Cultural Foundation of the German Expellees
The Cultural Foundation of German Displaced Persons sees itself as a supraregional cultural institution for all displaced persons . Since it was founded in 1974, it has taken on the task of keeping the diverse cultural heritage of the historical German east and settlement areas alive in the consciousness of Germans and those abroad and of promoting the cultural creation in its tradition. Initially, the cultural foundation's sphere of activity was essentially limited to the Federal Republic of Germany , but the political change made it possible to reach the Germans in the new federal states and in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, as well as to facilitate dialogue with the eastern neighbors intensify.
The cultural foundation analyzes the status and development of the relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the states of Eastern Europe and offers the displaced persons and the public appropriate information. In conjunction with university professors from Germany and the East, she conducts research projects and specialist conferences in the fields of constitutional and international law, history, literature and art history. In all measures, she involves young scientists as project participants, speakers and conference participants as well as multipliers. The results of this work and events would be published as monographs and edited volumes.
Legal
The cultural foundation is a legal foundation under civil law . Your budget is from grants of public sector finances, book sales, membership fees and donations. From a tax point of view, it is regarded as charitable .
The seat of the foundation is Stuttgart , the office is in Bonn (Godesberger Allee 72-74).
The managing director is Thomas Konhäuser
The foundation bodies of the Cultural Foundation for German Displaced Persons are the Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees; there is also a scientific advisory board.
Board
In its meeting on December 4, 2019, the Board of Trustees elected as members of the Executive Board for the period of office from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021:
- Reinfried Vogler , Kronberg (chairman)
- Christine Czaja, Stuttgart (Deputy Chair)
- Barbara-Drufar Loeffke, Lüneburg
- Dr. Ernst Gierlich, Bornheim
- Hans-Günther Parplies, Bonn (Honorary Chairman)
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is constituted for the period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2018, it consists of the following members:
a) Appointed by the association to promote the goals of the BdV:
- Andreas Gundrum, Ratingen
- Guntram Kuse, Sankt Augustin
- Gudrun Osterburg, Frankfurt
- Gisela Schewell, Bonn
- Klaus Maria Schuck, Bonn
b) Appointed by the Presidium of the Federation of Expellees:
- Gottfried Hufenbach, Meckenheim
- Ulrich Klein, Neckargemünd
- Christian Knauer, Aichach
- Stephan Rauhut , Bonn
- Maria Werthan, Langerwehe.
c) Representatives of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany:
- No appointment since institutional funding was discontinued
d) Representative of the state government of Baden-Württemberg:
- currently no designation
According to the election by the members of the Board of Trustees on November 29, 2018:
Chairman of the Board of Trustees:
- Stephan Rauhut , Bonn
- Deputy: Andreas Gundrum, Ratingen
Known members
- In 1997, Dieter Blumenwitz wrote his book "International Protection Mechanisms for the Implementation of Minorities and Ethnic Group Rights" on behalf of the Cultural Foundation for German Expellees.
- Herbert Czaja was Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1974 until his death in 1997
- Christof Dahm from 1991 to 2000 lecturer for contemporary history, church history and political science
- Bernd Fabritius , President of the Federation of Expellees , member of the Board of Trustees
- Gilbert Gornig , head of the study group for politics and international law affiliated with the Cultural Foundation of German Expellees
- Wilhelm von Gottberg member of the Board of Trustees from 1995 to 2009
- Roswitha Wisniewski was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board from 1986 to 1993
- Manfred Zeidler from 1989 to 1992, Zeidler worked on a project supported by the Kulturstiftung about the Red Army in East Germany