What did forced labour mean during the times of National Socialism? Where did the men and women forced to work come from? How many of them where there? Where were the factories they had to work in located and where were they accommodated? During World War...
WORCATION is an international youth exchange with the character of a workcamp. Participants live and work together. The group takes part in different workshops during the day. The workshops revolve around the Second World War and around POWs imprisoned in Stalag VIII A which was...
From 11.01. until 15.01.2019 the International Messiaen-Days in Görlitz Zgorzelec will take place again. You can expect a varied program, a successful mixture of different concerts and historical lectures. This time the festival concentrates on the main questions: Who are we? Where do we come from?...
The Worcation- project, organised by Meetingpoint Music Messiaen, won the Charlemagne Youth Prize in May and was invited to the European Parliament to present the project to the Cultural Committee from 09 October to 11 October 2018. Young people from Poland, Italy, France, Ukraine and Germany...
At Friday, October 19th a language animation workshop is going to take place in Görlitz. The participants are going to have a chance to learn creative methods to introduce foreign languages to students or international groups they work with. Main themes are easing intercultural dialog...
On the last Friday of July, we officially finished this year’s edition of Worcation organized by Meetingpoint Music Messiaen for the eleventh time in the row. Muliti-national group of youths shared their impresions of the two-week workcamp and honoured the victims of the Stalag...
On Saturday, June 9th we are going to have an extraordinary opportunity to eavesdrop on practice of Staatskapelle Dresden Orchestra. It will be a chance to take a look at everyday work of word-class musicians at the beautiful opera house the Semperoper. In the...
WORCATION 2018 – 14.07.-28.07.2018 - European Youth Works European History. WORCATION is an international youth exchange with the character of a workcamp. Participants live and work together. The group takes part in different workshops during the day. The workshops revolve around the the Second World...
What: Conference: Stalag VIIIA and European memory of The Second World War POWs When: 28th–29th September 2017 Where: European Centre Memory, Education, Culture The memory of The Second World War still causes strong feelings among the nations affected by it. Many topics have been discussed, many museums, memorial places and educational...
#YourSummerInGörlitzZgorzelec, WHEN: 22.07. – 05.08.2017, WHERE: Görlitz-Zgorzelec, at the border of Germany and Poland, WHAT – WORCATION = WORK + VACATION. Our Workcamp “WORCATION” means creative and international work in a historical place. The project revolves around the place, which has been almost forgotten for...
Our Workcamp “WORCATION” means creative and international work in a historical place. The project revolves around the place, which has been almost forgotten for decades – the former prisoner of war camp Stalag VIII A in Zgorzelec. There is so much to do – digging,...
QUARTET TO THE END OF TIME – CONCERT AND DANCE PERFORMANCE - 15 January 2016, 19:00 – European Centre of Education and Culture MEETINGPOINT MUSIC MESSIAEN, Zgorzelec, Koźlice 1. This year we want to connect the traditional concert with a modern dance performance. We have...