About Us

Historic brick Landhaus with several dormer windows, surrounded by trees, on the shore of a lake with a forest in the background

This is what we stand for

We are an independent certified educational institution in Berlin .

We offer space for education, encounters, and new perspectives. We foster critical thinking, creative expression, and self-determined action through political and cultural education for children and young people. Our work is characterized by diversity, respect, and democratic values. We create a learning environment that is open to everyone.

Guiding principles

Statutes

Story

The wannseeFORUM was founded after 1945 as a re-education institution. Established as an association, now a foundation, it stands for education in a democratic transition. As a youth education center certified by the Council of Europe, we combine experience with innovation and develop new approaches to political and cultural youth education based on our tradition.

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The team

We plan and implement the foundation's goals in everyday practice. We are happy to be your contact persons for various matters relating to youth education, rental of the conference center, and foundation-related issues.

House management

Dr. Roman Fröhlich

Pedagogical Director, he/him

froehlich@wannseeforum.de
T+49 30 806 80 17

Nicole Hasenjäger

Administrative director, she/her

hasenjaeger@wannseeforum.de
T +49 030 806 80 11

Educational team

Marcellina Rieger

Education officer, her/her
focus is participation and school

rieger@wannseeforum.de
T+49 30 806 80 25

Baris Ilkkan Kurtyilmaz

Education officer,
focus on democracy and society

kurtyilmaz@wannseeforum.de
T +49 30 806 80 18

Simone Häckel

Education officer, her/her
focus is cultural education

haeckel@wannseeforum.de
T +49 30 806 80 21

Annette Ullrich

Education officer, her/her
focus is on digitalization and democracy

ullrich@wannseeforum.de
T +49 30 806 80 19

Timo Vossberg

Education officer, he/him

Focus on social issues and political participation

vossberg@wannseeforum.de
T+49 30 806 80 90

Justus Kiese

Federal volunteer,
focus on youth education

kiese@wannseeforum.de
T+49 30 806 80 26

Administrative team

Janina Altrock

Personnel & Finance, she/her

altrock@wannseeforum.de
T +49 30 806 80 13

Melanie Lupprian

accounting, she/her

lupprian@wannseeforum.de
T +49 30 806 80 14

Daniela Klemm

Seminar administration she/her

Klemm@wannseeforum.de
T+49 30 806 80 12

Nils Kottmann

Seminar administration, he/him

kottmann@wannseeforum.de
T +49 30 806 80 23

Hannah Reif

student trainee, she/her

reif@wannseeforum.de
T +49 30 806 80 10

Renata Reincke

Front Office/Seminar Administration, she/her

reincke@wannseeforum.de
T +49 30 806 80 10

Building services

Sascha Pitzen

Facility Management, he/him

pitzen@wannseeforum.de
T +49 30 806 80 24

Steven Hövelmann

Building services, he/him

hoevelmann@wannseeforum.de
T +49 30 806 80 24

Home economics

Steven Mastur

Head of Housekeeping he/him

mastur@wannseeforum.de
T +49 30 806 80 27

Thorsten Mertens

kitchen/head chef, he/him

mertens@wannseeforum.de
T +49 30 806 80 20

Susanne Aab

kitchen/cook she/her

aab@wannseeforum.de
T +49 30 806 80 20

Stefan Zimmermann

kitchen/cook he/him

zimmermann@wannseeforum.de

T +49 30 806 80 20

Mirsada Jordans

kitchen/kitchen helper, she/her

Ronan Barreto Rangel da Silva

kitchen/kitchen helper, he/him

Susan Rehfeldt

kitchen/kitchen helper, she/her

Tarek Babu

House cleaning, he/him

Eze Prosper Okwudari

House cleaning, he/him

Kerstin Knaack

House cleaning/laundry service, she/her

Isabell Vetter

House cleaning, she/her

Steven Eikmeier

House cleaning, he/him

Board of Trustees, Executive Board and Youth Advisory Board

Volunteers shape the development of the youth education center and work closely with the center's management. The youth advisory board brings fresh perspectives.

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is the foundation's central governing body. Its members are elected for eight-year terms. Two seats are filled by the Youth Advisory Board. The Board of Trustees meets at least twice a year. It elects the Executive Board, oversees its work, and makes recommendations, for example, regarding the allocation of funds.

Sabine Behn

Chair of the Board of Trustees

behn@wannseeforum.de

Prof. Dr. Cillie Rentmeister

Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees

c.rentmeister@wannseeforum.de

board

The board of directors ensures the implementation of the foundation's objectives, represents the foundation externally, and commissions the management of the house for operational business.

Barbara Kühn

1. Chairperson of the Board, she/her

kuehn@wannseeforum.de

Rita Eichelkraut

2. Chairperson of the Board, she/her

eichelkraut@wannseeforum.de

Dr. Barbara Schöler-Macher

member of the board, she/her

schoeler-macher@wannseeforum.de

Meinhard Jacobs

member of the board, he/him

jacobs@wannseeforum.de

Clemens Mücke

member of the board, he/him

muecke@wannseeforum.de

youth ADVISORY

The youth advisory board creates space for young perspectives at the wannseeFORUM. It stands for youth participation, co-determination, and diversity, is involved in the foundation's board of trustees, and carries out its own projects, such as the "summer stage." Learn more about getting involved with the youth advisory board

Damaris Iordan , Jos ephine Kraft

Members of the Board

youthadvisoryboard@wannseeforum.de

Justus Kiese

youth advisory board and participation in the voluntary year, he/him

youthadvisoryboard@wannseeforum.de

Memberships / Awards

are important for our current work and future viability….

Our umbrella organization: Working Group of German Educational Institutions

Our certification “Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres”

State Association for Cultural Child and Youth Education Berlin eV

bpb: Recognized educational institution