The Deutsch-Baltische Gesellschaft ("German-Baltic Society") is an
organization
An organization or organisation (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), see spelling differences), is an legal entity, entity—such as ...
which represents
Baltic German
Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...
refugees
expelled from
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
and
Latvia during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
and its aftermath. It was established in 1950 as the Deutsch-Baltische Landsmannschaft im Bundesgebiet.
The organization is based in
Darmstadt,
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Dar ...
. Its youth organization is the Deutschbaltischer Jugend- und Studentenring.
Society Chairman
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Georg von Manteuffel-Szoege (1950-1962)
*
Axel de Vries (1962-1963 comm.)
* Erik von Sivers (1963-1973)
*
Rudolf von Wistinghausen (1973-1980)
* Klas Lackschewitz (1980-1984)
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Hans Erich Seuberlich (1984)
* Runar of Sivers (1985-1989)
* Waltraut Dame von Tiesenhausen (1989-1996)
* Heinz-Adolf Treu (1996-2005)
* Eckhart Neander (2005-2010)
* Frank von Auer (2010-2015)
*
Christian von Boetticher (since October 31, 2015)
Corporate members
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Carl-Schirren-Gesellschaft e. V. - German-Baltic cultural work
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German Baltic youth and student ring e. V.
* German Baltic Studienstiftung
*
German-Baltic Genealogical Society (DBGG)
* German-Baltic church service eV (auxiliary committee of the ev.-luth. Deutschbalten)
* Baltic monuments eV
See also
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Nazi–Soviet population transfers
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Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)
During later stages of World War II and post-war period from 1944 to 1950, Germans fled and were expelled to present-day Germany from Eastern Europe, which led to de-Germanization there. The idea to expel the Germans from the annexed territor ...
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Federation of Expellees
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All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights
The All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (german: Gesamtdeutscher Block/Bund der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten or GB/BHE) was a right-wing political party in West Germany, which acted as an advocacy group of the Germa ...
References
External links
Deutsch-Baltische GesellschaftDeutschbaltischer Jugend- und Studentenring
Organizations established in 1950
Landsmannschaften
1950 establishments in West Germany
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