In recent days, Krzyżowa has celebrated a special anniversary: for twenty-five years now, the Altkönigschule of Kronberg has been coming to Krzyżowa with its international partner schools to meet young people.
From 7 September to 14 September 2019, 41 students from Kronberg and partner schools from Las Palmas, Brest, Warsaw and Prague came to Krzyżowa to spend time together, to study about Poland and the Polish history, to learn more about the Kreisau Circle, the time of National Socialism and the German resistance movement during Nazi Germany.
Altkönigschule from Kronberg is the school that has been associated with the Krzyżowa Foundation and the International Youth Meeting Centre for the longest time. This special partnership was honored with a jubilee celebration in which Stephan Erb, Director of the Polish-German Youth Cooperation, participated in the meeting as a witness of the time.
Read more: 25 years now! Project Kronberg-Brest-Warszawa-Las Palmas-Praha. Celebration in Krzyżowa (PHOTO)
On September 17 begins in Krzyżowa an exchange of school partners from Olkusz and Gräfelfing. During the meeting, 30 pupils (from age 16 to 18 years) will take part in integration workshops, language animations and activities around the exhibition "Courage and Reconciliation". Young people also will visit Wrocław together.
The meeting in Krzyżowa will last till September 21.
Read more: Polish-German School Exchange. Olkusz – Gräfelfing, 17-21 September 2019 (PHOTO)
A book about Stanisław Stomma, published in Polish in 2018 is extremely inspiring, colourfully written and based on extensive research. Stanisław Stomma's political and intellectual biography, one of the most important pioneers of the post-war Polish-German dialogue will be presented in Berlin.
The discussion about the book will be attended by Radosław Ptaszyński – author of the book (University of Szczecin) and outstanding experts in the work and activities of Stanisław Stomma – Wolfgang Pailer (Berlin) and Robert Żurek (Krzyżowa Foundation).
The meeting will take place on September 16th at 7 p.m. in the Centre for Historical Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Berlin (Mayakowskiring 47, 13156 Berlin).
Read more: Book presentation in Berlin – "Stommizm. Political biography of Stanisław Stomma" - 16.09.2019
We invite you to participate in a workshop on dialogue. The workshop is an ideological continuation of the "Religion-Culture-Education" program, inspired by Edward Skubisz, a Dutch theologian, for many years related with the Peace House Foundation (Fundacja Dom Pokoju) and currently operating within the DIALOGUE INSTITUTE (INSTYTUT DIALOGU).
In recent years, in the Edith Stein House has been read Edith Stein's (1891-1942) and Dutch theologian Henri Nouwen's (1932-1996) texts on empathy and compassion. Today, the Institute of Dialogue invites to discuss and reflect on the questions: Does empathy and compassion help in conducting dialogue? Are these terms not abused nowadays?
The workshop will be continued as part of the "Laboratory of Dialogue" meetings and the "School of Dialogue" programme, conducted by the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe. In Wrocław and Krzyżowa, the concepts of theologians such as Edith Stein, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Benno Jacob, and Katharina Staritz will be discussed.
Read more: The Meeting of DIALOGUE INSTITUTE - Wrocław, 15.09.2019 (Edith Stein House)
