Executive Board
Potsdam-based historian Maria Schultz has since 1 June 2021 been in charge of the Lindenstrasse Memorial Foundation (Stiftung Gedenkstätte Lindenstraße). Maria Schultz was appointed by the Foundation Council on the recommendation of an experts commission specially constituted to find a new director.
Portrait Maria Schultz, Photo Hagen Immel
Having studied history and cultural sciences, Maria Schultz served from 2009 to 2019 as a research assistant, curator and educational consultant for the Leistikowstrasse Memorial in Potsdam, where she also acted as interim director for one year. In September of 2019, Maria Schultz took on the directorship of the permanent exhibition project at the Potsdam Garrison Church Foundation (Stiftung Garnisonkirche Potsdam). She has published articles in various journals and volumes on the Soviet detention center in Leistikowstrasse, on biographies, and on the culture of remembrance. She was also co-editor of a very well-received book on the inscriptions left behind by inmates at the Leistikowstrasse prison.
Maria Schultz is a member of various professional associations and in her free time is active in a number of clubs and organizations. In the summer of 2019, she volunteered her time and expertise to curate the exhibition held at the Alexander Haus in Gross Glienicke. She lives with her family in Potsdam.
Foundation Council
The Foundation Council oversees compliance with the stated aims of the foundation, sets policy to guide the foundation’s work, decides on fundamental issues, and supervises the Executive Board.
Members
Dr. Birgit-Katharine Seemann, Vorsitzende des Stiftungsrats
Fachbereich Kultur und Museen der Landeshauptstadt Potsdam
Brigitte Faber-Schmidt, Stellvertretende Vorsitzende des Stiftungsrats
Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur des Landes Brandenburg
Dr. Maria Nooke
Beauftragte des Landes Brandenburg zur Aufarbeitung der Folgen der kommunistischen Diktatur
Uwe Neumärker
Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas
Beate Goreczko
Vorsitzende des Ausschusses für Kultur der Stadt Potsdam
Advisory Council
The Advisory Council of the Lindenstrasse Memorial Foundation provides advisory support to the foundation’s bodies with regard to all questions concerning the work of the memorial. It can draft recommendations, make assessments of the foundation’s concepts, plans and projects, and report to the Foundation Council with suggestions or criticism concerning the work of the foundation.
Members
Sandra Brenner
Landesjugendring Brandenburg e.V.
Dr. Jens Gieseke
Leibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam (ZZF)
Dr. Helge Heidemeyer
Direktor der Stiftung Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
Stellvertretender Beiratsvorsitzender
Claus Peter Ladner
Fördergemeinschaft »Lindenstraße 54«
Carla Ottmann
Verein zur Förderung der Projektwerkstatt »Lindenstraße« e. V.
Beiratsvorsitzende
Bernd Richter
Häftlingsvertretung der Gedenkstätte »Potsdam – Lindenstraße 54«
Florian Rietzl
Verband der Geschichtslehrerinnen und -lehrer Deutschlands e.V. des Landes Brandenburg
Dr. Birgit Sack
Gedenkstätte Münchner Platz Dresden
Martina Staats
Gedenkstätte in der JVA Wolfenbüttel
Jochen Stern
Zeitzeuge 1945-1952