Carl Und Anneliese Goerdeler Stiftung

CAG was founded 25 years ago by the four children of Carl and Anneliese Goerdeler who were still alive at the time. Ulrich Goerdeler, Dr. Marianne Meyer-Krahmer, Dr. Reinhard Goerdeler and Benigna Klemm decided to set up a charitable foundation based in Leipzig to keep the memory of their parents alive. The foundation was also established in response to and as a thank you to the city of Leipzig for its services to the memory of Carl F. Goerdeler. The then Lord Mayor, Dr. Hinrich Lehmann-Grube, 1995 the 50th anniversary of the death of the former mayor, Dr. Carl Goerdeler, who was murdered by the National Socialists on February 2, 1945, was commemorated at a ceremony. In addition, the city of Leipzig was planning to erect a memorial to Carl F.

In the post-reunification period, the founders wanted to give a positive signal for social development and the creation of democracy and constitutional structures in Leipzig and Saxony.