Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation
| Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation | |
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| Legal form: | Foundation under public law |
| Purpose: | Preservation of the memory of Helmut Schmidt's political work; political education |
| Chair: | Meik Woyke |
| Board of Trustees: |
Peer Steinbrück (Chairman) Susanne Schmidt (Deputy Chairman) |
| Managing directors: | Meik Woyke |
| Consist: | since January 1, 2017 |
| Number of employees: | 16 (as of 2020) |
| Seat: | Hamburg |
| Website: | www.helmut-schmidt.de |
The Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation (BKHS) is the youngest of the six non-partisan political memorial foundations in the Federal Republic of Germany. She became effective 1 January 2017 by the German Bundestag set up to "the memory of the political activity of Helmut Schmidt for freedom and unity of the German people , for the peace and the unification of Europe and for the understanding and reconciliation among the peoples to true ". As part of her political education work , she should also convey to young people in particular the topics that Schmidt occupied as a politician and publicist (see tasks).
The foundation is headquartered in downtown Hamburg and has a branch in Schmidt's former house in the Langenhorn district , which also houses the private Helmut Schmidt archive.
organization
The BKHS is a federal foundation under public law . It is financed by grants from the federal budget and is subject to the legal supervision of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM).
The foundation bodies are the Board of Trustees , whose members are appointed by the Federal President for a period of five years, and the Board of Directors appointed by the Board of Trustees. The board of trustees currently includes Peer Steinbrück (chair), Susanne Schmidt (deputy chair), Dirk Fischer , Johannes Kahrs , Giovanni di Lorenzo and Sandra Maischberger .
The historian Meik Woyke has been the chairman and managing director since July 1, 2019 , and honorary board members are Hans-Gerhard Husung and Bernd Neuendorf . From 2017 to 2019, Stefan Herms and Knut Nevermann managed the foundation's business as honorary board members.
tasks
According to the establishment law, the foundation should
- a contribution to the understanding of contemporary history and the further development of the Federal Republic of Germany as well
- to process, present and further develop Germany's responsibility in foreign, security and economic policy in the European and global environment
- It is also intended to contribute to deepening and expanding knowledge of the geopolitical and economic challenges of the 21st century in Europe and around the world.
In addition to the historical work, there are three program lines: “Europe and International Politics”, “Global Markets and Social Justice” and “Democracy and Society”. They take up thematic impulses from Helmut Schmidt's biography and deal with current political issues. Particular attention is paid to the future of transatlantic relations: the foundation is already organizing several scientific conferences and, together with the German Marshall Fund, has set up a high-caliber expert commission that is due to present recommendations by autumn 2020.
The foundation works closely with the private Helmut and Loki Schmidt Foundation (HLS), established in 1992, and also with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Federal Archives on archive issues .
Locations
Helmut Schmidt Forum
At its headquarters in downtown Hamburg, the foundation maintains the Helmut Schmidt Forum , which offers exhibitions and guided tours as well as readings, lectures and discussion events on a regular basis. The first photo exhibition “100 Years in 100 Pictures” opened here on December 7, 2018, in which one motif per year of life of the former Federal Chancellor was shown until the end of March 2020. T. previously unpublished recordings. After a break in renovation, a new permanent exhibition is to be presented here from November 10, 2020.
House in Langenhorn
In December 1961, Helmut and Loki Schmidt and their daughter Susanne moved into a house in Hamburg-Langenhorn . Here Helmut Schmidt received friends, politicians and artists; His guests included Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , Henry Kissinger , Juan Carlos I , Leonid Brezhnev , Oskar Kokoschka and the members of the "Friday Society" founded by Schmidt.
After Schmidt's death on November 10, 2015, the private Helmut and Loki Schmidt Foundation , founded by the couple in 1992, inherited the property, which is to be preserved as an authentic historical site. Due to the spatial structure, guided tours are only possible to a limited extent and are only offered by the BKHS.
Helmut Schmidt archive
The Helmut Schmidt archive is also located in Langenhorn, where the private estates of Helmut and Loki Schmidt and their close friend Karl Wilhelm Berkhan are kept. It includes over 3,500 files, 284 photo albums and an extensive library. After Schmidt had a small library building added back in 1978, the Schmidts acquired the neighboring semi-detached house in 1992 to accommodate the archive. Another extension followed in 2006/07, and since then the bequests have been stored in a separate storage room.
The archive also belongs to the private Helmut and Loki Schmidt Foundation . Employees of the BKHS develop and record the estates kept here and thus create the conditions for their public use.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b § 1 and 2 of the law on the establishment of a Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation of October 13, 2016 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2358 )
- ↑ Dr. Meik Woyke becomes chairman of the board and managing director. In: helmut-schmidt.de. February 25, 2019, accessed March 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Board of Trustees | Employees. In: helmut-schmidt.de. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
- ↑ FOTAR2020. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation and German Marshall Fund establish “Transatlantic Task Force”. In: helmut-schmidt.de. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Jana Werner: “People still love Schmidt as before” . In: THE WORLD . December 18, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed March 4, 2020]).
- ↑ Olaf Wunder: Brandt and Brezhnev were visiting: This is how Schmidt's bungalow became a legend. In: mopo.de. December 22, 2018, accessed March 4, 2020 .
- ^ Hansjörg Müller, Hamburg: Helmut Schmidt's house in Hamburg is experiencing a rush of visitors . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . ( nzz.ch [accessed on March 4, 2020]).
- ↑ For small groups of visitors: the legendary Schmidt bungalow opens its doors on Friday. In: mopo.de. April 4, 2019, accessed March 4, 2020 .