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Vintage Germany Post card - Volksbund für das Deutschtum im Ausland
People's League for Germanism Abroad
Today the Verein für Deutsche Kulturbeziehungen im Ausland (VDA) is a German cultural organisation that promotes German culture and German language worldwide.
It was founded in 1881 by Hamburg lawyer Julius Scharlach, and its original name was Allgemeiner Deutscher Schulverein. In 1908, it was renamed Verein für das Deutschtum im Ausland and the current abbreviation VDA, which is usually used, was adopted. It was renamed Volksbund für das Deutschtum im Ausland in 1933. In 1955, it was reestablished under its former name Verein für das Deutschtum im Ausland at the initiative of the Bavarian Prime Minister Wilhelm Hoegner, the Minister of Culture Alois Hundhammer, the chairman of the German Confederation of Trade Unions in Bavaria Max Wönner, industrialist Rudolf Rodenstock and several prominent public figures. It became the Verein für Deutsche Kulturbeziehungen im Ausland in 1998.
Chairman of the organisation is Hartmut Koschyk, a CSU Member of Parliament.
Today sign : VDA logo