Yvonne Meyer

Yvonne Meyer directed the program "Mendelsohn Haus" at the Cultural Association Borussia from August 2006 to July 2009. She coordinated the conservation work at the Jewish Cleansing House “Bet Tahara” (constructed 1911-1913 by Erich Mendelsohn) and its transformation into a center for intercultural dialogue. At the same time she has developed formats for cultural program work for the center since 2006: she organized numerous events in various locations in the city which inspired contemporary conflict with the German-Jewish history of the city.

In 2004 Yvonne Meyer completed her graduate studies in the subjects of theater studies and Western Slavic studies at the Universität Leipzig. She then studied in Leipzig, Lublin and Breslau with a focus on theater and anthropology, reporting and remembrance as well as the culture of Western Slavic countries. From 2005 to 2006 she was a project assistant at “relations”, an initiative project of the German Federal Cultural Foundation, Berlin.

Current

Yvonne Meyer has lived and worked in Leipzig since 2009 as an independent cultural manager for activities in the area of the German-Polish dialogue. Her focus lies on projects in cooperation with partners in both countries in order to bring artists and those who create culture from Germany and Poland to an active exchange. She develops concepts for cultural marketing standards for various employers and implements these concepts. As head of the association “Friends of Borussia Olsztyn" she remains in contact to the Foundation and the "Center for Intercultural Dialog Mendelsohn Haus" in Olsztyn.