German-Russian Forum - The future needs the past
The German-Russian Forum - The Future Needs the Past is a series of events that has been organized by the East Prussian Landsmannschaft since 2008, alternating between the Russian Oblast Kaliningrad and Germany . Initially, this meeting took place annually, and since 2014 every two years.
Participants in this cultural forum include German officials from the district communities of the Landsmannschaft and representatives of the Russian local authorities in Kaliningrad Oblast, museum directors, archivists and librarians as well as other cultural workers from both countries. Brigitte Stramm, board member of the East Prussia Landsmannschaft, is the event manager.
The aim of the events is an exchange of views and the preparation of joint cultural projects and culture-preserving measures in the Kaliningrad Oblast.
Previous meetings
The previous meetings have mostly taken place in mid-October.
| year | place |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Kaliningrad |
| 2009 | Luneburg |
| 2010 |
Gussew Dom kultury |
| 2011 | Nuremberg and Ellingen |
| 2012 | Kaliningrad German-Russian House |
| 2013 |
Duisburg conference and advice center The Little Prince |
| 2014 | Sovetsk |
| 2016 |
Berlin Bonhoeffer House |
| 2018 |
Chernyakhovsk Hotel Kochar |
Participants (selection)
- Wilhelm von Boddien , managing director of the association for the reconstruction of the Berlin Palace
- Alla Feodorovna, Director of the Kaliningrad Oblast State Archives (GAKO)
- Vladimir Gilmanov, professor at Kaliningrad University
- Leonard Kalinnikow, President of the All-Russian Kant Society
- Vyacheslav Kent, head of the local museum in Slavsk (Heinrichswalde)
- Irina Lobenko, head of the local museum in Vladimirovo (Tharau)
- Henning von Löwis , former radio journalist
- Joachim Mähnert, director of the East Prussian State Museum
- Anna Michejewa, head of the cultural history museum in Gwardeisk (Tapiau)
- Markus Podehl , architect and publicist
- Svetlana Sokolowa, former director of the museum in Friedländer Tor and director of the Kaliningrad Zoo since 2013 .
- Anselika Schpiljowa, until 2018 director of the City History Museum of Sovetsk (Tilsit)
- Dimitri Suchin, board member of the Berlin Scharoun Society
- Juri Userzow, head of the local museum in Uljanowo (Kraupischken)