The Alfried Krupp Institute for Advanced Study in

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: ''Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald'') is an

institute for advanced study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States, is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholar ...

named after Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. On 20 June 2000, this institute was founded by the

Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation __NOTOC__ The Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation (german: Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung) is a major German philanthropic foundation, created by and named in honor of Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, former owner ...

, the German ''Land'' (

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) of

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and the

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. These three founders (represented respectively, by

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, Peter Kauffold and

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) co-established and contributed to the Stiftung Alfried Krupp Kolleg Greifswald (Alfried Krupp Kolleg Greifswald Foundation), which was entrusted with the task of establishing this ''Wissenschaftskolleg'' (institute for advanced study). The Krupp Foundation contributed the plot of land and the building on it, valued at €15.3m, while Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the University of Greifswald contributed the operational funding that initially amounted to €4.1m.

Academic directors

* Klaus Pinkau, 2004–2008Former Directors
/ref> * Bärbel Friedrich, 2008–2018 * Ulla Bonas, 2018– (current)

History

The institute was created by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, a German philanthropic foundation created from the holdings of the Krupp family upon the death of Alfried Krupp in 1967. Krupp was convicted after World War II of

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for the

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manner in which he operated his factories; served three years in prison, and was pardoned, but not acquitted. Krupp used almost 100,000 slave labourers, housed in abhorrent conditions where disease, hunger and dehydration was common. These slave labourers were employed across Krupp's factories. One of his companies used slave labor from the

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. Alfried Krupp never admitted wrongdoing and he nor the institute have ever apologised for his crimes.

Notable fellows

The main rationale of Alfried Krupp Institute for Advanced Study is to further research through its Alfried Krupp Fellows Program. Among others, the following fellows and scholars worked and delivered talks in the institute:''10 Jahre Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald'', pp 38-40
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References

External links

Official Website

Institute's Annual reports and other promotional materials

T Kamusella. 2019. Krupp in Greifswald: On the Perils of Forgetting about the Holocaust. ''New Eastern Europe''. 18 Jun.

Literature about the institute
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