Alexandra Hildebrandt

Alexandra Hildebrandt

US-Ambassador William Timken and Alexandra Hildebrandt at Checkpoint Charlie
Born 27 February 1959
Kiev, Ukraine, USSR
Occupation Artist
Co-founder of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum
author
human rights activist
political activist
Spouse(s) Rainer Hildebrandt


Alexandra Hildebrandt (born on February 27, 1959 in Kiev) is a German artist, author, political activist and human rights activist ,[1] as well as co-founder and current Director of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum[2] and the chair of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft 13. August Association.[3] In 1995, she married the museum's other co-founder and former Director Rainer Hildebrandt, and they remained married until his death in 2004.[4] She is internationally noted for leading the construction of the Freedom Memorial, which was controversially demolished by the Berlin city government in 2005.[5] The focus of Alexandra Hildebrandts work is the preservation and advancement of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum, the rehabilitation of the victims of the GDR-Regime and the clarification of more destinies of refugees, who suffered death at the East-West border. Furthermore, she takes a stand for the worldwide non-violent struggle for human rights, which was a matter very close to her late husbands heart. In 2004 she endowed the International Human Rights Award „Dr. Rainer Hildebrandt Medal, which is given annually in recognition of extraordinary, non-violent commitment to human rights.[6]

Laureates - Dr. Rainer Hildebrandt Human Rights Award

Members of the jury include: Henry Kissinger, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Joachim Gauck, Avi Primor, James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, Sara Nachama and Rainer Haushofer(nephew of Albrecht Haushofer). [14]


Publications


References

  1. ↑ "Ein Leben wider das Vergessen". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). Berlin, Germany. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  2. ↑ Wagner, Susan L. (11 November 2009). "Wayland filmmaker present screening of new work". Wayland Town Crier. Wayland, MA. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  3. ↑ Raabe, Margaret (13 August 2004). "Arbeitsgemeinschaft 13. August dokumentiert 57 weitere Todesopfer an der DDR-Grenze". Welt Online (in German). Germany. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  4. ↑ Richter, Christine (10 January 2004). "Der Freiheitskämpfer". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Berlin, Germany. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  5. ↑ "Berlin Demolishes Cold War Memorial on July 4" (Press release). Republicans Abroad International. 24 June 2005. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  6. ↑ http://www.diplomatisches-magazin.de/international-relations-02-2012-en/A6/?PHPSESSID=j7sjk1ad4nmbqlh2smqdd4nhn4
  7. ↑ http://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/leute/article104531405/Rainer-Hildebrandt-Medaille-fuer-Yitzhak-Rabin-und-Zheng-Yichun.html
  8. ↑ http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/gewaltfrei-fuer-die-menschenrechte-suzanne-mubarak-geehrt/785578.html
  9. ↑ http://www.igfm.de/alt-archiv/wir-ueber-uns-alt/chronik-der-igfm/2007/verleihung-des-internationalen-menschenrechtspreises-2007/
  10. ↑ https://www.drk.de/presse/aktuelle-pressemitteilungen/meldung/internationaler-menschenrechtspreis-2008-fuer-rotkreuz-praesident-seiters-1/
  11. ↑ http://www.khodorkovsky.com/biography/awards-and-nominations/
  12. ↑ http://www.diplomatisches-magazin.de/international-relations-02-2012-en/A6/?PHPSESSID=j7sjk1ad4nmbqlh2smqdd4nhn4
  13. ↑ http://www.focus.de/fotos/yoko-ono-wurde-mit-der-dr-rainer-hildebrandt-medaille-geehrt_mid_1194385.html
  14. ↑ http://www.diplomatisches-magazin.de/international-relations-08-2013-en/A1/?PHPSESSID=1587gmrhis39l5beme0htk44f1

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