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There will be water! - Construction of a well for garden irrigation

The first months of this year brought us an aura that we have gradually forgotten in recent years: frosts lasting several weeks, falling snow, and now relentless rains. All this means that the construction of the ecological garden in Krzyżowa, planned for the beginning of the year, is postponed in time. The end of March, however, brought a small weather window, which we managed to use to build a well made of concrete circles for watering the garden. The well was built at the pond where the water level - especially in summer - will be decisive for its efficiency.

Visitors to Krzyżowa have probably noticed a drop in the water level in the moat adjacent to the resort recently. This was largely due to the failure of the lock, which made it possible to control the damming of the water. Thanks to the intervention of our irreplaceable technical department, the initial repair of the lock was carried out. After the works are completed, the connected vessels will be fully operational: the dammed water in the moat will provide water in the pond, which in turn will supply the well. Just sow, plant, water and watch it grow!

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||REPORT|| Online lecture: The 1989/1990 breakthrough in the Eastern Bloc countries from the perspective of Paris and Bonn [audio]

On 8 April Professor Pierre-Frédéric Weber, a historian from University of Szczecin, gave a lecture entitled "The 1989/1990 breakthrough in the Eastern Bloc countries from the perspective of Paris and Bonn".

The meeting was attended by 178 students and teachers.

It was the third of a series of lectures organised by the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe, which aim to present the circumstances of the historical breakthrough which led to the collapse of the communist system and the start of democratic changes in Central and Eastern Europe.

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||REPORT|| Online lecture: The first years of free Poland (1989-1993) [audio]

On 31 March Professor Antoni Dudek, a historian and political scientist from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, gave a lecture entitled "The first years of free Poland (1989-1993)". The meeting was attended by 102 students and teachers.

It was the second of a series of lectures organised by the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe, which aim to present the circumstances of the historical breakthrough which led to the collapse of the communist system and the start of democratic changes in Central and Eastern Europe.

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||Online lecture|| Lithuania's re-establishment of independence. Challenges the country faced. 20 April, 18:00

The year 1990 was a turning point in overcoming the communist heritage and shaping democracy in Central and Eastern European countries. That year brought the first fully free parliamentary, presidential and local government elections in most of the countries.

The year 1990 was also the beginning of a new era for the Baltic States, such as Lithuania, which was the first country of that region to declare its independence after 50 years of Soviet rule.

What was the situation in Lithuania in 1990? What challenges did the country, which formally was a Soviet republic and part of the USSR, face? What price did Lithuanians have to pay for their freedom?

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