{"id":22234,"date":"2025-06-26T14:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/?page_id=22234"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:07:28","slug":"unsere-geschichte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/en\/wer-wir-sind\/ueber-uns\/unsere-geschichte\/","title":{"rendered":"Our story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group BlockAccordionSpecial has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-innovation-aus-tradition\">Innovation born of tradition<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"sleek-accordion special\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-1\">\n                    \n                    <h3>1945<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-1\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>Soviet Army conquers Berlin; German surrender on May 8, 1945; Berlin becomes a four-sector city under Allied occupation; Wannsee belongs to the American sector<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Camp-of-Wannsee-Jugendleiterschule-1947-51-Bismakrstr.jpg\" alt=\"Jugendleiterschule Wannseeheim an der Bismarckstra\u00dfe, Geb\u00e4ude am Seeufer mit Wald im Hintergrund, Aufnahme von 1947 bis 1951\" \/><\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-2\">\n                    \n                    <h3>1948<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-2\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>The founding committee consists of one member each.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 American youth officer<br \/>\n\u2013 District Councillor for Public Education<br \/>\n\u2013 Headmaster<br \/>\n\u2013 Representatives of the Workers&#039; Welfare Association<br \/>\n\u2013 Youth Council<br \/>\n\u2013 Protestant youth pastor<br \/>\n\u2013 Catholic youth pastor<\/p>\n<p>Youth policy principles of the British and American youth officers: No education as brainwashing, but opening eyes and freeing hands for joint development work.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bismarckstr-01.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>The first course begins on February 16th.<\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s about providing intellectual guidance for girls and boys from all ideological backgrounds: personal responsibility, independent thinking, social behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Practical suggestions for group life.<br \/>\nIndependence from political parties, associations, churches and other interest groups.<\/p>\n<p>Home management: Franz Steinrath and Lucille Day<br \/>\nTheir motto: &quot;Giving young people the opportunity to help themselves.&quot; The 12-day courses include both a socio-political component and a practical component with groups focused on art, music, and literature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beginning of civic and cultural education.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201eDemocratic Youth Forum\u201c as a meeting place for former Wannsee residents to discuss current issues of Berlin youth life with various youth associations.<br \/>\nYouth work highly regarded throughout Berlin, but as a &quot;non-profit organization&quot; financially insecure. This remains the existential problem of the wannseeFORUM&#039;s independence to this day.<\/p>\n<p><em>Conflicting interests between the Soviets and the three Western Allies led to the Soviet city commandant&#039;s resignation from the city government of Greater Berlin. The Soviets blockaded land and water routes to Berlin. The American and British airlift ensured the supply of provisions to the population.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-3\">\n                    \n                    <h3>1951 Founding of the club and move to Villa Joerger <\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-3\">\n                                                    <div class=\"accordion-half-images\">\n                                                                            <div class=\"half-image\">\n                                            <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/konferenz-sw.png\" alt=\"Menschen sitzen und stehen auf der Wiese vor der Villa Joerger am Pohlesee. Der Regierende B\u00fcrgermeister Ernst Reuter spricht auf der Er\u00f6ffnung am 16.Juni.1951 gemeinsam mit Mrs. McCloy.\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                            <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opening on June 16th by the Governing Mayor Ernst Reuter together with Mrs. McCloy.\n<\/p>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>The High Commission for Occupied Germany decides to return the boathouse to the Schoolgirls&#039; Rowing Association. Funding for youth leader training schools in the four American occupation zones is discontinued without explanation.<\/p>\n<p>New foundations needed to be laid for the work of the Wannseeheim youth center. There was no lack of support. The existing committee, expanded by a circle of supporters, founded the Wannseeheim Association for Youth Work and Youth Leader Training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201e&quot;The purpose of the association is to support the effectiveness of youth work in Berlin by training leaders who work or want to work with youth groups,&quot; according to the statutes.<\/p>\n<p>First managing board member within the meaning of \u00a7 26 of the German Civil Code (BGB):<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Edmund Szydnik, Catholic Youth pastor<br \/>\nWally Theis, book expert<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there was an expanded board and five specialist committees, elected by the general assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Ella Kay, head of the main youth welfare office, discovers Villa Joerger on Lake Pohlesee, a grand bourgeois villa situated amidst extensive gardens, similar to the boathouse on the Wannsee chain of lakes. Thanks to a donation from the McCloy Foundation and a grant from the Federal Youth Plan, the property can be purchased and renovated by the association.<\/p>\n<p>The management responsibilities are shared by a dual leadership, appointed by the Americans and the club&#039;s board of directors, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><em>The integration of West Germany into Western Europe began, while Soviet propaganda called for &quot;Germans at one table&quot;.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>France, West Germany, Italy, and the Benelux countries joined together to form the &quot;European Coal and Steel Community.&quot; The Treaty of Paris laid the foundation for peaceful coexistence in (Western) Europe.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-4\">\n                    \n                    <h3>1953<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-4\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>The Protestant theologian Hermann Berger becomes the sole director, who enforces his content-driven course work against a social pedagogy that is quite in demand.<br \/>\nAt that time, the principle of &quot;instructive teaching&quot; still prevailed in school pedagogy. This included the individual achievement of the students, who were competitors among themselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Democratic education: Group work as a fundamental principle in all subject areas<\/strong>, in contrast to authoritarian leadership principles. The aim is to transform militaristic, fascist Germans into peace-loving democrats. Politically diverse orientations within the teaching team are accepted as a private matter, but are relevant to their work. <strong>Neutrality, openness and tolerance<\/strong> absolutely required.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>Areas of expertise:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Singing \u2013 Music \u2013 Choir Conducting<\/li>\n<li>Gymnastics \u2013 Sport \u2013 Games \u2013 Folk Dance<\/li>\n<li>Psychology and sociology, civic education<\/li>\n<li>Art education \u2013 amateur drama \u2013 musical<br \/>\nand cultural work within the group<\/li>\n<li>Pedagogical leadership tasks and practical group management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The focus is on practical application through &quot;active learning.&quot; Speakers are encouraged to &quot;speak as untheoretically and unacademically as possible and to be open to audience questions.&quot;\u201e<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt size-medium wp-image-15720 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/50er-Jahre-05-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/50er-Jahre-05-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/50er-Jahre-05-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/50er-Jahre-05-768x1088.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/50er-Jahre-05-1085x1536.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/50er-Jahre-05.jpg 1271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>The course program is agreed upon before it begins, but can be modified during the course based on the interests of the young people. The association&#039;s curriculum committee provides remote support for the educational work.<\/p>\n<p>Youth organizations in Berlin are experiencing a surge in participation. Groups from all youth organizations are coming to Wannseeheim, along with working groups of nurses, kindergarten teachers, residential care workers, classes from vocational schools, volunteers, and tent helpers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The focus of the educational institution is on artistic and cultural education combined with civic education.<\/strong> Corresponding structural changes: In 1955, a theatre hall and an art studio were created in the adjacent building from the former horse stable and carriage house.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1950s, a discussion developed \u2013 starting from the youth centers and youth leader schools in the British occupation zone \u2013 about the self-image of civic education and its representation of interests within the nationwide youth welfare system.<\/p>\n<p>In 1959, this led to the formation of the Working Group of Youth Education Centers, with the Wannseeheim as a founding member. New members came primarily from adult education, so that in 1962 the association expanded to <strong>Working Group of German Educational Institutions (AdB)<\/strong> renamed.<\/p>\n<p>June 17, 1953: Popular uprising in the GDR and East Berlin<\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-5\">\n                    \n                    <h3>1960<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-5\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Foto-5-neu-IMG_0107-2Peter-Ulrich.jpeg\" alt=\"Peter Ulrich wird der neue Leiter des Wannseeheims.\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>Hermann Berger is moving to the vocational school for social work as a lecturer in group pedagogy. The new director will be political scientist Peter Ulrich from DAG Jugend. The working atmosphere at Wannseeheim is vibrant and open to artistic experiments such as radio play workshops and jazz improvisations.<\/p>\n<p>After the brutal division of the city, young people from East Berlin could no longer participate in the Wannseeheim&#039;s courses. However, the connection to the GDR was maintained through the literature used in the course work.<\/p>\n<p>In 1962, the results of an empirical study on the political potential of Berlin&#039;s youth were published. One in two was a member of a youth organization. Support for democratic values and procedures was high. But the youth were transforming into a &quot;skeptical generation.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>In 1964, the advisory service for youth work \u2013 financed by the Federal Youth Plan \u2013 became the first project to be continuously active outside of training courses in Berlin: its objective was to provide practical support for employees of youth associations.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Ulrich anticipates that the Wannseeheim will only survive financially in the long term as an attractive overnight accommodation facility. The &quot;Villa Joerger&quot; no longer meets the changing needs of its guests. An extension with bedrooms and modern sanitary facilities is being built, financed by LOTTO Berlin and the Federal Youth Plan. The main building will be converted into space for group and specialist rooms.<\/p>\n<p>The international youth exchange begins in the Artistic Summer Workshops.<\/p>\n<p><em>1963 Founding of the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO) <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-6\">\n                    \n                    <h3>1965<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-6\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p><strong>Opening of the new building<\/strong> as a brilliant conclusion to the leadership role of Peter Ulrich, who then moved into state politics and rose to become Senator of the Interior and Mayor.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                <div class=\"accordion-half-images\">\n                                                                            <div class=\"half-image\">\n                                            <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/60er-Jahre-07.jpg\" alt=\"Modernes zweist\u00f6ckiges Geb\u00e4ude (der Neubau) mit gro\u00dfer Glasfassade und Treppe, Menschen betrachten Kunstwerke im Inneren.\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                            <div class=\"half-image\">\n                                            <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Foto-7-IMG_0105-2Peter-Ulrich-Gaestebuch-.jpeg\" alt=\"Herbert Theis \u00fcberreicht dem Leiter des Heimes Peter Ulrich ein G\u00e4stebuch\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>The new head and instructor for theater and literature will be the German studies scholar Moritz von Engelhardt. He is the Federal Secretary of the Federation of German Scouts and, through his work as an education officer in the Federation, has reliable contacts nationwide with colleagues with whom he shares a passion for cultural youth education, especially theater work.<\/p>\n<p>In 1966 he received the Theodor Heuss Medal for the \u201ePolitical Clientele\u201c program he developed for working with young people.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                <div class=\"accordion-half-images\">\n                                                                            <div class=\"half-image\">\n                                            <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Motizv.Engehardt.jpg\" alt=\"Abgebildet ist der neue Leiter und Lehrkraft f\u00fcr Theater und Literatur Moritz v. Engelhardt auf einem gelben Poster.\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>In 1967, the board took over the sponsorship of the youth film studio in Kreuzberg from the Senate administration. The mandate was: \"Development and testing of models for civic education using media.\" Cameraman Falk Rebitzki became the director.<\/p>\n<p>The 1968 student movement criticized bourgeois values as reactionary and was critical of all authority. In some parts of the educational community, &quot;arts education&quot; is now considered hostile to culture and technology, as Moritz von Engelhardt elaborates in his book &quot;Board and Curriculum.&quot; The board discusses &quot;what Wannseeheim really is&quot; and emphasizes following the interests of the young people and engaging in open dialogue within the courses.<\/p>\n<p>The political discussions surrounding new approaches to education have prompted Moritz von Engelhardt to demand academic training and a corresponding salary increase for lecturers. &quot;The tasks have become more complex, and the professional and pedagogical demands have increased. The concept of extracurricular education needs to be re-evaluated.&quot;\u201e<\/p>\n<p><em>The Red Army Faction (RAF) emerged as a left-wing terrorist organization that wanted to violently destroy the ruling system, which it considered fascist.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The vast majority of socially engaged people orient themselves towards different social movements: anti-authoritarian educational models, &quot;sexual liberation&quot; (Kommune 1), homosexual action, peace movement (Easter marches)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-7\">\n                    \n                    <h3>1971<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-7\">\n                                                    <div class=\"accordion-half-images\">\n                                                                            <div class=\"half-image\">\n                                            <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/70_prolo.jpg\" alt=\"F\u00fcnf Jugendliche stehen und sitzen an einer Mauer vor dem Pohlesee. Eine Person steht mit H\u00e4nden in den H\u00fcften im Vordergrund.\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>The <strong>\u201eemancipatory education\u201c<\/strong> Klaus Mollenhauer formulated this principle as a concept for a renewed education, one that could free us from external and internal constraints. Proletarian youth were a previously neglected target group in extracurricular education. In school pedagogy, they were not considered a group worthy of attention at all \u2013 just like girls and young women.<\/p>\n<p>An educational team is formed, comprised of social science lecturers who develop innovative seminar concepts. The \u201e<strong>proletarian youth<\/strong>\u201cThey move into the center of the Wannseeheim&#039;s educational commitment. Secondary school students and apprentices become the most important target group for the educational work.\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/60er-Dramatische-Werkstatt-03.jpg\" alt=\"Theatergruppe auf B\u00fchne in schwarzer Kleidung mit wei\u00dfen Handschuhen und einige in Overalls, w\u00e4hrend einer Probe\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>The theatre work is developing successfully from the collaboration with the Hessian Youth Centre D\u00f6rnberg and with Willy Praml, lecturer at the Dietzenbach Youth Education Centre:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Political theatre in experimental \u201edramatic workshops\u201c.<\/li>\n<li>Apprentice theatre based on Brecht&#039;s &quot;didactic plays&quot;\u201e<\/li>\n<li>German-French training courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Moritz-Theatermann.jpg\" alt=\"Zwei Personen im Theaterkost\u00fcm : Moritz v. Engelhardt als &quot;Sprechstallmeister&quot; links und J\u00fcrgen Fl\u00fcgge als &quot;kuli&quot; rechts in Berthold Brechts Lehrst\u00fcck &quot;Die Ausnahme und die Regel&quot;\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>Willy Praml and Hansj\u00f6rg Maier, theatre lecturer at Wannseeheim, jointly receive the \u201eBrothers Grimm Prize\u201c of the state of Berlin for their exemplary work in theatre education.<\/p>\n<p>In the field of civic education, new models are being successfully tested for week-long courses with 14- to 17-year-old students in close cooperation with dedicated teachers. Despite initial skepticism and political concerns, the diverse methods of extracurricular education are later incorporated into the school's project-based learning.<\/p>\n<p>The board&#039;s willingness to open the Wannseeheim to new target groups, working methods and topics found its formal expression in a change to the statutes in 1972: Emancipatory educational work was now considered the purpose of the Wannseeheim.<\/p>\n<p>Alternative socio-educational initiatives find a forum for further training at Wannseeheim: supervisors on adventure playgrounds, neighborhood initiatives from the new housing estates and initiators of shared living arrangements for young people.<\/p>\n<p>Proletarian youth work, in both theory and practice, focuses unilaterally on boys. Girls are ignored as a secondary issue. In secondary school classes, boys are in the majority and the &quot;machos&quot; dominate, while the girls are mostly quiet and reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-8\">\n                    \n                    <h3>1975<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-8\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Maedchen-05.jpg\" alt=\"F\u00fcnf junge Frauen gehen auf einem B\u00fcrgersteig in einer Stadt, umgeben von Geb\u00e4uden mit Schaufenstern und T\u00fcren\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>For the first time, feminist educators are offering a girls&#039; group in a summer workshop \u2013 with great success. This marks the beginning of their work with girls.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, extracurricular education has maintained a considerable distance from school pedagogy, which it rightly distrusted. The WannseeForum was among the first to seek productive collaboration with mainstream schools.<\/p>\n<p>From 1978 to 1980, the first pilot project additionally funded by the federal government took place: &quot;Development of models for cooperation between schools and extracurricular education.&quot; With this, the school formally opened itself up as a partner for extracurricular education.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jugendfilmstudio.jpeg\" alt=\"Logo des Jugendfilmstudios mit einer Filmkamera und dem Text &#039;Jugendfilmstudio Monatsschau Kiez&#039; sowie Adresse und Telefonnummer in Berlin\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>The youth film studio operates largely autonomously in Kreuzberg. From 1979 to 1984, it uses mobile video technology in its monthly neighborhood news program to try to improve local communication in this troubled district. The Federal Agency for Civic Education provides financial and content-related support for the project.<\/p>\n<p><em>1976 The <strong>Beutelsbach Consensus:<\/strong> prohibits teachers from using the <strong>\u201e&quot;Prohibition of overpowering&quot;\u201c<\/strong>, It is prohibited to indoctrinate students with a particular political or religious position. Controversial positions must be presented as such.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-9\">\n                    \n                    <h3>1980<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-9\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bonanza-Rad.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>In the 1980s, civic and cultural education initiatives spread from Wannsee to the central (working-class) districts of Berlin. Neuk\u00f6lln was a focal point.<\/p>\n<p>1<strong>980 \u2013 1984 Cultural work with young people in the K\u00f6llnische Heide district<\/strong>, The project, entitled &quot;Cultural Empowerment of Young People in the Tension Between Uprooting and Tradition,&quot; funded by the Federal Ministry for Youth, originated from theater work. A subsequent attempt is underway to continue this work through a public-private partnership.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Maedchengruppe-2009-verkleinert.jpg\" alt=\"Eine M\u00e4dchengruppe sitzt vor einer mit Graffiti bemalten Wand, tragen Winterkleidung und posieren f\u00fcr die Kamera\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p><strong>1981 \u2013 1986 \u201eGirls\u201c work in the district\u201d<\/strong>, one of the first girls&#039; meeting places nationwide, continued as &quot;cultural work with girls&quot;, financed by the &quot;Youth Brand Foundation&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>In 1987, the girls&#039; club founded its own independent association and can be considered <strong>\u201eMaDonna Girl Culture\u201c<\/strong> to continue working with funding from the Senate Administration.<\/p>\n<p><em>The 6th Youth Report \u201eOn Improving Equal Opportunities for Girls\u201c gave nationwide support in 1984 for the recognition of girls&#039; work.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-10\">\n                    \n                    <h3>1985<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-10\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Atrium-01.jpg\" alt=\"Mehrere M\u00e4nner in Anz\u00fcgen stehen vor einem Geb\u00e4ude mit gro\u00dfen Fenstern, einer h\u00e4lt Pl\u00e4ne oder Zeichnungen in der Hand. Bild entstand im Rahmen der Er\u00f6ffnung des Neubaus auf dem Nachbargrundst\u00fcck\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p><strong>Opening of the new ATRIUM building on the neighboring property,<\/strong> Built with funds from the Berlin Class Lottery Foundation. The use of the house and grounds is contractually granted to the association. This means, in addition to expanded overnight accommodation, extra specialist rooms for artistic work.<\/p>\n<p>1986 \u2013 1990 <strong>Model project \u201eEye and Ear\u201c<\/strong>, funded by the Jugendmarke Foundation, is testing the creative use of computers in the newly established, female-staffed artistic <strong>Department of New Media<\/strong>. This makes Wannseeheim a pioneer in creative media work in extracurricular education.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/augeohr-perinciolirentmeister.jpeg\" alt=\"Zwei Personen in eleganter Kleidung, eine tr\u00e4gt eine Perlenkette und einen G\u00fcrtel, stehen vor einer Wand mit einem Schwarz-Wei\u00df-Foto von Jugendlichen, die an einem Klavier sitzen.\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>The <strong>differentiated work with girls and boys<\/strong> This has now become a focus in the field of civic education; personnel changes in the full-time team are making this development possible.<\/p>\n<p>Within the Association of German Educational Institutions (AdB), an independent commission has been formed \u201e<strong>Girls&#039; and women&#039;s education\u201c<\/strong> Established. The annual training courses for staff at educational institutions take place in cooperation with the Wannseeheim.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/90_frauentagung.jpg\" alt=\"Gruppe von Frauen sitzt auf Treppenstufen vor dem Wannseeheim, einige essen und trinken. Es wird eine entspannte Atmosph\u00e4re dargestellt.\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>1986 First nationwide conference \u201eFemininity as an Opportunity\u201c as the beginning of a series of events with practitioners from girls&#039; work that extends well into the new millennium.<\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-11\">\n                    \n                    <h3>1989<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-11\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Weltzeituhr.jpeg\" alt=\"Menschen am Alexanderplatz in Berlin vor der Weltzeituhr mit umlaufenden St\u00e4dtenamen und Uhrzeiten, umgeben von Hochh\u00e4usern\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>Moritz von Engelhardt was elected chairman of the board of the AdB and held this honorary position until his retirement in 2002. He championed the importance of civic education, particularly in combination with cultural education, despite opposition. With German reunification, his goals gained even greater significance.<\/p>\n<p>The opening of the German-German border thrilled both East and West. But the long road to true political, economic, and emotional unification is foreseeable. This means new priorities for working with young people and adults:<\/p>\n<p>From 1990 <strong>East-West school seminars<\/strong> A mixed program for middle schools and high schools. The students work on a theme in small artistic groups, guided by expert instructors. The growing mutual respect is clearly evident in the students&#039; final presentations.<\/p>\n<p>Moritz von Engelhardt developed the groundbreaking seminar format for student representatives. <strong>\u201e&quot;Salt in the soup&quot;\u201c<\/strong> with the cross-grade principle of student mentors \u2013 older teenagers pass on their knowledge and experience to the younger ones.<\/p>\n<p>In the area of further education, Wannseeheim, as a non-profit organization, offers courses that are financed through the employment agency using funds from the European Social Fund (ESF):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bridging courses: Qualification of social workers from East Berlin in a continuous series of week-long seminars \u201eon equal terms\u201c, further training of employees in women\u2019s shelters in the state of Brandenburg to become social workers (the shelters only came into existence after the fall of the Berlin Wall).<\/li>\n<li>Professional development course \u201eYouth cultural work in practice\u201c with a focus on \u201eTheater\u201c for both social workers and artists with the aim of standardizing professional standards for the whole of Berlin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The International Seminars and Artistic Workshops are opening up to Central and Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p><em>1991 Founding of the German-Polish Youth Office (DPJW)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-12\">\n                    \n                    <h3>1995<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-12\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>The Wannseeheim has been operating as an independent institution since the 1950s. <strong>Shortfall financing<\/strong>, This means that it must generate as much revenue as possible itself through renting out the house and raising additional funds. But for the actual business operations, the work with young people, there is a <strong>Basic funding.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Senate Administration reduces the term &quot;independent provider&quot; to &quot;\u201e<strong>Project&quot;,<\/strong> that is only available for a limited number of seminar days with Berlin youths, the <strong>\u201eLocal children\u201c,<\/strong> receives subsidies and has no entitlement to equal financial treatment analogous to institutions in the public service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhausted from the struggle for status and finances, Moritz von Engelhardt announces his resignation as director to the board. He intends to remain active only as a lecturer and honorary representative of the institution within the AdB.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following his departure, an interim management team consisting of the board and administrative staff served from 1996 to 1998. Economic efficiency became the top priority, while seminar work with young people was sidelined. Two positions in the educational team were eliminated. The commercialization was to be structurally secured, but this required the approval of the association.<\/p>\n<p>On January 1, 1998, an operating company, &quot;wannseeFORUM gGmbH\/Wannseeheim f\u00fcr Jugendarbeit,&quot; took over operations. However, due to unresolved legal and financial issues, the members&#039; meeting immediately decided to liquidate the gGmbH and reintegrate it into the association. The organization&#039;s original objectives were thus restored.<\/p>\n<p><em>After reunification, the state of Berlin no longer receives special grants from the federal government and attempts to regulate its catastrophic budget deficit by cutting funding for &quot;non-profit organizations&quot;.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-13\">\n                    \n                    <h3>1999<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-13\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Bild von der Mitgliederversammlung 1999. Gabriele Naundorf (links) und Heinz Blumensath (rechts)\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p><strong>The general meeting elects a new board of directors.<\/strong> With Heinz Blumensath as chairman. Gabriele Naundorf, a political scientist with many years of experience in leadership positions, was confirmed by the board as director. The new management team established a consistent budget and financial structure.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in particular to Moritz v. Engelhardt&#039;s nationwide contacts, the Wannseeheim has become a successful FORUM for current youth policy events:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1997 Dialogue between cultures<\/strong> In response to xenophobic attacks in Berlin and Brandenburg, and at the suggestion of Federal President Roman Herzog, the Federal Agency for Civic Education, in cooperation with the Wannseeheim, is organizing the presentation of democratic projects and initiatives. These projects and initiatives will have the opportunity to connect and receive public recognition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1999 Federal Youth Forum<\/strong> in the \u201eHouse of World Cultures\u201c as the opening event for the \u201eFederal Assembly of Youth \u2013 50 Years of the Basic Law\u201c with outgoing Federal President Roman Herzog as the keynote speaker for 1000 young people from all over Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/McCoy.jpeg\" alt=\"Drei Personen in formeller Kleidung gehen eine Treppe neben einem See hinauf, im Hintergrund weitere Menschen und ein Boot am Ufer\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p><strong>2000 German Youth Conference<\/strong> As part of the European White Paper process on youth participation, commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Youth, 90 young people selected as &quot;exemplary&quot; examples from various regional projects discuss their interests and how to assert them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Youth participation<\/strong> This will also become a central issue at the local level.<\/p>\n<p>The tradition began in 2001. <strong>Berlin Youth Forum<\/strong> with an initial event in the Gropius Building. Later that same year, the event moved to the opposite House of Representatives as a venue for dialogue between youth and politics.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jugendforum2006a_01.jpg\" alt=\"Jugendliche sitzen in einem Sitzungssaal mit gebogenen Tischen, einige stehen im Hintergrund, alle konzentriert auf eine Veranstaltung\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>In 2001, Moritz v. Engelhardt received the Federal Cross of Merit for his services to civic and cultural education.<\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-14\">\n                    \n                    <h3>2003<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-14\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Foto-22-GN-Ihr-Heinz-Blumensath-AL-DSC00322.jpg\" alt=\"Heinz Blumensath und Gabriele Naundorf auf einem Fest im WannseeFORUM\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>Internally, the Wannseeheim \u2013 now called wannseeFORUM \u2013 has consolidated under the new management. From 2003 onwards, the main building, coach house, and gardens of the <strong>\u201eEnsembles Villa Joerger\u201c by the architectural firm Anne Lampen<\/strong> Completely renovated.<\/p>\n<p>The &quot;Aktion Mensch&quot; foundation is funding accessible features in key areas. The Klassenlotterie Foundation is following suit with the renovation of the ATRIUM, including the courtyard.<\/p>\n<p>The property keeps evoking memories <strong>commercial desires<\/strong>. The organizational form of &quot;association&quot; is no longer able to guarantee the long-standing ideal purpose of serving as a youth education center.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, the association&#039;s general assembly cast its vote, allowing the modalities for establishing a foundation to be examined. The legal security of the &quot;foundation&quot; structure against external takeover was to be reconciled with the democratic opportunities for participation within the association.<\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-15\">\n                    \n                    <h3>2011 Founding of the wannseeFORUM Foundation<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-15\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>by the members of the association \u201eWannseeheim for Youth Work\u201c with a unanimous vote in favor of the legal form as an active foundation.<\/p>\n<p>In the following years, wannseeFORUM was able to enter into new collaborations and strengthen international cooperation, particularly with Israel and France.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Roman Fr\u00f6hlich, a political scientist, will become the new educational director in 2016 after a transition period.<\/p>\n<p>A wide variety of formats are being developed in the areas of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>digital media and democracy,<\/li>\n<li>cultural education, including in cooperation with the Komische Oper Berlin,<\/li>\n<li>Civic education also in collaboration with new international partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The participants&#039; feelings about life are reflected in topics such as diversity, inclusion, feminism, interculturality, the culture of remembrance, migration, participation, climate, co-determination in democracy, and peace in Europe. New methods of communication are explored.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Maedchen.jpeg\" alt=\"Zwei M\u00e4dchen fotografieren sich gegenseitig am Seeufer\" \/><\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-16\">\n                    \n                    <h3>2019<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-16\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-full-image\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/quality_label_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Logo COUNCIL OF EUROPE QUALITY FOR YOUTH CENTRES\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p>The wannseeFORUM is the first educational institution in the German-speaking world to receive the &quot;Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres&quot; certification from the Council of Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group BlockAccordionSpecial has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-in-memoriam\">In Memoriam: <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"sleek-accordion special\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                <button \n                    class=\"accordion-button\" \n                    role=\"button\" \n                    aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                    aria-controls=\"accordion-item-1\">\n                    \n                    <h3>We remember with gratitude the people who paved the way for the wannseeFORUM.<\/h3>\n\n                    <span class=\"accordion-icon\">\n                        <svg width=\"30\" height=\"30\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 12.5H30V17.5H17.5V30H12.5V17.5H0V12.5H12.5V0H17.5V12.5Z\" fill=\"#265AA6\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/button>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"accordion-item-1\">\n                                                    <div class=\"accordion-half-images\">\n                                                                            <div class=\"half-image\">\n                                            <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Uta_Denzin-Kopie.jpg\" alt=\"Portr\u00e4t Uta Denzin-von Broich-Oppert\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                            <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uta Denzin-von Broich-Oppert<\/p>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p><strong id=\"von-broich-oppert\">Uta Denzin-von Broich-Oppert<br \/>\n<\/strong>* 30.11.1939 \u2020 11.2.2026<\/p>\n<p>We mourn the loss of Uta Denzin-von Broich-Oppert, who passed away on February 11, 2026, at the age of 86. Uta Denzin was closely associated with the Wannseeheim for Youth Work eV and later with the wannseeFORUM Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>We remember Uta Denzin as a great enabler: She \u2013 mostly in collaboration with the director of the Wannseeheim Gabriele Naundorf \u2013 contributed to realizing milestones in the work with girls and women at our educational institution, both through her commitment to the content and through important financial cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Two milestones should be mentioned that took place here over decades and had a lasting impact on educational work \u2013 and which, as has been proven, always provided the participants with new ideas and unforgettable impressions.<\/p>\n<p>These include \u2013 from 1980 onwards \u2013 the annual professional development courses for pedagogical staff from approximately 80 West German educational institutions, united in the &quot;Working Group of German Educational Institutions&quot; (AdB). Cultural and political topics ranging from &quot;Rituals \u2013 Cultural Norms \u2013 Cultural Forms&quot; to &quot;Women in the Third World&quot; were addressed, always reflecting the latest research in girls&#039;, women&#039;s, and gender studies, and sometimes employing unconventional artistic methods. Subsequently, the materials and methods could be adapted as seminar models for participants&#039; own programs.<\/p>\n<p>The prerequisite for this was the formation in 1979 of an independent commission for &quot;Girls&#039; and Women&#039;s Education&quot; within the AdB (Association of German Girls and Women). Uta Denzin, both personally and as head of the state educational institution &quot;Haus am Rupenhorn&quot; and as a founding member of the AdB, played a key, energetic, and successful role in this, despite considerable resistance.<\/p>\n<p>From 1986 onwards, she provided similarly significant operational, content-related, and &quot;moral&quot; support to a new, groundbreaking series of events at the Wannseeheim: the nationwide conferences &quot;Femininity as an Opportunity,&quot; aimed at female staff members from autonomous girls&#039; work and coeducational youth centers. These conferences brought together representatives of the developing field of women&#039;s and gender studies with practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>The title was programmatic, as the aim was to highlight the strengths of girls and women and develop their potential \u2013 a departure from the previously prevalent &quot;deficit approach&quot;. Under these auspices, the participants \u2013 initially from West Germany, and from 1990 also from the new federal states \u2013 were able to further their education, exchange ideas, and build networks.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriele Naundorf, the organizer, writes:<br \/>\n\u201e&quot;As an independent organization, Wannseeheim initiated the series of events, but without the financial and professional support of Uta Denzin von Broich-Oppert and her &#039;Haus am Rupenhorn&#039; as a state institution, it would not have been possible. Until 2008, &#039;the Wannseeheim&#039; became... a truly legendary place for women working with girls.&quot;\u201e<br \/>\n(Gabriele Naundorf, From Wannseeheim for Youth Work eV to the WannseeFORUM Foundation, 2nd edition 2017, p. 70 ff.)<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who participated in these major conferences will remember how Uta Denzin always contributed personally and with substantial discussion contributions, and that she was always an important, knowledgeable and experienced inspiration and at the same time an impressive personality.<\/p>\n<p>Uta Denzin was also institutionally involved in youth work at the Wannseeheim. She served on its board from 2005, and when the organization became the wannseeFORUM Foundation in 2012, she continued her work on the board until 2017 \u2013 a role she fulfilled with great dedication, competence, and wisdom. Even afterward, as a member of the board of trustees, she was a linchpin of wannseeFORUM; we could always count on her when it came to advocating for something or taking on tasks, whether it was preparing the summer festival, discussing how to deal with extremist parties, or organizing the bereavement caf\u00e9 for Gabriele Naundorf. We could rely on her to take a stand when it mattered, while simultaneously acting in a conciliatory, compromise-oriented, and consensus-driven manner. Her cheerful way of identifying problems and finding solutions will remain unforgettable.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of emancipatory and participatory youth education work was very close to her heart, and she was committed with conviction and enthusiasm to implementing it in the everyday life of the seminars and workshops of the wannseeFORUM.<\/p>\n<p>Her commitment to democratic values was recognized in 2019 with the awarding of the Louise Schroeder Medal. This medal honors a person who has exemplified the political and personal legacy of Louise Schroeder in an outstanding way \u2013 a legacy that Louise Schroeder herself described as follows: \u201eIf I, as a woman, was able to fulfill a special task, it was to bring people closer together, to strengthen their aversion to dictatorship, and to help them as far as possible\u2026\u201c This was Uta Denzin: She brought people together and strengthened their fundamental understanding of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>We are happy that we were able to work with her and travel with her.<\/p>\n<p>Cillie Rentmeister, Sabine Behn<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>                                <div class=\"accordion-half-images\">\n                                                                            <div class=\"half-image\">\n                                            <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Wir-trauern-um-Hannah-Biamino_heinz-Blumensath.jpg\" alt=\"Portr\u00e4t von Hannah Biamino\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p><strong>Hanna Biamino<\/strong><br \/>\n* 12.11.1942 \u2020 25.04.2025<\/p>\n<p>long-standing member of the board of trustees of the wannseeFORUM foundation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>                                <div class=\"accordion-half-images\">\n                                                                            <div class=\"half-image\">\n                                            <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nachruf_fuer-Gabi-Naundorf_Heinz_blums.jpg\" alt=\"Potrait von Gabriele Naundorf\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p><strong>Gabriele Naundorf<\/strong><br \/>\n* 24.11.1943 \u2020 25.03.2025<\/p>\n<p>Long-time head of the wannseeFORUM Foundation<\/p>\n<p>We mourn the passing of Gabriele Naundorf, who died on March 25, 2025 at the age of 81.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, Gabriele Naundorf was the heart of the Wannseeheim for Youth Work e.V. and later of the wannseeFORUM Foundation. At a memorial caf\u00e9 held at the wannseeFORUM, family members, friends, and professional colleagues shared memories and tributes: about her work at the educational institution, her commitment to emancipatory education for girls and women, her significance in youth policy, and last but not least, in remembrance of Gabriele as a supportive, caring, and constructively argumentative friend, colleague, partner, and supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriele Naundorf was an outstanding figure in the German educational landscape and significantly shaped the education of girls and women in particular. For decades, she dedicated herself to the advancement of girls and young women and was a driving force in the development of concepts and projects that contributed to greater equality in society.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriele Naundorf&#039;s professional career began in 1972 when, as an educational consultant at the Wannseeheim youth center, she pioneered the field of emancipatory girls&#039; education, developing initial concepts for this approach. She created and led courses for girls that built upon their strengths and interests, imparting not only knowledge but also the self-confidence to pursue their own interests and find their place in the world. These courses were often holistic and inspiring educational experiences for the participants, combining lectures, excursions with interviews, visual arts, music, and dance.<strong>. <\/strong>They often provided impetus for later professional and personal life decisions. Many courses were specifically aimed at female secondary school students, a target group that had previously been rather neglected in education, and inspired them with &quot;foreign worlds&quot; such as history or technology.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriele Naundorf was a co-founder, both theoretically and practically, of girls&#039; and women&#039;s education work in the Federal Republic of Germany. She contributed to ensuring that youth policy was not primarily policy for boys. And she provided essential impetus for the further development of this work in reunified Germany. Some important milestones include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Initially, the goal \u2013 arduous enough! \u2013 was to establish emancipatory concepts for girls&#039; and women&#039;s education within extracurricular youth and adult education across Germany. The forum for this was the Association of German Educational Institutions (AdB), of which the Wannseeheim Youth Center was a founding member. In 1979, despite considerable resistance, a resolution was successfully passed within the AdB establishing an independent commission for &quot;Girls&#039; and Women&#039;s Education,&quot; providing significant support for the female educators in the member institutions.<\/li>\n<li>It was the AdB (Association of German Girls) that proposed Gabriele Naundorf as an expert for the expert commission for the 6th Children and Youth Report, &quot;Improving Equal Opportunities for Girls in the Federal Republic of Germany,&quot; presented in 1984. She was appointed as one of the six members of the expert commission and was able to advocate for comprehensive political and argumentative support for girls&#039; education in the Federal Republic. For the first time, the social and individual situation of girls was to be comprehensively examined and reported to the Federal Government and the Bundestag (Federal Parliament); in all five previous youth reports, youth had been virtually automatically equated with boys. Gabriele Naundorf knew recognized female experts for many of the topics covered in the 6th Children and Youth Report and successfully recommended them for expert opinions on these matters to the commission.<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Topics included inclusion and migration, socialization and the world of work, girls in rural areas and in youth welfare, the image of girls in media, culture and history, the debate about coeducation and, as a particularly sensitive new topic, sexual abuse in the immediate social environment, in the family.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In 1986, with the support of the Berlin Women&#039;s Representative and in cooperation with the Haus am Rupenhorn adult education center, and under the professional leadership of Gabriele Naundorf, the first of the nationwide women&#039;s conferences took place. These conferences were then offered annually at the wannseeFORUM until 2008. Under the overarching theme of &quot;Femininity as an Opportunity,&quot; these conferences emerged as a unique forum for connecting the developing field of women&#039;s studies with the practical work of girls&#039; programs. They took a clear stance against the deficit-oriented approach that reduces girls and women to the role of victims. The women&#039;s conferences also garnered considerable interest in the newly reunified Germany and attracted participants from German-speaking countries abroad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was Gabriele Naundorf&#039;s tireless commitment \u2013 from 1999 onwards as director of the Wannseeheim youth center \u2013 that paved the way for the political recognition and promotion of emancipatory girls&#039; education. Her influence on the German educational landscape extended beyond youth policy and educational theory.<strong><em>, <\/em><\/strong>but also invaluable in the practical work of education. She was always open to new approaches and projects, provided they shared her values of equality and self-realization. We always greatly appreciated her willingness to incorporate new (not just feminist!) concepts into educational work and thus integrate new perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriele Naundorf&#039;s commitment to practical work with girls was evident, among other things, in the pilot project &quot;Girls&#039; Work in the Neighborhood,&quot; which led to the creation of the MaDonna girls&#039; center in Berlin-Neuk\u00f6lln. Together with Gabriele Heinemann, she co-founded the center and served on its board for many years. To this day, MaDonna stands for intercultural community work and the empowerment of girls and young women.<\/p>\n<p>Later, as deputy chair of the board of trustees of the wannseeFORUM foundation from 2011 onwards, Gabriele Naundorf demonstrated an unbroken passion for the issues close to her heart, even in &quot;retirement.&quot; She continued to advocate for an open culture of debate and the discussion of social and political issues, particularly with regard to gender equality and the rights of women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>As the author of the documentary \"From Wannseeheim for Youth Work eV to the wannseeFORUM Foundation \u2013 70 Years of Civic and Cultural Education in 7 Stages\" (2012), she bequeathed to us a significant piece of contemporary history. In it, she highlighted the achievements, the crises, but above all, the unique characteristics of this institution that have shaped its influence for over 70 years.<\/p>\n<p>But Gabriele Naundorf was not only a tireless fighter for the rights of girls and women, but also a wonderful friend who enriched the lives of those close to her with her zest for life and her solidarity. She was always helpful and generous, whether caring for cats or readily lending her car for trips or transport. Her friendships were characterized by openness, respect, trust, and mutual support \u2013 values she lived not only in her professional life but also in her private life.<\/p>\n<p>The death of Gabriele Naundorf leaves a void that will be felt throughout the German educational landscape and in the hearts of all who worked with her. Her life was a life of commitment to equality and emancipation, to the advancement of girls and women, and to the conviction that education is the key to changing the world. Her work will continue in the many projects she initiated and by the countless people who benefited from her efforts \u2013 especially at the wannseeFORUM, which she described as follows: &quot;This beautiful place, outside the everyday routine of school or work, is perfectly suited to venturing into new ideas and, consequently, a new perspective.&quot; For decades, Gabriele Naundorf was the heart of this institution, its inspiring spirit, and its guardian of beauty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>We are grateful to have been part of her circle of friends and professional companions, and we will remember her as an enthusiastic and inspiring colleague.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide BlockBilderLayout has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom float-in-left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>                                <div class=\"accordion-half-images\">\n                                                                            <div class=\"half-image\">\n                                            <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0193.jpg\" alt=\"Potrait von Gerd Teicher\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Gerd Teicher<br \/>\n<\/strong>*January 4, 1945 \u2020 April 29, 2022<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Coming from the scouting movement, he accompanied and promoted the work of the Wannseeheim for youth work e. V. for decades after joining the association in 1967.<br \/>\nFor many years he served as a volunteer on the finance committee and as treasurer. With the conversion to a foundation, he assumed responsibility on the founding board of trustees.<br \/>\nWith great energy and practical solidarity, he supported the vibrant and decisive implementation of democratic youth education work not only with his advice, but also with generous annual donations.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We remember him with great gratitude as a constantly present, humorous and supportive comrade.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>                                <div class=\"accordion-half-images\">\n                                                                            <div class=\"half-image\">\n                                            <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prof.Dr_.C.Wolfgang-Mueller.jpg\" alt=\"Potrait von Prof.Dr.C.Wolfgang M\u00fcller\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p><strong>C. Wolfgang M\u00fcller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* November 12, 1928 \u2020 April 21, 2021<\/p>\n<p>C. Wolfgang M\u00fcller was actively involved with the organization for many years, providing advice and support \u2013 from 1965 to 2012 as a member of the Wannseeheim Association for Youth Work, and from 1999 to 2012 also as a board member. With the transformation of the association into the wannseeFORUM Foundation, he assumed the prominent role of the first chairman of the board of trustees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>                                <div class=\"accordion-half-images\">\n                                                                            <div class=\"half-image\">\n                                            <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Grashoff-e1758887936348.jpg\" alt=\"Portr\u00e4t Dr. Eberhard Grashoff\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p><strong id=\"Grashoff\">Dr. Eberhard Grashoff<br \/>\n<\/strong>* February 11, 1928 \u2020 March 20, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Eberhard Grashoff was a defining figure for the wannseeFORUM educational center. In 1951, he was one of the initiators of the association &quot;Wannseeheim f\u00fcr Jugendarbeit eV&quot; (Wannsee Home for Youth Work), which he supported and helped shape from then on, serving as chairman of the board from 1986 to 1998.<br \/>\nDemocracy and international understanding, especially with Poland, were the goals he championed in various ways alongside his work as a journalist and, from 1976, as spokesperson for the later &quot;Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the GDR\u2122&quot;. He also used his position in East Berlin for the wannseeFORUM to facilitate contacts between East and West Germany.<\/p>\n<p>After the fall of the Berlin Wall, he became particularly active in Brandenburg and was a co-founder of the educational institution.<br \/>\nTrebnitz Castle near the border with Poland.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2011 he has served on the board of trustees of the wannseeFORUM foundation.<br \/>\nEven in his old age, he discussed history with young people as a contemporary witness and always found their interest in his interpretation of post-war history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>                                <div class=\"accordion-half-images\">\n                                                                            <div class=\"half-image\">\n                                            <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/landenberger2.jpg\" alt=\"Portr\u00e4t\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-text-block\"><p><strong>Dr. Georg Landenberger<\/strong><br \/>\n* 5.10.1952 \u2020 9.11.2019<\/p>\n<p>Since 1985, Dr. Georg Landenberger has been actively involved in the Wannseeheim Youth Education Center association, and since 1996 he has served on its board. 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