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Alexandra Hildebrandt
US-Ambassador William Timken and Alexandra Hildebrandt at Checkpoint Charlie
Born
Alexandra Weissmann

27 February 1959
Kiev, Ukraine, USSR
Occupation(s)Artist
Co-founder of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum
SpouseRainer Hildebrandt


Alexandra Hildebrandt (born Alexandra Weissmann on February 27, 1959 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian artist of German descent,[1] as well as co-founder and current Director of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum[2] and the chair of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft 13. August Association.[3] In 1995, she married the museum's other co-founder and former Director Rainer Hildebrandt, and they remained married until his death in 2004.[4] She is internationally noted for leading the construction of the Freedom Memorial, which was controversially demolished by the Berlin city government in 2005.[5]

Publications

  • Ein Mensch Rainer Hildebrandt – Begegnungen Verl. Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-922484-41-7
  • Die Mauer.Zahlen.Daten, Haus am Checkpoint Charlie Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-922484-43-3

References

  1. ^ "Ein Leben wider das Vergessen". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). Berlin, Germany. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Wagner, Susan L. (11 November 2009). "Wayland filmmaker present screening of new work". Wayland Town Crier. Wayland, MA. Retrieved 28 November 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Raabe, Margaret (13 August 2004). "Arbeitsgemeinschaft 13. August dokumentiert 57 weitere Todesopfer an der DDR-Grenze". Welt Online (in German). Germany. Retrieved 28 November 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Richter, Christine (10 January 2004). "Der Freiheitskämpfer". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Berlin, Germany. Retrieved 28 November 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ "Berlin Demolishes Cold War Memorial on July 4" (Press release). Republicans Abroad International. 24 June 2005. Retrieved 28 November 2009.


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