Alexandra Hildebrandt
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Alexandra Hildebrandt (left) at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the Checkpoint Charlie Museum with US Ambassador to Germany William Robert Timken, Jr., attending an event to commemorate the American soldiers who stood guard there during the years of the Berlin Wall, 1961–1989.[1]
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| Born | Alexandra Weissmann 27 February 1959 Kiev, Ukraine, USSR |
| Occupation | Artist Co-founder of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum |
| Spouse(s) | Rainer Hildebrandt |
Alexandra Hildebrandt (born Alexandra Weissmann on February 27, 1959 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian artist of German descent,[2] as well as co-founder and current Director of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum[3] and the chair of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft 13. August Association.[4] In 1995, she married the museum's other co-founder and former Director Rainer Hildebrandt, and they remained married until his death in 2004.[5] She is internationally noted for leading the construction of the Freedom Memorial, which was controversially demolished by the Berlin city government in 2005.[6]
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
- ↑ http://germany.usembassy.gov/germany/mauermuseum_06.html
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