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Webinar || #Creatingspace: conspiracy theories - 25.11.2020

Since the beginning of the Corona pandemic, numerous explanations and conspiracy theories have been circulating on the Internet and in social media about the origins of the virus and how to deal with it correctly. On the 25.11.2020 the participants of the webinar series #Creatingspace dealt with the complex of topics "conspiracy theory" from a historical, scientific and political perspective.

We took a look at examples of extreme mobilizations and offers of interpretation and unraveled who benefits from the dissemination of such content. On the one hand, conspiracy stories are attractive - especially in times of crisis - because they offer simple answers to very complex questions. On the other hand, extreme right-wing actors take advantage of all this to assert their interests. The webinar was led by Carolin Sokele.

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Welcome a new volunteer in Krzyżowa !

Since October there is a new volunteer with us – Alicja. Where did she came from? Why did she decide to come to Krzyżowa/Kreisau? What is her first impression? You can read all about it in her short self presentation.

We are really glad that Alicja decided to do her volunteer service with us here in Krzyżowa and we hope she is going to have creative and inspiring time here.

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Inauguration of construction of an ecological garden in Krzyżowa - 3.12.2020

On the area between the moat and the Piława River, near the centre of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe, there is an open field.But on 3 December, it began to change. By the hands of the Board of the Foundation and the project coordinator, the first spade for the construction of an ecological educational garden, which will be built here in the coming months, has been knocked in. Guests who visit Krzyżowa next year will be able to take advantage of the new offer and learn the secrets of organic plant cultivation - a crop that works in harmony with nature and is based as much as possible on using natural processes as allies in running the garden.

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„Stories that Move". Project of the Krzyżowa Foundation and the Anne Frank House

The Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe started a close cooperation with the Anne Frank House, a foundation located in Amsterdam and running a museum in the place where Anne Frank was hiding from the Nazis and writing her own journal, already known all over the world . For more than 50 years, the Anne Frank House has also been involved in educational activities, mainly aimed at combating discrimination and inequality.

This year we are working together on the 'Stories that Move' project. It is an online toolkit that requires students to think critically about diversity and discrimination, and also encourages them to reflect on their own attitudes and the resulting choices. The kit consists of ready-made learning paths that combine information, tasks to be done and stories from people's lives. In short video materials, young people share their experiences, both good ones and situations related to exclusion, discrimination and hate crimes. These poignant stories provide a starting point for a thorough understanding of the various issues related to discrimination.

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