Karl Konrad Graf von der Groeben

Karl Konrad Wilhelm Alexander Graf von der Groeben-Ponarien (31 August 1918 in Königsberg – 6 July 2005 in Baden-Baden) was a German entrepreneur.

Early life

His family came from East Prussia. In World War II, he was linked to the anti-Hitler resistance of the 20 July plot.^{[citation needed]}

Career

After the war, he acquired a distributor's license from the Coca-Cola Company. Through the Freudenberg Foundation, with which he was closely associated, he met the initiators of the later Amadeu Antonio Foundation.^[1]

In 1991, Graf laid down DM250,000 to establish the Amadeu Antonio Foundation to oppose far-right-wing parties, racism and anti-Semitism. It was named for Amadeu Antonio Kiowa, an Angolan Vertragsarbeiter (contract worker) who was the first victim of racially-motivated violence after German reunification.^[2]

References

^ "Der Stifter: Karl Konrad Graf von der Groeben (†)".
^ ""Die Radikalen sind fantasielos"". stern.de. 17 December 2003.

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[1] "Der Stifter: Karl Konrad Graf von der Groeben (†)".

[2] ""Die Radikalen sind fantasielos"". stern.de. 17 December 2003.

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