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The Board of Trustees decides on all fundamental questions that are part of the remit of the EVZ Foundation.
It determines the focuses of the Foundation’s funding and activities, adopts the annual budget, and establishes guidelines for the use of the resources. The Board of Trustees is international, and its current 28 members are delegated for four-year terms, for example, by the German Bundestag and Bundesrat, German economic players, and the states and organizations involved in the international
negotiations that led to EVZ’s establishment. The Board of Directors is responsible for current business activities of the EVZ Foundation and implements the resolutions of the Board of Trustees.
Organization | Member of the Board of Trustees | Deputy |
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Chair | Annette Schavan, Bundesministerin a. D. | Dr. Jörg Freiherr Frank von Fürstenwerth |
Foundation initiative |
Dr. Jörg Freiherr Frank von Fürstenwerth | Dr. Dirk Förterer |
Foundation initiative | Christoph Kübel | Dr. Helen Müller |
Foundation initiative | Thomas Wessel | Andreas Klugescheid |
Foundation initiative | Prof. Dr. Susanne Sophia Spiliotis | N.N. |
Bundestag (CDU/CSU) | Karin Maag | Martin Patzelt |
Bundestag (CDU/CSU) | MdB Stephan Mayer | MdB Andrea Lindholz |
Bundestag (SPD) | MdB Dietmar Nietan | MdB Marianne Schieder |
Bundestag (FDP) | MdB Renata Alt | Ulla Ihnen |
Bundesrat | StM Lucia Puttrich | StS Dr. Mark Speich |
Bundesrat | StS Sawsan Chebli | Secretary Birgit Honé |
Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) | MDgin Petra von Wick | RDn Barbara Busch |
Federal Foreign Office | N.N. | Ambassador Michaela Küchler |
Jewish Claims Conference | Greg Schneider | Rüdiger Mahlo |
Sinti and Roma ** | Jonathan Mack | Zoran Dimov |
Israel | Arie Zuckerman | Dr. LL.M. Avraham Weber |
USA | Ellen J. Germain | Salman Khalil |
Poland | Paweł Kuglarz | Jakub Deka |
Russian Federation | Vladimir P. Lukin | Oleg J. Krasnizkij |
Ukraine | Dr. Anton Drobovych | Ambassador Dr. Andrij Melnyk |
Belarus | Dr. Wladimir Adamuschko †| Anshelika Anoschko |
Czech Republic | Botschafter Dr. JiÅ™i Å itler | Dr. Tomáš JelÃnek |
Plaintiff's Attorney USA | Monica Dugot | Christiane Reeh |
UNHCR | Katharina Lumpp | Dr. Roland Bank |
International Organization for Migration | N.N. | N.N. |
Bundesverband für NS-Verfolgte (Federal Association of NS Persecutees) | Dr. Jost Rebentisch | Svetlana Fourer |
MdB Ulle Schauws (MdB – Member of the German Bundestag)*** |
* updated 11th October, 2021
** These staff functions will be carried out namely as of 15 November 2016.
*** Co-opted since 9th June, 2021
The EVZ’s founding history challenges us to raise awareness of the responsibility we have where reservations lead to denial, marginalization, and violence. It challenges us to work for a new phase of remembrance culture: First, it should do justice to the victims of the Shoah – we want to be there for them, take care of them, and keep their memory alive. Second, we want to enhance the impact of historical education and help a young generation assume an active role in shaping remembrance culture themselves.
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The Board of Directors is responsible for current business activities of the EVZ Foundation and implements the resolutions of the Board of Trustees. Chief Executive Officer Dr. Andrea Despot is responsible for designing the Foundation’s strategy, developing the organization, and ensuring its resources are used for the designated economic purpose. The Board of Directors represents the Foundation in and out of court and was appointed on March 4, 2020, at an extraordinary meeting of the international Board of Trustees. The Director took office in June 2020.
The international Board of Trustees of the Foundation EVZ elected historian and science manager Jakob Meyer as a member of the Board at its meeting on May 16, 2022. He will take office on July 1, 2022. Until then, Christiane Neumann, a lawyer, will serve as the Foundation EVZ's interim board member.
The EVZ Foundation has two financial committees: The asset advisory committee generally meets once a year and provides the Board of Directors of the Foundation with advice regarding strategic matters and topics. Operational decisions relating to the management of the EVZ Foundation’s assets are made by the investment commission. The Directors bear full responsibility for the decisions made by the body.
The asset advisory committee generally meets once a year and provides the Board of Directors of the Foundation with advice regarding strategic matters and topics. Operational decisions relating to the management of the EVZ Foundation’s assets are taken by the investment commission. The Directors bear full responsibility for the decisions.
Information about investment strategies as well as facts and figures under Finances and Transparency.
Chief Executive Officer
Tel.: +49 (0)30 25 92 97-80
E-Mail: despot@stiftung-evz.de
Consultant to the Board of Directors
Tel.: +49 (0)30 25 92 97-48
E-Mail: bock@stiftung-evz.de
Academic Consultant to the Board of Directors
Tel.: +49 (0)30 25 92 97-92
E-Mail: wilke@stiftung-evz.de
Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer
Tel.: +49 (0)30 25 92 97-80
Fax: +49 030 25 92 97-39
E-Mail: bertele@stiftung-evz.de
Executive Assistant to the Director
Tel.: +49 (0)30 25 92 97-89
Fax: +49 030 25 92 97-40
E-Mail: rux@stiftung-evz.de