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18
May
Pfingsttreffen
Das alljährliche Pfingsttreffen in Kreisau/Krzyżowa ist ein offenes Treffen für Menschen, die sich Kreisau durch Begegnungen, Projekte oder seine Geschichte(n) verbunden fühlen, aber auch für alle, die den Ort neu kennen lernen möchten.
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14
June
Activists against Xenocide
Activists against Xenocide is an international training on migration to and within Europe today and in the past for professionals of non-formal education from Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Poland and United Kingdom who are interested in the...
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25
June
What's cooking?
During the project young people from 16 years on have the opportunity to practice their abilities in the field of different professions. At the same time they take part in a european youth meeting and have an intercultural experience.
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About us
The Kreisau-Initiative was founded in 1989 by East and West Berliners in order to support the set-up and maintenance of an international youth meeting centre in Krzyżowa, Poland. We organise youth encounters, workshops, trainings and conferences for different target groups. Our projects are international with participants coming from all over the world, belonging to different generations and having different educational and social backgrounds. Thematically, they fall into the fields of Contemporary History and Human Rights, Inclusion as well as Social-Ecological Transformation. Read more
Portrait
Marta Kurek
Board Member
Marta Kurek has studied Business Administration in Poznań (Poland) and Osnabrück (Germany). Her work focuses on historical and political education in Europe. She has been a member of the board since April 2017. Read more
Ole Jantschek
Chair
Ole Jantschek has been a member of the board since 2009 and chair of the association since 2011. From 2011 to 2014 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Krzyżowa Foundation for European Understanding and currently represents the... Read more
Patryk Grudziński
Project Coordinator
Patryk Grudziński studied Peace Studies and International Politics in Tübingen and Haifa. He has been with the Kreisau-Initiative since September 2014. He coordinates projects within the field Social-Ecological Transformation. Read more
Elżbieta Kosek
Deputy Executive Director Programme Manager
Elżbieta Kosek studied Economy in Berlin and Media Pedagogy in Rostock. From 2007 to 2012 she worked as a Programme Manager in the International Youth Center in Krzyżowa. In January 2013 she started her work for the Kreisau-Initiative. She... Read more
Nina Lüders
Executive Director Programme Manager
Nina Lüders studied Political Science. She became a Project Coordinator for the Kreisau-Initiative in 2009 and since 2014 she is its Executive Director. She coordinates the field Contemporary History and Human Rights. Read more
Annemarie Cordes
Board Member
Annemarie Cordes is a sociologist with many years of experience in the field of international youth exchange. From 1982 to 1990 she was the Youth education officer of the Protestant Youth Educational Centre Haus Kreisau in Berlin. From 1989 to 2011... Read more
Dominik Mosiczuk
Board Member
Dominik Mosiczuk has studied International Affairs and Russian Philology in Wrocław and Aberystwyth. From 2006-2009 he worked for the Krzyżowa Foundation and from 2009-2013 for the Kreisau-Initiative. He has been a board member since April 2017. Read more
Carolin Wenzel
Project Coordinator
Carolin Wenzel has studied Integrated European Studies as well as Culture and History of Central and Eastern Europe. She has been working for the Kreisau-Initiative since 2011. She coordinates projects within the field Contemporary History and Human... Read more