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The German-French Friendship Treaty 2023

1/24/2023

 
For a couple of years, the Alliance Française and The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation have been celebrating the Anniversary of the German-French Friendship Treaty concluded by de Gaulle and Adenauer.
 
This year, it was the 60th Anniversary.
 
It is customary to invite an ambassador from another country to give a perspective on their view of the European Union .
 
This year, it was the Polish Ambassador Marek Magierowski and his wife Anna.
 
The tour started with a Reception at City Hall.
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Ambassador Magierowski, Concha and Klaus Becker
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The delegation consisted of Christian Forstner, Hanns-Seidel Foundation, Anna Magierowska, Polish Honorary Consul Mark Fountain and his wife Brenda, the Ambassador and Klaus + Concha Becker
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The reception was led on City Hall side by Mayor-pro-tem Braxton Wilson
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Alyssa Brown, Braxton Wilson, Alexis Gordon, Chief of Protocol get to know the delegation and ideas are being exchanged.
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From City Hall to the VIP Reception of the World Affairs Council who invited to a luncheon, where Ambassador Magierowski gave his key-note speech
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After a successful and very spirited Q+A session, Ambassador Magierowski joined with the organizers of the event.
The delegation continued their program at Queens University where they were received by President Lugo and his team:
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President Lugo introduces the Ambassador.
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Ambassador Magierowski gave a memorable speech.
The organizing team:
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President Lugo, Angie Edwards Prof. Dr. Maggie Commins, Gabi El-Massri, Jan Delkeskamp, with Amb. Magierowski and Klaus Becker
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Ambassador Magierowski mingled with students
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It was a great event at Queens University whose attendance exceeded all expectations.
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The final event, the highlight of the day, the dinner staged by the Alliance Française and The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation at Dressler’s midtown
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Lydie Surget, President Alliance Française with J-L Mougeot
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Marek Magierowski looks back to a long day with many speeches and contacts and interactions with the people of Charlotte.
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The event was an opportunity for Queens university to get a glimpse of the activities of The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation: Jan Delkeskamp, Rich Majerus, V.P. Planning+ Strategy with Amb. Magierowski
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Christian Forstner, Director of the Hanns-Seidel Foundation and generous sponsor of the evening, closes the event.
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The next day, on Jan. 25, the delegation proceeded to UNC Chapel Hill where they received by an informal lunch with Prof. Dr. Klaus Larres, Ambassador Barbara Stephenson and other academic leaders.
The luncheon was sponsored by the Hanns-Seidel-Foundation.

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Christmas Party of The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation

12/17/2022

 
On Saturday, Dec. 17, The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation staged again its elegant and festive Christmas Party which has become a popular staple in the holiday season of the international community. It is a classy amalgam of culture, culinary delights and international encounters and exchange.
 
The theme was
Merry Making with Mozart
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Les Metteurs en Scène Concert Pianist Zaïba Sheik and Klaus Becker
It started with “Die kleine Nachtmusik” fabulously performed by the accomplished string quartet
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Oliver, Lenora, Anna, Jeremy
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Participants came from a dozen foreign countries
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Klaus Becker moderated the program, filled with little anecdotes and announcements of the musical piano pieces like “Ah vous dirai-je, Maman”, a cascade of variations, masterfully played by concert pianist Zaïba Sheik, and “Rondo alla Turca” which underwent a fabulous metamorphosis from the classical to the jazz version.
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Zaïba Sheik at the beautiful Steinway
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And stage directions were joyfully exchanged:
All participants came in ravishing elegance:
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Tobias + Doreen
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Johanna + Bettina
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Stefan + Silvia
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Bryson + Zaire
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Marina + Knudt
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Rachel + Daniel
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Jürgen + Hilda
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Anna + Randy
And after the first musical performance, the attendants enjoyed the Champagne Reception:
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Concha, Helen Ruth and Berkley
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Anna, Bernd, Monika, Yoshi and Randy
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Bernd, Karsten, Veronika and Inga
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Helmut + Karsten
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Violeta, Concha
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Dieter, Oliver, Kristin and Jochen
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Melani and Andrew
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Court Photographer Wolfgang, Rosita, Greg, and Zeitgeist President Bettina
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Rachel
The Christmas Party found its peak in the twin highlight of a four-course dinner
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Karsten, Tomas, Sheila, Klaus, Marina, Knudt and Concha
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Veronica, Michael, Berkley, Tobias, HR, Karsten,Doreen, Heribert
which was interspersed with two intermezzi, consisting of arias and duets performed by Soprano Julia Woodward 

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and Tenor Jonathan White:
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​The musical delights:
“Oh mio babbino caro”, Gianni Schicchi, G. Puccini
„Dein ist mein Herz”, Land des Lächelns, F. Léhar
„Lippenschweigen“, Die Lustige Witwe, F. Léhar
„The Vilja Lied“, Die Lustige Witwe, F. Léhar,
„Ach so fromm“, Martha, F. von Flotow
Duet of the Phantom of the Opera
Holy Night
A fabulous evening:
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Daniel, Rachel, Andrew, Melani, Concha, Klaus, Stefan, Silvia, Oliver and Bernd

Annual Celebration of the Beaujolais Nouveau

11/18/2022

 
The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation was represented at the annual Celebration of the Beaujolais Nouveau, as organized this year by the Alliance Française at the Bechter Museum.
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​Lydie Surget, Présidente and Frédéric Gresset

Cooperation between The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation and Tepper Sports: The Panthers and Charlotte FC

6/11/2022

 
On June 11, our Foundation and Tepper Sports invited to a soccer game of the Charlotte FC against the New York Red Bulls in the Bank-of-America Stadium (which the Charlotte team won sovereignly 2:0) in order to celebrate the Carolina Panthers’ International Marketing Rights in Germany.
 
For this, representatives of the German business community were invited to a wonderful, German themed reception to get to know each other.
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Jake Burns guided through the program
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Joe Woerner, responsible for Sports at The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation, was honored with a Panthers’ jersey
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The organizing teams: Dan O’Neill, Jake Burns, Joe Woerner, Klaus Becker and Griffin Miller
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It was a wonderful afternoon enjoying the generous hospitality of Tepper Sports.
We at The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation are looking forward to an ongoing cooperation with Charlotte stellar first league partners.

Breakfast with a Delegation of the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)

6/10/2022

 
On Friday, June 10, The American Council on Germany (ACG) and the N. C. Zeitgeist Foundation staged a breakfast for a delegation of the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) which comprised Thomas Silberhorn, Member of the Deutsche Bundestag and Spokesperson for Transatlantic Relations, and Anne König, Member of the Deutsche Bundestag and Paul Linnarz, President of the KAS in Washington:
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Klaus Becker with the representatives of the Deutsche Bundestag
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Klaus Becker introduced the history and business potential of the Southeast
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In discussion with Anne König and Thomas Silberhorn
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Thomas Silberhorn explained his view on German politics regarding the Ukraine crisis.
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Larken Egleston, City Council Member Dr. Felicia Eybl, Principal at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Thomas Silberhorn, MdB Anne König, MdB Klaus Becker Paul Linnarz, President of KAS in Washington Uli Tombuelt, CEO of Sattler Corp.

Ambassador Lambrinidis, Embassy of the European Union, and Ambassador Martin Weiss, Embassy of Austria, visit Charlotte

5/25/2022

 
​On May 25/26, Ambassador Lambrinidis, Embassy of the European Union, and Ambassador Martin Weiss, Embassy of Austria, visited Charlotte to learn more about the historical and political situation of the Southeast and its potential in the business sector.
 
The ambassadors were picked up by Klaus Becker and his wife Concha and accompanied on the way to the hotel by a police escort:
 
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The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation invited to a smaller dinner:
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The Ambassadors, Karl Rüdisser and Dr. Daisy Birtalan
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Claudius Reckord
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MG Dave Richwine (ret.) Prof. Dr. Valentina Cecchi, Honrary Consul of Italy Prof. Dr. Rick Mathieu, Dean at Queens University
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LJ Stambuk, WAC Charlotte and Ambassador Martin Weiss
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Roman Streitberger, Honeywell and Mike Bell, Corning Optical Communications
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LJ Stambuk, Concha Becker, Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis, Klaus Becker, Ambassador Martin Weiss
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Dr. Daisy Birtalan, Ambassador Martin Weiss, Dr. Bernhard Deutsch, Conor Gallagher
​On Thursday morning, May 26, Ambassador Lambrinidis and Ambassador Weiss went to City Hall:
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Conor Gallagher – Klaus Becker – Maeve O‘Beirne – Stavros Lambrinidis - Martin Weiss
to meet with Mayor Vi Lyles:
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and discussed possibilities of working together -possibly via ‘Culture’ as vehicle- with Mayor Vi Lyles and City Manager Marcus Jones:
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They met with Governor Roy Cooper:
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at the Reception
before taking part in the Luncheon, staged by the World Affairs Council Charlotte and The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation:
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Gov. Roy Cooper introduced the two Ambassadors:
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and they engaged in a most intensive and interesting podium discussion:
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At the end, they received their commemorative documents:
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In the aftermath some encounters:
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Klaus Becker and Governor Cooper
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LJ Stambuk – Governor Cooper – Mike Hawley
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Fatma Zain and Nate Stephenson with Amb. Weiss
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Mike Hawley – Stavros Lambrinidis – LJ Stambuk
​It was a very successful visit which was also enjoyed and appreciated by the two visiting European Ambassadors.
 
The European Union can be glad to have such stellar representatives.

TEASE IV–Transatlantic Exhibition of Art in the Southeast 2022

4/27/2022

 
After several Covid-induced postponements, the eagerly-expected vernissages of TEASE – Transatlantic Exhibition of Art in the Southeast staged by The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation and organized and executed by Curator Johanna Steinz finally took place in Charlotte and Charleston.
 
The idea of strengthening transatlantic relations by staging a format where young artists from Germany work together with local artists, visit students to experiment with them to create artworks, culminated in two elegant art shows.
 
Charlotte: the vernissage a highlight in the art scene, an all-inclusive: all ethnic origins and age groups (2 – 85 years) were represented; 20 diverse nationalities visited the art exhibition.

Its theme “Heimat / Homeland” was originally coined in 2019 to remember the people who 200 years ago left their mother country Mecklenburg-Pomerania to find a new home on this side of the Atlantic and to prepare the ground that many generations later considered the Carolinas their “Heimat / Homeland”.

In today’s times of the Ukraine crisis, this topic has gained a completely different meaning and it fervently reminds of the more than 10 mil Ukrainian refugees who have lost their homeland, whose homeland is being senseless destroyed.
More fitting into times, an art show cannot be.

​For more pictures and impressions click here.
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Dinner at the Carolina Yacht Club

3/3/2022

 
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Lecture at the Charleston Library Society

3/3/2022

 
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Meeting with Prof. Dr. Morgan Koerner and Prof. Dr. Max Kovalov

3/3/2022

 
Prof. Dr. Morgan Koerner and Prof. Dr. Max Kovalov, both College of Charleston, invited the two militaries, Hanns-Seidel Stiftung and The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation to an informal meeting with students.
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    • Honorary Consul (ret.)
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      • Klaus Becker
      • Bettina Gruber
      • Michael S. Hawley
      • Michael A. Almond
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      • Christian Forstner
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