The Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen ("Homeland Association of East Prussia") is a
non-profit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
for
Germans
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who were
evacuated or
expelled from
East Prussia 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 formed on 3 October 1948 by East Prussian
refugees in
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
.
Organisation
The Landsmannschaft represents people who were expelled or evacuated during World War II or after, as well as people who emigrated in more recent times, exercising their right to German citizenship, based on a 1913 German law.
The organization's current president is
Stephan Grigat. Its seat is in
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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, and it is a member of the
Bund der Vertriebenen. Its official newspaper is the ''
Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung
The ''Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung'' (PAZ) is a German weekly newspaper published by the Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen. It was previously called the ''Ostpreußenblatt'' and was aimed mainly at German post-war expellees from parts of Central and E ...
''. The
Bund Junges Ostpreußen is a subsidiary youth organization of the Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen; its predecessor,
Junge Landsmannschaft Ostdeutschland Junge Landsmannschaft Ostdeutschland (Young Homeland Association of East Germany – JLO) is a German youth organization, that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has categorized as “right-wing extremist”. Most of its a ...
, was disassociated from the parent organization in 2000.
Presidency
* 1948-1951:
Ottomar Schreiber
* 1952-1966:
Alfred Gille
* 1966-1971:
Reinhold Rehs
* 1971-1974:
Joachim Freiherr von Braun
* 1974-1979:
Hans-Georg Bock
* 1979-1990:
Ottfried Hennig
* 1990-1992:
Harry Poley
* 1992-2010:
Wilhelm von Gottberg
* since 6 November 2010:
Stephan Grigat
See also
*
Evacuation of East Prussia
External links
Landsmannschaft OstpreußenBund Junges Ostpreußen''Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung''
1948 establishments in Germany
Landsmannschaften
East Prussia
Organizations established in 1948
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