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Former Vice President dies at the age of 89 - Parzinger: Pioneering and formative figure, especially in times of reunification The former Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Peter Hofmann, is dead. He died in Berlin at the end of August at the age of 89. Hofmann served the S

SPK President Parzinger: Cultural institutions must do more to combat the rise of anti-Semitism - Invitation to the piano in memory of the hostages For 100 days, around 110 Israeli men, women and children have been held captive by the terrorist organisation Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Their situation a

On Monday, 9 June 2014, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, will hand over 17 archive boxes containing valuable late medieval and early modern documents to the Diksmuide City Archives. The archival documents were discovered during a re-cataloguing of the docume

23 objects from the Ethnological Museum to remain permanently in Namibia - agreement on repatriation to Tanzania also possible Namibia 23 objects from the collection of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin can remain in Namibia permanently. The Board of Trustees of the Prussian

The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) today unanimously elected Prof Dr Marion Ackermann as President of the Foundation. She will head the foundation from 1 June 2025 and succeed Prof. Dr Hermann Parzinger, who has held the position since March 2008 and will retire

Commenting on the current restitution debate, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, said: "As Norman Rosenthal rightly points out, the restitution of artworks cannot make up for the inconceivable crimes committed by the Nazi regime against the European Jews. Germ

Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, comments on the death of the Zero artist: "Otto Piene epitomises the great spirit of optimism of the 1960s. With his works, he pushed forward into completely new dimensions of art. His installation in the Neue Nationalgalerie

Francesco Stella (Vicenza) wins architectural competition - unanimous decision by the jury The three partners of the Humboldt Forum, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK), Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), are delighted that an outstanding basis ha

The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Hermann Parzinger, the Director General Michael Eissenhauer and the 15 museum directors of the SMB, in particular the collection directors concerned, Udo Kittelmann and Bernd Lindemann, have decided on the further course of action regarding

Return of Benin bronzes from German museums embedded in broad-based cooperation in the field of museum exchange, new museum construction and archaeology - Memorandum of Understanding signed In addition to the return of artefacts from the historical Kingdom of Benin from German museums to Nigeria, mo