It's hard to believe that this terrible war has been going on for two years already. And it's hard to believe how much we have already become accustomed to it, how much we have gotten used to it. At the beginning, the sea of death, misfortune, suffering, and tears, but also heroism, sacrifice, and solidarity, made a huge impression on us. We were shocked. We rushed into the whirlwind of aid. We protested. Now it has all become a bit indifferent to us. Our zeal to help has cooled a bit. We are tired, preoccupied with other problems.
This is exactly what the aggressors are counting on. They have not become indifferent and they have not tired. They continue to attack. They are convinced that the support and solidarity of the West have reached their limits and that the weakening, bleeding Ukraine will eventually fall prey to them.
On this 731st day of the war, we appeal to ourselves and to you, our Friends, people who are close to the values of Krzyżowa:
Ukraine still needs our help and our solidarity. Let us not allow indifference to prevail in us. We have the right to feel tired, but we do not have the right to give in to this fatigue. The heroic defense of Ukrainian women and men, their commitment to freedom, and their determination to become part of a united Europe, confirm how important our values are – freedom, democracy, the rule of law, the European community. Let us remember that today their defense is taking place in Ukraine. If Ukraine loses, we all lose.
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, awarded Viviane Hagner, artistic director and co-initiator of Krzyżowa-Music, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany "Bundesverdienstkreuz" for exceptional achievements in the field of cultural exchange between Germany and Poland.
Ms. Maren Schellenberg, mayor of Berlin's Steglitz-Zehlendorf district, presented the order on February 15, 2024, at the Mendelssohn-Remise in Berlin.
Our warmest congratulations, Viviane!
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The "Triyou" trilateral meeting Krzepice-Marl-Dnipro took place in Krzyżowa on February 19th-23rd, 2024, as a new edition of a long lasting partnership between the three schools. There were meeting a group of 20 students from the Willy Brandt Gesamtschule in Marl, 20 students from the School complex in Krzepice (Zespół Szkół w Krzepicach), and 24 Students from the Ukrainian school "Steam" from Dnipro.
The topic of this exchange was intercultural cooperation and historical/political education. Besides from different activities to learn to know each other and language animation, the students were encouraged to cooperated while solving different team challenges. They were challengend by building the hihghest spagetti tower or a paper bridge and finally by constructing an object to make it possible to let an egg fall from the balcony of our Pałac without breaking it. As a standard in Krzyzowa, they discovered the history of the resistance group Kreisau Circle and the reconciliation mass that lead to the creation of the youth center. Dring this years excurions, the students could also visit the memorial place of the former concentration camp of Gross Rosen all together and also discover the history of the castle of Książ/Furstenstein and the tunnel complex "Riese" beneath it.
Read more: The TRIYOU trilateral meeting Krzepice-Marl-Dnipro
