Remember the Holocaust

Fight antisemitism

Strengthen democracy

Our mission

Together with our project partners we protect our democratic institutions and strengthen democratic values.


Our projects

Find out more about our projects to strengthen democracy.

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Intellectual Journeys

Intellectual Journeys

Nurturing a new generation of intellectual leadership

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Partnership with the University of Cologne

Partnership with the University of Cologne

Interdisciplinary cooperation between history and international law

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Social Sentiment in Times of Crisis

Social Sentiment in Times of Crisis

Innovative research design for crisis-proof democracies

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Hillel Deutschland

Hillel Deutschland

A leadership and empowerment program to foster Jewish life and promote democratic participation

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Auditing Algorithms for Systemic Risks

Auditing Algorithms for Systemic Risks

Evaluation and analysis of algorithms and their influence on our society

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DISARM Foundation

DISARM Foundation

Creating a shared language to combat disinformation

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Program at Oxford University

Program at Oxford University

Research and teaching to secure democratic values, institutions and good governance

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Cooperation with the Hebrew University Jerusalem

Cooperation with the Hebrew University Jerusalem

Research and teaching on issues of individual and collective human rights

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Zeitenwende on tour

Zeitenwende on tour

Townhall discussions on the challenges of our time

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Konrad Adenauer Synergy Research Project

Konrad Adenauer Synergy Research Project

Rethinking Global Governance and Human Security: Lessons from the Pivotal Decade of the 1990s

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Alfred Landecker Memorial Lecture 2026

Alfred Landecker Memorial Lecture 2026 with Anne Applebaum: Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

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Academia’s Role in Democracy: Roundtable discussion at the Falling Walls Science Summit 2025

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Exhibition Opening: "A Law for Life – How Jewish Quota Refugees Arrived in Germany"

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Falling Walls Science Summit 2025: Roundtable on the Role of Academia in Democracy

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Redress: The Fabric of Justice in Occupied Postwar Germany Konrad Adenauer Lecture by Prof. Dr. Susan Carruthers

The Fabric of Justice in Occupied Postwar Germany: Konrad Adenauer Lecture by Prof. Dr. Susan Carruthers

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Listening to Holocaust Testimonies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: In Conversation with Dr. Renana Keydar

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The role of international and humanitarian organizations in the wake of World War II: Konrad Adenauer Lecture by Prof Andrew Thompson

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How does the German public view the realignment of security policy?
“Zeitenwende on Tour” in Chemnitz

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Alfred Landecker Memorial Lecture 2025: Jonathan Freedland on Rudolf Vrba's escape from Auschwitz

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