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Jubilee 2019 – letters from Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Chancellor Angela Merkel

The jubilee celebrations in Krzyżowa were international and ecumenical in nature. The celebrations of the Jubilee began with a ceremonial Holy Mass, commemorating the events of 12 November 1989. The Holy Mass, chaired by Archbishop Alfons Nossol, was concelebrated by Archbishop Ludwig Schick, Archbishop Victor Skwarc and Bishop Ignacy Dec.

In order to emphasize the exceptional character of this event, during the jubilee celebrations were read out letters to the participants from Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Below you can find both letters. 

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109th birthday of Freya von Moltke. Maryna Czaplinska on Radio TOK FM

We encourage you to listen to the podcast from the programme "Weekend morning - Maciej Zakrocki" on Radio TOK FM.

Podcast: Freya von Moltke - preserving the heritage of the Kreisau Circle was her priority [broadcast in Polish].

On March 29th, the 109th anniversary of Freya von Moltke's birthday, Maciej Zakrocki's guest was Maryna Czaplinska, a member of the Krzyżowa Foundation Council.

Freya von Moltke was born on March 29th 1911, in Cologne. She was a German lawyer, an activist of the anti-Hitler opposition, a member of the Kreisau Circle, wife of Helmuth James von Moltke, the last owner of an estate in Krzyżowa.

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||MEDIA|| Maryna Czaplińska about the Reconciliation Mass in Radio TOK FM

We encourage you to listen to the podcast from the programme "Weekend morning - Maciej Zakrocki" on Radio TOK FM.

On November 9th, the guest of Maciej Zakrocki was Maryna Czaplińska - a member of the Council of the Krzyżowa Foundation, participant of the Reconciliation Mass in 1989. The discussion focused on historical issues, but the listeners could also learn what the Krzyżowa Foundation, which has been operating for 30 years, does today.

||ONLINE PUBLICATION|| "(Non)symbolic reconciliation. Reflections on Polish-German relations after 1945" edited by T. Skonieczny

The publication is an attempt to reflect on the historical experience of Polish-German rapprochement and the science that flows from it for us, our contemporaries. It was created within the framework of the project "Heritage of Polish-German reconciliation and building a Europe of values", which the "Krzyżowa" Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe implemented in cooperation with and thanks to the support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Poland and the "Memory and Future" Center. Several experts from Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic and France were invited to participate in the project, representing various scientific disciplines, experiences and philosophical options, who for years have not only been professionally involved in the issue of reconciliation in international relations, but have also been actively involved in Polish-German dialogue.

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