Brandenburg Memorials Foundation
| Brandenburg Memorials Foundation | |
|---|---|
| Legal form: | Foundation under public law |
| Purpose: | Coming to terms with terror, war and tyranny; Maintenance of memorials |
| Chair: | Axel Drecoll |
| Consist: | since January 1, 1993 |
| Founder: | State of Brandenburg |
| Number of employees: | 57.5 (target positions 2015) |
| Seat: | Oranienburg |
| Website: | www.stiftung-bg.de |
The Brandenburg Memorials Foundation is a public law foundation based in Oranienburg . It was established by the State of Brandenburg with effect from January 1, 1993.
Foundation purpose
The purpose of the foundation is to come to terms with terror , war and tyranny as well as the maintenance of memorials of national and international importance in the state of Brandenburg. It focuses on the former concentration camp in the Nazi era and the subsequent special camps of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany between 1945 and 1950. The Regulation establishing the Foundation is set to:
“The purpose of the foundation is to remember terror, war and tyranny, to promote public debate on this topic and to enable a worthy commemoration of the victims of the crimes of tyranny of the Nazi regime, the Soviet occupying power and the GDR. It maintains the memorials: 1. Sachsenhausen with the Belower Wald branch; 2. Ravensbrück; 3. Brandenburg an der Havel (Görden, memorial for the victims of the euthanasia murders). "
Memorials
| image | Surname | opening | city | visitors per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum | 1961 | Oranienburg | 700,000 (2018, estimate) |
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Death March Memorial in the Belower Forest (branch of the Sachsenhausen Memorial) |
1975 | Wittstock / Dosse | - |
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Ravensbrück Memorial and Memorial | 1959 | Fürstenberg / Havel | 110,000 (2018, estimate) |
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Brandenburg-Görden prison memorial | 1964 | Brandenburg on the Havel | - |
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Memorial to the victims of the euthanasia murders | 2012 | Brandenburg on the Havel | - |
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Leistikowstraße memorial and meeting place ( trust foundation ) |
2009 | Potsdam | - |
organization
The legal basis of the foundation is the ordinance on the establishment of the legally competent foundation under public law "Brandenburg Memorials" of the State of Brandenburg. The Brandenburg Ministry of Culture is responsible for the legal supervision of the foundation . In order to fulfill its tasks, the foundation receives an annual grant, which is provided in equal parts by the state of Brandenburg and the Federal Republic of Germany .
The foundation is based in Oranienburg in the so-called T-building , which housed the inspection of the concentration camps from 1938 to 1945 .
Board of the Foundation is the head of the Sachsenhausen Memorial virtue of his office. He bears the title of Foundation Director and manages the day-to-day business of the Foundation. The Deputy Director of the Foundation is the director of the Ravensbrück Memorial. An administrative director runs the foundation's office.
A foundation council with seven members, chaired by the Minister of Culture of the State of Brandenburg, decides on the fundamental matters of the foundation including the hiring of senior employees. In addition, there is an advisory board with up to 20 members who represent groups and associations affected by the purpose of the foundation, and an expert commission of seven experts .
history
The establishment of the foundation was based on suggestions from a commission of experts that had submitted recommendations to the state of Brandenburg for a new conception of memorial work in 1992. The chairman of this commission was Bernd Faulenbach , who became the first chairman of its expert commission after the foundation was established in 1993. Jürgen Dittberner was the first foundation director until 1997 . Axel Drecoll has headed the foundation since 2018. Pierre Gouffault , Thomas Lutz , Joachim Müller and Eberhard Zastrau have been appointed to the Foundation's Advisory Board .
The foundation maintains and maintains the memorials and museums in the former Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück concentration camps , plans and designs exhibitions and events, conducts scientific research and museum educational work, and creates publications on these former camps and the results of its own work. The foundation also deals with the history of the Soviet special camp Sachsenhausen and its consideration in a revised memorial and modern contemporary history museum. This redesign process in Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück is still ongoing. Permanent and changing exhibitions provide information about the history of the camps and detention centers at the authentic location.
The foundation's business plan estimated expenditure of € 6,443,900 and income of € 280,300 for 2015. The difference of € 6,163,600 is to be covered by grants from the State of Brandenburg and the Federal Republic of Germany. The number of employees of the foundation was estimated at 57.5 debit positions for 2015.
Web links
- Literature from and about the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation in the catalog of the German National Library
- Brandenburg Memorials Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Ordinance on the establishment of the legally responsible foundation under public law “Brandenburg Memorials”. State of Brandenburg , accessed April 25, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Still great interest: increased visitor numbers for Nazi memorials in the region. In: rbb24 . January 20, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
- ^ Foundation for a memorial and meeting place in Leistikowstrasse Potsdam. In: Internet presence of the Leistikowstraße Memorial and Meeting Center in Potsdam. Retrieved April 19, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Federal Agency for Civic Education (ed.): Memorials for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation . Volume II: Federal states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Thuringia. Bonn 2000, ISBN 3-89331-391-5 , entry Brandenburg Memorials Foundation , p. 329–330 ( PDF file; 23.9 MB ).
- ↑ Short biography of Prof. Dr. Bernd Faulenbach. Federal foundation for coming to terms with the SED dictatorship , accessed on May 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Imprint. In: Internet presence of the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation. Retrieved April 18, 2015 .
- ^ Brandenburg Memorials Foundation. Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg , accessed on April 25, 2014 .
- ^ Draft budget 2015/2016. Section 06 Ministry of Science, Research and Culture. (No longer available online.) State of Brandenburg , archived from the original on April 18, 2015 ; accessed on April 18, 2015 (PDF file; 0.8 MB). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
