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 About
FES
The
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES, Stiftung being the
German word for Foundation) was founded in 1925 as
a political legacy of Germany’s first
democratically elected president, Friedrich Ebert.
In response to his own painful experience in
political confrontations, Ebert, a Social Democrat
who had risen to the highest political office in
his country from a humble craftsman’s background,
had proposed the establishment of a foundation
serving the following aims:
- to
further the political and social education of
individuals from all areas of life in the spirit
of democracy and pluralism,
- to
facilitate access to university education and to
help gifted young people by providing
scholarships,
- to
contribute to the achievement of international
understanding and cooperation.
Until
today, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, which was
banned by the Nazis in 1933 and re-established in
1947, continues to pursue these aims in all of its
extensive activities. As a private cultural
non-profit institution, it is committed to the
ideas and basic values of social democracy.
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Official flyer
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