Zajezdnia History Center online store
Annemarie Franke „To nie wrogowie, to ludzie, Das sind keine Feinde, sondern Menschen. Ewa Unger (1926-2020)", 2021.
We are glad that we can present you a publication that is so important to us. A year after the death of Dr. Ewa Unger - co-founder of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe and the long-term chairman of the Foundation's Management Board, we are presenting you with an album that shows the life of a person who rendered great service to Polish-German reconciliation. The author of the publication is Dr. Annemarie Franke - for many years associated with the Krzyżowa Foundation, currently a member of the Foundation's Supervisory Board.
The book is available in our bookstore.
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[The article 'Krzyżowa - reconciliation in practice' was originally published in the MOCAK Forum magazine - a publishing project carried out by MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow. The text comes from issue 1/2020, which was focused on the challenges of education. We would like to thank the author and the publisher for the opportunity to publish the whole article in Polish. Below we present selected excerpts from the article translated into English. At the end of the page there is also a PDF file with the article in Polish].
Imagine a place where a dream has come true. In a former state farm, surrounded by dilapidated farm buildings and a palace with a hole in the roof, the leaders of two countries burdened with the trauma of war met. In a joint effort, Poles and Germans, supported by friends from other countries, created in this place - in the Lower Silesian village in Krzyżowa - an international meeting house.
Read more: Krzyżowa - reconciliation in practice || Jolanta Steciuk
