The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has declared the activities of the German foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft) “undesirable.” The foundation was created to provide compensation to victims of Nazism.
This was reported by Current Time.
The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office stated that after the start of the so-called “special military operation” (as Russian authorities refer to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine), the foundation took a “politically biased anti-Russian position, spreading calls to support Ukraine and organizing fundraising.” The agency claims the foundation’s activities are “aimed at undermining the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, escalating military confrontation, radicalizing society, and fostering Russophobia.”
The Remembrance, Responsibility and Future foundation was established in 2000 by the German government and representatives of German business to pay compensation to former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps and victims of forced labor during World War II. From 2000 to 2007, more than 1.6 million people from 80 countries, including Russia, received compensation. In total, the foundation allocated nearly €4.5 billion for this purpose, with payments ranging from €2,500 to €7,500.
In 2024, the foundation stopped funding in Russia for a program “targeted at relatives of victims of Hitler’s collaborators,” and in 2025 its board of trustees suspended the membership of the Russian representative.
Currently, the foundation is engaged in projects to preserve the memory of Nazi crimes and their victims, as well as in the protection of human rights.
