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The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the lower court's decision in the United States. The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (SPK) has applied to the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision of the lower court in the USA. In 2015, a lawsuit

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the legal dispute over the Guelph Treasure. The legal question at issue was whether US courts have jurisdiction over the case at all. A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is expected in the course of next year. Hermann Parzinger: "We are pleased

Fifty years ago, three key guiding principles of political education were formulated in Beutelsbach, Baden-Württemberg. To this day, this so-called Beutelsbach Consensus serves as the foundation and guiding framework for political education work. To mark the anniversary, the Prussian Cultural Herita

July 4, 2026, marked the 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence Day. On this occasion, the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) has launched a Program Initiative in which the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI) is participating with a Lecture Series. The IAI

The Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz has been cataloguing and researching Leni Riefenstahl's extensive estate for several years. Initial results from sub-projects are now available online; from 22 May 2026, the examination of the estate will also be visible in an exhibition at the Museum für Fotogr

Centenary of the opening of the Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage in Dahlem - Ceremony with words of welcome from Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth and Minister President Reiner Haseloff - Online access to the cross-foundation archive portal archive.spk-berlin.de In 2024,

Joint return of three books from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and the Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) to the heirs of Hedwig Hesse Both the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz and the SLUB Dresden recently found copies with the book

During the ceremonial handover of the keys, Foundation President Hermann Parzinger and Director General Michael Eissenhauer thanked Céline, Heiner and Aeneas Bastian for their extraordinarily generous gift. The building on Kupfergraben, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, has been dedicated t

On 2 March 1900, German colonial troops publicly executed 19 leading figures from the local communities in Old Moshi in the Kilimanjaro region. The event has left a deep mark on the area to this day. One of those murdered was Mangi Molelia, the young leader of Kibosho; his brother and another relati

Dossier on the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation published by Politik & Kultur What does the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation do? And above all, what makes it special? Who and what belongs to it? Who wants to have a say in its future organisation? What is its history? Is the necessary trans