Konrad Adenauer Foundation

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.) (KAS) is a German political foundation associated with the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The foundation’s headquarters are located in Saint Augustine (Bonn) and Berlin.

Establishment and Mission

The establishment of a “systematic civic-education program inspired by Christian Democratic values” began being considered in 1952 by a group of CDU politicians including Bundestag president Hermann Ehlers, Robert Tillmanns, and Heinrich Krone. On 20 December 1955 The Society for Christian Democratic Education Work, which would be renamed after Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in 1964, was opened in Bonn.

The aim of the foundation’s civic education programs is, according to their , the “promotion of freedom and liberty, peace, and justice” through “furthering European unification, improving transatlantic relations and deepening development cooperation.” Their...
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