agentur für bildung e.v.

What agentur für bildung e.v. does

Agentur für Bildung, Geschichte und Politik e.V. (operating as agentur für bildung e.V.) is a Berlin-based non-profit association (eingetragener Verein, gemeinnützig) founded in August 2008 that specializes in historical-political education for schools, memorial sites, and civil society. Its core offerings include project-based educational programs, traveling and permanent exhibitions (e.g., 'Gemeinsam sind wir unerträglich' on the independent women's movement in the GDR and 'Punk in der Kirche. Ost-Berlin 1979–89'), the LaG-Magazin publication series, the 'Lernen aus der Geschichte' web portal (operating since 2000), and the Lernort Keibelstraße on-site educational facility in Berlin-Mitte. The organization also runs webseminars, oral history projects, teacher handreichungen, and digital learning modules covering National Socialism, Holocaust, GDR history, forced labor, memory cultures, and contemporary political topics.

The underlying technology is intentionally minimal: the organization does not develop proprietary technology products, and its digital assets consist of content portals, publication archives, and standard multimedia educational tools. There are no AI/ML systems, APIs, or software platforms in its stack. The business model is project-based and grant-funded rather than commercial: revenue (or rather, operating budget) is sourced from institutional project commissions and grants from German federal and state foundations (Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Stiftung EVZ, Körber-Stiftung, Alfred Landecker Foundation, Hans und Berthold Finkelstein Stiftung), the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung and state-level political education centers, the Berlin Senate, and international bodies including IHRA, Claims Conference, Memorial Russia, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Go-to-market is direct and relationship-driven, with new commissions generated through published outputs (magazine, exhibitions, portals), conferences, and the dense 60+ partner ecosystem. The organization operates with 4 full-time employees, 4 honorary board members, and 10 additional association members, and is governed by a board that includes Prof. Dr. Dorothee Wierling, Dr. Birgit Wenzel, and Adina Stern.

Name

agentur für bildung e.v.

Legal name

Agentur für Bildung, Geschichte und Politik e.V.

Website

https://agentur-bildung.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Agentur für Bildung e.V. is a Berlin-based non-profit association founded in 2008 that delivers historical-political education — exhibitions, publications, educational sites, and digital portals — to schools, memorial sites, foundations, and public institutions across Germany and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Historical-Political Education Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Historical Sites (71212), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Government, Public Policy & Regulatory Reference (Public Administration, Regulatory Guidance) (EDAGAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arts, Culture, Heritage & Tourism Congresses (THAHAJAN), Excursions, Field Trips & Cultural Activities Logistics (EDAIANAJ)

Keywords

• Historical political education
• Historical education programs
• Memorial site education
• Oral history projects
• Educational exhibitions

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Project funding and institutional grants: The association operates as a gemeinnütziger (non-profit)verein. It sustains operations through project funding, grants, and commissions from foundations (e.g., Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Stiftung EVZ, Körber-Stiftung, Alfred Landecker Foundation, Hans und Berthold Finkelstein Stiftung), public institutions (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, state-level political education centers), and governmental bodies. Revenue is project-based and recurrent through multiple institutional supporters.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Agentur für Bildung, Geschichte und Politik e.V. is a non-profit association that conceives, implements, and disseminates historical-political education projects. Its core offerings include project-based education programs, traveling and permanent exhibitions, conferences and encounters (including time-witness programs), oral history research, documentation, and publications (most notably the LaG-Magazin and the Lernen aus der Geschichte internet portal), delivered to schools, memorial sites, foundations, and public bodies in Germany and internationally.

Product overview

Agentur für Bildung, Geschichte und Politik e.V. is a non-profit educational organization founded in August 2008. It operates as a multi-product educational service provider rather than a single unified platform. The core products include the 'Lernort Keibelstraße' (educational site), the 'Lernen aus der Geschichte' internet portal, the 'LaG-Magazin' publication, and various traveling and permanent exhibitions such as 'Gemeinsam sind wir unerträglich' and 'Punk in der Kirche.' Additional offerings include web-based seminars (Webseminare), digital educational projects (#uploading_holocaust, History Walk Online, History of Food), the Queer History Month portal, oral history projects, and educational publications including handreichungen (handouts), handbücher (handbooks), and dossiers. The organization focuses on historical-political education with emphasis on National Socialism, Holocaust, GDR history, and contemporary political topics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lernort Keibelstraße An on-site educational site in Berlin-Mitte delivering programs about the history of the former remand prison Keibelstraße, covering detention, deportation, and forced migration from 1980–1996. It serves school classes, youth groups, and adult learners by appointment.
• Lernen aus der Geschichte (Internet Portal) An online portal providing educational materials, specialist articles, project reports, and all LaG-Magazine issues for historical-political education in Germany. It serves educators, students, and the general public with free digital access.
• LaG-Magazin A themed magazine publication on historical-political education, with issues covering NS forced labor, inter-cultural learning, digital games in remembrance, memory cultures, gender and discourse, and the 1848 revolution. Distributed to schools, educators, memorial sites, and institutional partners across Germany.
• Wanderausstellung "Gemeinsam sind wir unerträglich" A traveling exhibition telling the story of the independent women's movement in the GDR, featuring voices of witnesses, historians' introductions, documents, photos and interviews. It is loaned to museums, cultural venues, and memorial sites across German cities.
• Ausstellung "Punk in der Kirche. Ost-Berlin 1979–89" An exhibition curated for BERLIN GLOBAL at the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, presenting the history of the punk subculture in East Berlin between rebellion, persecution, and persistence. Developed in cooperation with the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin.
• Webseminare (Web-Seminar Series) Web-based seminars on historical-political education about National Socialism and Holocaust, covering memorial site pedagogy, learning with digital media, antisemitism, and inter-cultural learning. Offered free to multipliers and practitioners in Austria and Germany.
• #uploading_holocaust (Web Project) A multimedia web project exploring how young people engage with Holocaust remembrance and what they envision for contemporary digital memory culture. Targeted at educators, youth workers, and the general public.
• History Walk Online A digital audio city guide created with students about traces of the years 1933–1945 in Oranienburg, covering the Sachsenhausen memorial and related historical sites. Designed for self-guided educational visits by school classes and the public.
• History of Food A multimedia project researching, presenting, and discussing pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial use of crops, linking historical trade routes to current impacts. Developed in cooperation with SODI e.V. for educational use in schools and youth work.
• Queer History Month / queerhistory.de A web portal offering multimedia learning materials on queer history for classroom and extracurricular education, coordinated with the Queer History Month in May. Developed in cooperation with the Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Wissenschaft Berlin.

Quantifiable outcome

• LaG-Magazin published regularly since 2009 with multiple themed issues per year, covering topics from NS history to GDR history, digital memory, and contemporary political education
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

34 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe organization collaborates with IHRA on projects related to Holocaust education and remembrance, including participation in working groups and joint initiatives on antisemitism criticism in education.
• Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc. (Claims Conference)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperates with the Claims Conference on educational projects concerning Holocaust education and survivor support programs.
• Memorial (Russia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner for historical research and educational collaboration related to Soviet/Russian memory cultures.
• US Holocaust Memorial MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on educational projects and exchange programs related to Holocaust remembrance and documentation.
• Goethe-InstitutcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner for international educational projects and cultural programs related to German history and memory culture.
• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BpB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing cooperation on educational publications, the 'Geschichte Begreifen' dossier, and various educational materials for schools.
• Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-DiktaturcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor funding partner and co-developer of multiple projects including the LaG-Magazin, traveling exhibitions, and the Lernort Keibelstraße.
• Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden EuropascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on educational programs and documentation related to Holocaust memorial work.
• Stiftung Topographie des TerrorsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for educational projects and documentation at the Topographie des Terrors memorial site in Berlin.
• Stiftung Brandenburgische GedenkstättencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partner for youth education projects at Sachsenhausen memorial site, including History Maps Online and History Walk Online projects.
• Fritz Bauer Institut / Pädagogisches ZentrumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperates on webseminars, educational programs, and publications related to Holocaust education and antisemitism.
• Freie Universität BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for research projects, student involvement (e.g., Public History master's program), and educational programs. Professor Detlef Pech of HU Berlin is involved as honorary board member.
• Humboldt-Universität zu BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for the European Mentoring Summit 2018; academic cooperation with Institute for Educational Sciences. Prof. Dr. Detlef Pech serves as honorary board member.
• Leibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam (ZZF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for the 'Beendete Migrationen' project on deportation detention at Keibelstraße. Dr. Henrike Voigtländer previously worked at ZZF.
• Körber-StiftungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term cooperation on the German Federal President's History Competition (Geschichtswettbewerb des Bundespräsidenten) and the Children of War in Europe project.
• Stiftung EVZ (Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding and cooperation partner for the 'Inklusion als Menschenrecht' handbook project and LaG-Magazine issues on NS forced labor.
• Rosa-Luxemburg-StiftungminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunded the online module on the Spanish Civil War 1936–1939.
• Alfred Landecker FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding partner for the LaG-Magazine on digital games and memory culture and the digital remembrance game 'Erinnern. Die Kinder vom Bullenhuser Damm'.
• Hans und Berthold Finkelstein StiftungminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding partner for the LaG-Magazine issue on NS forced labor 'Gesellschaftsverbrechen NS-Zwangsarbeit'.
• Stiftung Orte der deutschen DemokratiegeschichteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding partner for LaG-Magazine issues on the street as a place of democratic processes and on the 1848 revolution.
• Brandenburgische Landeszentrale für politische BildungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperates on multiple projects including history maps online, Jewish life after 1945 online module, and exhibition support.
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung BerlinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperates on Berlin-specific educational projects and youth programs.
• Netzwerk Kinderpatenschaften e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the European Mentoring Summit 2018, with the Agentur für Bildung providing full organizational management.
• European Center of Evidence based Mentoring (Leeuwarden, Netherlands)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner for the European Mentoring Summit 2018.
• Gedenkstätte Haus der Wannsee-KonferenzcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner in the EU project on Holocaust and human rights education for European Commission officials.
• Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung (ZfA) at TU BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperates on the LaG-Magazine on gender and discourse, and Adina Stern serves as coordinator of the BMBF research network on antisemitism.
• Thüringer Archiv für Zeitgeschichte 'Matthias Domaschk' (ThürAZ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner for the oral history project on Jewish life in Thuringia during the GDR period with the Leonardo-Schule Jena.
• Robert-Havemann-GesellschaftminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in archiving and documenting GDR opposition history.
• Stiftung Stadtmuseum BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner institution for the exhibition 'Punk in der Kirche. Ost-Berlin 1979–89' at BERLIN GLOBAL, Humboldt Forum.
• SODI e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the 'History of Food' multimedia project on pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial use of crops (2017–2018).
• Medienkompetenzzentrum DüppelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the DP-Camp project with youth researching Displaced Person Camps after WWII in Berlin.
• Phönix aus der Asche – Die Überlebenden der Hölle des Holocaust e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperated in the 2017 encounter and conference with Holocaust survivors from the former Soviet Union.
• Initiative 27. Januar e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperated in the 2017 encounter with Holocaust survivors from the former Soviet Union.
• Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Wissenschaft BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding and cooperation partner for Queer History Month and other Berlin-based educational projects.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft (Stiftung EVZ): Major German foundation funding and co-developing historical-political education projects (NS forced labor, education programs). Directly comparable as both a funder of and partner to Agentur für Bildung in Holocaust and NS education programming.
• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BpB): Germany's federal agency for civic and political education, a core funder and co-publisher of Agentur für Bildung's 'Geschichte Begreifen' dossier and webseminare. Directly comparable in subject area (historical-political education) and target audience (schools, educators).
• Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Federal foundation for reappraisal of the SED dictatorship; a core funder of Agentur für Bildung's GDR-related projects, LaG-Magazin, and Lernort Keibelstraße. Directly comparable in subject area (GDR history) and partnership-driven delivery model.
• Körber-Stiftung: Hamburg-based operating foundation running the German Federal President's History Competition and historical-political education initiatives. Directly comparable in subject matter (historical-political education), target audience (schools/youth), and long-term project partnerships with Agentur für Bildung.

Direct peers

• Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas: Berlin-based foundation operating the Holocaust Memorial with extensive educational programming for schools and youth. Directly comparable in Holocaust education delivery, target audience (schools, memorial visitors), and Berlin-headquartered operating model.
• Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand: Berlin memorial site with educational programming on Nazi-era resistance and persecution. Directly comparable as a Berlin-based historical-political education provider serving schools and youth with on-site and project-based learning.
• Topographie des Terrors: Berlin memorial and documentation center covering SS and Nazi crimes, with educational programs for schools. Directly comparable in NS history education, target audiences, and partnership-based delivery of teacher training.
• Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz: Memorial and educational site in Berlin focused on the Holocaust, with programs for schools, educators, and international audiences. Directly comparable in Holocaust education, teacher training, and EU/international project work.
• Fritz Bauer Institut: Frankfurt-based research and education institute on the Holocaust, partner of Agentur für Bildung on webseminare and publications. Directly comparable in Holocaust education, antisemitism research, and educational publishing for schools.
• Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin: Berlin cultural foundation operating museums including BERLIN GLOBAL at Humboldt Forum; co-developed the 'Punk in der Kirche' exhibition with Agentur für Bildung. Directly comparable in historical exhibition curation and educational programming in Berlin.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lerngesch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/agentur-bildung-718688268
• Instagraminstagram.com/bildung_geschichte_politik

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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