Deutsches U-Boot-Museum

Name, Location and Legal Form

The foundation carries the name "German UBoat-Museum - Archive of International Underwater Operations", in short: "German UBoat Museum Foundation". It is an incorporated foundation under civil law, located at 27478 Cuxhaven-Altenbruch.

The organs of the foundation are the Executive Board and the Advisory Board. Founder and Managing Director is Horst Bredow. The foundation is composed of the following members:

Executive Board
Horst Bredow, Managing Director, Cuxhaven-Altenbruch
Annemarie Bredow, Facility Management, Cuxhaven-Altenbruch
Jochen Finke, Deputy Director, Weimar
Oliver Meise, Legal Adviser, Marburg
Jürgen Schlemm, Editor-in-Chief of Yearbooks, Mainz
Torsten Schwenk, Treasurer, Cuxhaven-Altenbruch

Advisory Board
Peter Brandt, Secretary and Museum Guide, Cuxhaven
Peter Gladziejewski, Naval Officers Association, Munich
Raik Kolmorgen, Chairman of the Advisory Board, Berlin
Jens Kruse, Representative of the City of Cuxhaven, Cuxhaven
Peter Monte, German Navy (rtd), Cuxhaven
Herbert Riemer, Insurance, Stralsund
Peter Schulz, Webmaster, Otterndorf
Peter Tamm, International Maritime Museum, Hamburg
Walter Wittig, Submarine Veteran Association Cuxhaven, Cuxhaven
Jak Mallmann-Showell, Point of Contact for English-speaking Members, Folkestone, UK


The Foundation´s Aims

It is the aim of the foundation to maintain, to expand and to further care for the archive and the museum, that was established in 1952 by the founder under the initial name "Uboat-Archive Möltenort of the Federation of German Submariners, Inc.", to pursue the purpose of fostering the tradition of submariners as well as supporting academic work. The foundation´s aim will be followed particularly by providing information, whether it be for personal motives (information on fates of submariners and their Uboats, so far unknown) or for academic reasons (historical or technical research).

The foundation exclusively pursues non-profit making purposes in observation of the rulings on "Tax Privileges" as laid down in the tax legislation. The foundation maintains an unselfish course and does not put economic interests to prevail (taken from the articles of the association of 13 April 2007).

An issue of statutes and articles is available at any time and can be looked into at the main office. All members of the foundation work on a strictly honorary basis.