Airlift Foundation

Airlift Foundation
legal form	Foundation under civil law
founding	August 25, 1959
founder	Willy Brandt , Willy Henneberg
Seat	Berlin
main emphasis	Souvenirs from the Berlin Airlift
method	Project funding
Action space	Berlin, England, France, USA
Website	www.stiftung-luftbrueckendank.de

The Luftbrückendank Foundation was set up in May 1959 by Willy Brandt on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Berlin Blockade and Berlin Airlift , to express Berlin’s ties to the states that supported the Airlift.

With an appeal for donations to the Berliners, the foundation was able to start its work with start-up capital of over 1.6 million DM. The relatives of the 78 victims of the Berlin Airlift were financially supported from the interest on the foundation capital.

Today, the Luftbrückendank Foundation mainly supports projects and ideas that deal with the topic of “Airlift and Berlin Blockade”. We support youth and cultural projects of all kinds. Preference is given to projects that involve young people and young adults from the USA, Great Britain and France.

Committees of the Airlift Thanks Foundation

The Luftbrückendank foundation is run on a voluntary basis by a board of directors who are supported in their work by an advisory board and a manager. The governing mayor of Berlin appoints the board and advisory board every five or four years .

Committees of the Airlift Thanks Foundation
The members of the board	The members of the advisory board
Florian Fangmann (Chairman)	Monika Thamm (Chair)
Gundula Bavendamm	Nick Alexander
Jürgen Lillteicher	Hannah Berger
	Cyril Blondel
	Peter Burba
	Stefan Collm
	Sarah Kopp
	Dagmar Pruin
Manager
Marion Werwoll

Cooperations and activities

One of the statutory core tasks of the Airlift Thanks Foundation is to ensure that the events surrounding the Berlin Airlift are not forgotten. The foundation promotes projects and activities as young as possible who take up this idea and also deal with the events of that time as part of project work.

In cooperation with the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation, the Böse Wölfe eV, the Gail S. Halvorsen School, Gangway eV / Be-Troit, Streetdance-Connection, international projects with schoolchildren, adolescents and students have been implemented.

literature

Senate of Berlin (ed.): Berlin. Chronicle of the years 1959–1960. Heinz Spitzing Verlag, Berlin 1978, ISSN 0582-1142 , p. 183 f.

Web links

Website of the Airlift Thanks Foundation

Individual evidence

↑ Our program partners - Checkpoint Charlie Foundation. Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
↑ The Berlin Airlift | Bad Wolf - Overcoming Limits. Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
↑ Trip to the USA . In: Gail S. Halvorsen School . ( halvorsen-schule.de [accessed on January 17, 2018]).
↑ Be-troit. Retrieved January 17, 2018 .

[1] Our program partners - Checkpoint Charlie Foundation. Retrieved January 17, 2018 .

[2] The Berlin Airlift | Bad Wolf - Overcoming Limits. Retrieved January 17, 2018 .

[3] Trip to the USA . In: Gail S. Halvorsen School . ( halvorsen-schule.de [accessed on January 17, 2018]).

[4] Be-troit. Retrieved January 17, 2018 .