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

https://hugo-simon-stiftung.de/en/announcements/berlin-brandenburg-preis
Berlin Brandenburg Prize
08.10.2024
Kultur Schweizerhaus Seelow
https://hugo-simon-stiftung.de/en/announcements/biografien-der-moderne
Biographies of Modern Art
01.09.2024 — 24.11.2024
Brücke Museum, Berlin
https://hugo-simon-stiftung.de/en/announcements/denkmalschutzgerechte-restaurierung-gutsscheune
Restoration of the former barn in line with conservation requirements
01.01.2024 — 31.12.2024
Simonsche Anlagen
https://hugo-simon-stiftung.de/en/announcements/juedische-kulturtage-hamburg
Days of Jewish Culture Hamburg
13.11.2023
19:30
Warburg-Haus Hamburg
https://hugo-simon-stiftung.de/en/announcements/woche-des-juedischen-lebens
Week of Jewish Life
09.11.2023
11:00
Kultur Schweizerhaus Seelow
https://hugo-simon-stiftung.de/en/announcements/tage-des-exils-berlin
Days of Exile Berlin
06.10.2023
18:00
Villa Grisebach Berlin
https://hugo-simon-stiftung.de/en/announcements/eine-freundschaft-im-krieg-hugo-simon-und-rita-janett
A friendship in wartime. Hugo Simon and Rita Janett.
09.09.2023 — 07.01.2024
15:55
Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
https://hugo-simon-stiftung.de/en/announcements/konferenz-ueber-marginalisiertes-kulturerbe
Conference on marginalized cultural heritage.
01.02.2023
Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
https://hugo-simon-stiftung.de/en/announcements/spuren-juedischen-lebens-in-seelow-ein-nachmittag-des-gedenkens
Vestiges of Jewish life in Seelow – an afternoon of remembrance
13.11.2022
16:35
Kultur Schweizerhaus Seelow
https://hugo-simon-stiftung.de/en/announcements/vier-akte-in-landschaft-1912-von-max-pechstein-wird-im-bruecke-museum-ausgestellt
Max Pechstein’s Four Nudes in a Landscape (1912) exhibited at the Brücke Museum
15.10.2022 — 29.01.2023
Brücke Museum, Berlin
https://hugo-simon-stiftung.de/en/announcements/rekonstruktion-der-kunstsammlung-des-juedischen-berliner-bankiers-hugo-simon-1880-1950
Reconstruction of the art collection of Berlin Jewish banker Hugo Simon (1880-1950)
01.09.2022
Magdeburg
https://hugo-simon-stiftung.de/en/announcements/besuch-der-ministerin-fuer-wissenschaft-forschung-und-kultur-manja-schuele
Visit of Manja Schüle and Simona Koß to the Schweizerhaus Seelow estate.
31.08.2022
Former estate of Hugo Simon, Schweizerhaus Seelow
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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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The 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: