What Alfred Landecker Foundation does

The Alfred Landecker Foundation is a German public foundation constituted under civil law, headquartered in Ludwigshafen am Rhein with an operational office in Berlin. Founded in 2020 as the successor to the Benckiser Stiftung Zukunft, the foundation operates across three mission pillars: remembering the Holocaust, combating antisemitism, and strengthening democratic institutions. The foundation funds and co-develops a portfolio that includes digital remembrance games (Remember. The Children of Bullenhuser Damm, developed with Paintbucket Games and the Hamburg Memorials Foundation), educational programs (AntiAnti: Museum Goes School, delivered through the Jewish Museum Frankfurt), traveling exhibitions (SPORT.MASSE.MACHT with what matters gGmbH; Roads not Taken at the Deutsches Historisches Museum), academic institutions (Adenauer School of Government at the University of Cologne), and archival initiatives (Archiv Salamander, Claude Lanzmann's audio archive).

The foundation is governed by a Governing Council chaired by Peter Harf and led operationally by Co-CEOs Lena Altman and Silke Mülherr, with Dan Diner serving as Chair of the Foundation. As a grantmaking entity rather than a commercial operator, the foundation does not sell products or services; it channels funding through strategic partnerships with established cultural, educational, and academic institutions in Germany. Its technology stack centers on digital remembrance tools — interactive mobile games and short-video learning platforms — designed to engage younger audiences with Holocaust education. The Landecker Digital Memory Lab provides a programmatic structure for ongoing digital product development.

The foundation operates exclusively within Germany, focusing on vocational schools, museums, memorial sites, universities, and civil society organizations as delivery partners. Marketing occurs through its website, LinkedIn presence, press releases, and participation in public events and exhibitions. Rather than pursuing customer acquisition, the foundation's communications emphasize impact demonstration and partner attraction within Germany's memory culture and democratic education ecosystem. The foundation publishes financial statements (2019–2022) but does not disclose specific revenue figures.

Name

Alfred Landecker Foundation

Legal name

Alfred Landecker Foundation

Website

https://alfredlandecker.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Alfred Landecker Foundation is a German public foundation that funds and co-develops Holocaust remembrance, antisemitism prevention, and democratic education projects — including digital games, exhibitions, archival programs, and academic institutions — in partnership with German museums, schools, and universities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropic Foundation / Grantmaking

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH), Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB)

Keywords

• Holocaust remembrance education
• Antisemitism prevention programs
• Democratic education funding
• Historical archive preservation
• Grantmaking foundation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Others, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Alfred Landecker Foundation is a German public foundation that funds and develops projects across three mission areas: Holocaust remembrance, antisemitism prevention, and strengthening democratic institutions. Its funded portfolio includes digital remembrance games, traveling exhibitions, antisemitism-prevention education programs for vocational schools, an academic school of government, and archival projects documenting Jewish cultural and intellectual history after 1945. The foundation operates as a grantmaking body, partnering with museums, universities, memorial sites, and civil society organizations to deliver these initiatives across Germany.

Product overview

Alfred Landecker Foundation is a German charitable foundation that funds remembrance culture, antisemitism prevention, and democratic education projects rather than offering commercial products. The foundation supports a portfolio of educational initiatives including digital games (such as 'Remember. The Children of Bullenhuser Damm'), educational programs (AntiAnti: Museum Goes School), traveling exhibitions (SPORT.MASSE.MACHT, Roads not Taken), academic institutions (Adenauer School of Government), and archival projects (Archiv Salamander, Claude Lanzmann's Audio Archive). The foundation's 'products' are funded initiatives rather than sold services, distributed across digital platforms (mobile apps), physical venues (exhibitions, schools), and educational institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Remember. The Children of Bullenhuser Damm (Digital Remembrance Game) A digital remembrance game developed with Paintbucket Games for the Bullenhuser Damm Memorial in Hamburg, enabling teenagers and young adults to interactively explore the history of 20 Jewish children murdered by the SS. Players take the perspective of students in the late 1970s discovering traces of the Nazi past.
• Shoah Stories An international short-video learning platform on the Holocaust designed to educate about Holocaust history through visual storytelling, making Holocaust education accessible to a broader audience.
• AntiAnti: Museum Goes School An antisemitism prevention and democratic education program for vocational schools in Germany, developed by the Jewish Museum Frankfurt. The six-workshop semester program addresses antisemitism, racism, Jewish life, and belonging through dialogue and creative formats.
• SPORT.MASSE.MACHT. Fußball im Nationalsozialismus A traveling exhibition on football during National Socialism, developed by what matters gGmbH in cooperation with Sportmuseum Berlin. The exhibition explores how sport was instrumentalized for propaganda and exclusion under the Nazi regime, displayed in stadiums, schools, and clubs.
• Adenauer School of Government A school for government education established at the University of Cologne, funded by the foundation, providing new impetus for responsible governance and democratic leadership through interdisciplinary collaboration between historical and international law studies.
• Archiv Salamander (Salamander Archives) A documentation project of literature on Judaism after 1945, preserving Rachel Salamander's collection donated to the City of Munich. Includes cataloguing, digitization, conservation, and exhibition development for the Monacensia literary archive.
• Landecker Digital Memory Lab An initiative enabling better use of digital technologies for Holocaust remembrance, exploring innovative digital approaches to memory culture and the integration of new media into historical education.
• Claude Lanzmann's Audio Archive An archive of Shoah survivor testimonies featuring interviews with time witnesses of the Holocaust, supported by the foundation in partnership with the Claude Lanzmann Estate for digitization and public accessibility.
• Roads not Taken Exhibition An exhibition at Deutsches Historisches Museum presenting alternative historical scenarios ('roads not taken') from 1989 to 1849, exploring how history was shaped by decisions and contingencies rather than inevitability.

Quantifiable outcome

• The Museum Goes School program reaches up to 8 classes per year with approximately 25 participants each (200 students annually)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Jüdisches Museum FrankfurtcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022Long-term partnership for the AntiAnti: Museum Goes School program, which delivers antisemitism prevention and democratic education to vocational schools in Hesse, reaching up to 8 classes per year with approximately 25 participants each.
• Monacensia im HildebrandhauscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partnership for the Salamander Archives project, supporting cataloguing, academic processing, conservation, digitization, and exhibition of Rachel Salamander's collection documenting Jewish literature and culture after 1945. The foundation funded the opening exhibition 'Literature & Haltung' in May 2026.
• what matters gGmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the SPORT.MASSE.MACHT traveling exhibition on football during National Socialism, which uses the reach of sport to strengthen historical awareness and combat antisemitism.
• Paintbucket GamescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment of the digital remembrance game 'Remember. The Children of Bullenhuser Damm' for interactive Holocaust education targeting teenagers and young adults.
• Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning Centres Commemorating the Victims of Nazi CrimescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the Bullenhuser Damm Memorial digital game project and ongoing memorial site operations.
• Deutsches Historisches Museum BerlinflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation on the 'Roads not Taken' exhibition (December 2022 – November 2024), exploring historical alternatives and decision points from 1989 to 1849.
• University of CologneflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Adenauer School of Government, to be opened on July 13, 2026, providing new impetus for responsible governance. The foundation is providing funding for this interdisciplinary collaboration between historical and international law studies.
• World Jewish CongresscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner in the SPORT.MASSE.MACHT exhibition project, contributing to outreach and visibility of the antisemitism prevention work in sports.
• Stiftung Historische Museen HamburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the SPORT.MASSE.MACHT exhibition hosted at Kultur Kontor Hamburg.
• Stiftung Hamburger GedenkstättenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in the SPORT.MASSE.MACHT exhibition project.
• RIAS e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding support for RIAS e.V. for the recording and documentation of antisemitic incidents.
• Claude Lanzmann EstatecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport for the digitization and accessibility of Claude Lanzmann's audio archive containing Shoah witness interviews.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas: Berlin-based foundation operating the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and associated remembrance programs. Direct peer in Holocaust remembrance infrastructure and education in Germany.
• ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius: Hamburg-based foundation funding education, science, and culture with historical and democratic-education programs. Comparable as a major German private grantmaker supporting remembrance and civic education.
• World Jewish Congress: International Jewish organization that is an existing partner of the Landecker Foundation on the SPORT.MASSE.MACHT exhibition. Directly comparable through joint work on antisemitism documentation, prevention, and international outreach.
• Heinrich Böll Foundation: Large German political foundation with extensive democracy, civic education, and remembrance programming. Comparable as a major German grantmaker combining historical memory work with contemporary democratic strengthening.
• Stiftung EVZ (Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft): German federal foundation focused on remembrance of Nazi injustice, support for survivors, and democratic education. Directly comparable as a German grantmaking foundation working on Holocaust remembrance and democratic strengthening with a similar programmatic mix.
• Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Federal German foundation supporting historical-political education on dictatorship and democratic resilience. Comparable in mission (historical accountability feeding into democratic education) and grantmaking model.
• Körber Foundation: Hamburg-based operating foundation running civic education, historical dialogue, and international exchange programs. Comparable in scope and operating model, with overlapping audiences in democratic education and remembrance.
• Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung): Large German political foundation affiliated with the CDU with a strong mandate on democracy education and governance training. Directly comparable through the Landecker Foundation's funding of the Adenauer School of Government.

Emerging players

• Yad Vashem: World-leading Holocaust remembrance center in Israel with educational programming, research, and digital tools. Comparable in mission and increasingly in digital remembrance, though a much larger and state-backed institution.

Regional players

• Stiftung Erinnerung, Landesstiftung Hamburg: Hamburg-focused remembrance foundation partnering with the Landecker Foundation on Bullenhuser Damm Memorial projects. Operates in the same remembrance/education space but is geographically concentrated in Hamburg.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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