On 26th September in Krzyżowa took place VI Intergenerational Cross-Country Reconciliation Runs "Family without Violence". This is another year in a row, when in the courtyard of the Krzyżowa Foundation several hundred runners, aged from preschoolers to senior, met.
This year's edition of the race referred to the Jubilee of the Foundation and the 30th anniversary of the Reconciliation Mass. On this occasion, the Foundation funded one of the prizes for the winners of particular races and age categories - a souvenir bottle with a sports towel.
Read more: VI Intergenerational Cross-Country Reconciliation Runs - 26.09.2019 (PHOTO)
On September 27th, in front of the gate of the Krzyżowa Foundation, Helmuth Caspar von Moltke - son of Helmuth James and Freya von Moltke, owners of the Krzyżowa estate and members of the Kreisau Circle, in the presence of the co-founders of the Foundation, Father Adam Żak SJ and Annemarie Cordes, planted the Oak of Remembrance. It was a symbolic event showing two dimensions of the history of Krzyżowa - the one connected with the Kreisau Circle and the one connected with the creation of the Foundation.
The tree planted by Hemuth Caspar von Moltke replaced the old oak, which had to be removed due to its bad condition. It was on this oak that in August 1946, on the order of the Governor of Świdnica, a list of Germans still living in Krzyżowa was established. They were to leave the village within three days and go, like their compatriots living in this area, to Gracowice, from where they were transported to various occupation zones in Germany.
- This tree had a special meaning. It grew long, it was seen by all the inhabitants who came to the nearby church. We plant a new oak in this symbolic way, because we want to show what the Foundation is - a place that unites people, unites Poles and Germans, unites us in a common reflection on history, but also unites our common work for the future - said Dr. Robert Żurek, Managing Director of the Krzyżowa Foundation during the ceremony.
Read more: Helmuth Caspar von Moltke planted an Oak of Remembrance in Krzyżowa - 27.09.2019 (PHOTO)
The network of partnership contacts between the various local and regional authorities and regions in Europe has more than 20 000 contracts. Świdnica Municipality is a member of this group, currently cooperating with 4 European cities: Lampertheim (Germany), Maldegem (Belgium), Adria (Italy) and Ermont (France) and 2 Polish municipalities: Żukowo (pow. kartuski, woj. pomorskie) and Świdnica commune (pow. zielonogórski, woj. lubuskie). This year the Świdnica Municipality hosted the European Meeting of Partner Cities.
A conference of mayors representing Partner Cities took place in the Palace of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe. It was in Krzyżowa, in the historic place of Polish-German reconciliation, that new assumptions for mutual cooperation were discussed, as well as the issues of disabled people.
Read more: European Meeting of Partner Cities in Krzyżowa - 20.09.2019 (PHOTO)
On October 11, 2019, in the Cultural Zone of Wrocław (Bar "Barbara"), a debate "History in public space. How is the past told to us? took place. It was attended by historians and experts in historical education from four countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania.
The discussion in Wrocław was organized as part of the "Memorial of Remembrance 1918-2018" project, implemented by the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe, the Paweł Włodkowic Institute (Poland), Post Bellum SK / Príbehy 20. storočia (Slovakia), Centrum pro dokumentaci totalitních režimů (Czech Republic), and Fundatia Academia Civica (Memorialul Victimelor Comunismului si al Rezistentei, Romania).
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