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War in Ukraine. Help for refugees

The war in Ukraine is in its fifth day. Several hundred thousand refugees are fleeing from Russian aggression. They seek protection and help in neighbouring countries, including Poland.

We, the team of the Krzyżowa Foundation, see no other way than to provide support to people who have been separated from their families, deprived of their homes, work and the slightest sense of security. We know that the help we offer must be well thought-out and systemic, because we do not know how long the humanitarian crisis connected with the war will last and what actions will be taken by other entities. Therefore, with full engagement, in consultation with the provincial and district authorities and the Świdnica Municipality, we are working out an action plan that will allow us to make the most of our resources and experience. We are happy that also our partner organisations from Germany: The Freya von Moltke Foundation and the Kreisau-Initiative Association are ready to get involved in the aid we organise for people fleeing Ukraine.

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We are with you! ми з вами!

Today (24.02.2022) Russia attacked Ukraine, our Neighbours, Friends, Co-workers and Associates, Families of people who are dear to us. We are shocked and moved by this situation.

We are also thinking of our Friends, Partners in Russia, who are working for peace, but live in a country that is conducting a war. We remember our Friends in Belarus, who look on with dismay as their country collaborates in this aggression. We think of the citizens of those societies who want peaceful coexistence, freedom and independence, but find themselves faced with war.

We feel powerless when confronted with such unjustified aggression. And we want to help. How?

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||Online meeting|| "Reconciliation in the political context" dr hab. Urszula Pękala

Evangelical School of Theology (EST) in Wroclaw invites you to the online meeting "Christian patent for conflict resolution? Reconciliation in the political context” led by dr hab. Urszula Pęka-la, deputy manager of the Memorial Site of the Krzyżowa Foundation. The event will take place on 1st March at 19:00 via the ZOOM platform and will be streaming on Facebooku.

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#StolenMemory - searching for the families of former concentration camps prisoners

The Krzyżowa Foundation takes part in the "Ways of Remembrance" project, under which young people from Poland, Germany and Russia are looking for the families of former concentration camps prisoners. It is a project carried out in cooperation with the Arolsen Archives, which possess the belongings of former prisoners (mostly from the concentration camps Neuengamme and Dachau), which the Allies secured on the areas of the former camps after 1945 and reached the Archives in the early 1960s.

Willing to help the Arolsen Archives, which set themselves the goal of handing over the personal items to the families of the victims, the young people through the Krzyżowa Foundation ask for help in finding relatives of former concentration camp prisoners.

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