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Publication
Latest release: The Course of (Hi)Stories
This manual shows how to combine the topic narratives with podcasts in non-formal education. Read more
Publication
New release: Silenced Memories Lab. Women's history as a topic and oral history as a method. Transfer between International Youth Projects, Educational Practice and Research
This publication is addressed to persons who apply the oral history method in their professional life as a non-formal youth educator, a teacher or an academic at university. The editors' intention is to pave the way for a transfer of experiences… Read more
Projects
New project in the focal area socio-ecological transformation
For the next two years, we are going to exchange ideas and experiences with partners in Poland and the Czech Republic to foster education for the socio-ecological transformation in our respective countries. Together we will develop thematic… Read moreAbout 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
Ulrike Kind
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Studium Politikwissenschaft, neueste Geschichte und öffentliches Recht in Heidelberg, Aix-en-Provence und Bonn (M.A. 1996). Mainzer Polonicum (1997). Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin der Polnischen Robert Schuman Stiftung, Warschau, und persönliche… Read more
Paweł Prokop
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Paweł Prokop studied German studies in Warsaw and Berlin and History and Political Science at the FU Berlin. He found his place inside the German-Polish youth exchange starting from being a participant, language interpreter and organizing projects of… Read more
Bernd Böttcher
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Bernd Böttcher, after working as a volunteer in Krzyżowa for one year, studied Cultural Sciences at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). After work experiences in Ukraine he managed an exchange of professionals between Germany,… Read more
Dr. Klaus Pumberger
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Klaus Pumberger studied political sciences and history in Salzburg, Innsbruck and Warsaw. He wrote his PhD dissertation about "Solidarity on Strike. Political crisis, social protest and the question of power in Poland 1980/81". Since 2002,… Read more
Uğur Elhan
Programme Manager
Uğur Elhan studied Sociology, Human Rights Law in Turkey, and Intercultural Conflict Management in Berlin. Since 2003, he has been active in the field of youth work and youth policies. He joined the Kreisau-Initiative in October 2019 and is… Read more
Paulina Jaskulska
Project Coordinator
Paulina Jaskulska studied Media Studies in Gniezno (Poland), Greifswald (Germany) and Koper (Slovenia). She has been working for the Kreisau-Initiative since January 2016. Read more
Kerim Somun
Project Coordinator
Kerim Somun he has been working for the Kreisau-Initiative since February 2017. His main focus is the project Model International Criminal Court (MICC). He studied Public Administration at the University of Sarajevo and wrote his bachelor thesis… Read more
Elisabeth Kremer
Programme Manager
Elisabeth Kremer studied German-French studies and European Studies in Germany, France and Denmark. She is a certified teamer of intercultural youth meetings and group-interpreter within the German-French Youth Cooperation. Since May 2018, she has… Read more
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
![[Translate to English:] Elli Kosek](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/5/csm_elli_neu_6ae0916070.jpg "[Translate to English:] Elli Kosek")
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
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
Programme Manager
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 is the programme manager of the field Contemporary History and Human… Read more