Hugo Simon with family at the entrance of the Schweizerhaus. Schweizerhaus Seelow, 2018. © Matthias Lubisch
The foundation seeks to honour the memory of Hugo Simon by promoting the causes and ideals with which he engaged during his lifetime. Its mission is to support art and culture, knowledge and education, heritage and historical preservation, sustainable land use and conservation, all in a spirit of international cooperation.
Announcements
Days of Jewish Culture Hamburg
13.11.2023
19:30
Warburg-Haus Hamburg
Days of Jewish Culture Hamburg
13.11.2023
19:30
Warburg-Haus Hamburg
Week of Jewish Life
09.11.2023
11:00
Kultur Schweizerhaus Seelow
Days of Exile Berlin
06.10.2023
18:00
Villa Grisebach Berlin
A friendship in wartime. Hugo Simon and Rita Janett.
09.09.2023 — 07.01.2024
15:55
Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
Conference on marginalized cultural heritage.
01.02.2023
Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
Vestiges of Jewish life in Seelow – an afternoon of remembrance
13.11.2022
16:35
Kultur Schweizerhaus Seelow
Max Pechstein’s Four Nudes in a Landscape (1912) exhibited at the Brücke Museum
15.10.2022 — 29.01.2023
Brücke Museum, Berlin
Reconstruction of the art collection of Berlin Jewish banker Hugo Simon (1880-1950)
01.09.2022
Magdeburg
Visit of Manja Schüle and Simona Koß to the Schweizerhaus Seelow estate.
31.08.2022
Former estate of Hugo Simon, Schweizerhaus Seelow
Hugo Simon
Hugo Simon, banker, activist, agriculturalist, art collector and patron of the arts, was one of the leading cultural figures in Berlin under the Weimar Republic.
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Das Schweizerhaus Seelow
The Schweizerhaus Seelow, originally established as a roadside inn in 1854, was purchased by Hugo Simon in 1919 and transformed into an agricultural estate that brought together land and labour, art and culture, in a unique vision of social and environmental harmony.
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The Hugo Simon Foundation is supported by:
