Wilhelm-Tietjen-Stiftung für Fertilisation
The Wilhelm-Tietjen-Stiftung für Fertilisation Ltd. is a controversial fertility research group. Its critics have described it as a far-right extremist organization with links to Neo-Nazism and Nazi eugenics theories. Its proposed purchase of a hotel in the German town of Delmenhorst is the subject of great controversy, and campaigns by local people to keep it out of the town have made the national news in Germany and abroad. The organization manages the assets of former Nazi involved in the Lebensborn project, Wilhelm Tietjen.[1]
History
editThe Company was incorporated on 21 November 2001 as a private limited company for advertising business under the name Wilhelm Tietjen Foundation for Fertilization Limited with registered office at Vicarage House S44, 58-60 Kensington Church Street, London with registered number 04326557 registered with the Companies House register of companies responsible for this legal form.[2]
The director of the British corporation has been the Hamburg lawyer Jürgen Rieger since November 21, 2001. On 31 January 2005 the registered office was re-registered and moved to 44 Southwark Street, London. On April 15, 2005, he was transferred to Thrale House, London. Contrary to British law, Rieger did not submit an annual report for 2004. After several unsuccessful requests, Companies House removed the company from the UK register on 29 August 2006. The business assets therefore fall to the British crown.[3]
On October 25, 2006, Rieger founded a successor company, the "Wilhelm-Tietjen-Foundation Limited", which is to take over the assets of the deleted company instead of the British crown. The Company's registered office is at the letterbox address 2nd floor, West Thrale House, 44-46 Southwark Street, London. It has the registration number 05977830. The legal situation is unclear. From circles of the German Office for the Protection of the Constitution it was said: "A decision on this could take up to 20 years."[3]
External links
edit- Der Spiegel story: Fears of Racist Research: The Race against Neo-Nazis (in English)
- BBC News story: German town fights 'neo-Nazi' bid
- Mail and Guardian Online story: German town battles neo-Nazi real-estate deal
- Delemenhost sagt NEIN! ("Delmenhorst says NO!") Website campaigning against the Wilhelm-Tietjen-Stiftung's purchase of property in Delmenhorst (in German)
- Campaign website: Keine Nazischule in Delmenhorst! ("No Nazi School in Delmenhorst!") (in German)
References
edit- ^ "EXTREMISMUS: Hinter "Stiftung" steckt Briefkastenfirma". www.nwzonline.de (in German). Nordwest-Zeitung. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "WILHELM TIETJEN STIFTUNG FUER FERTILISATION LIMITED credit report and annual accounts from Companies House - Friday 28th September 2007". 28 September 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ a b "redok - Rieger macht ohne Befruchtung weiter". 13 February 2007. Archived from the original on 13 February 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
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