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TheCarl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation aims to promotescience. The foundation was established in 1958 on the initiative of entrepreneurErnst von Siemens. The managing director was the philosopherHeinrich Meier until March 2022.[1] In the summer semester of 2022, the literary scholar Marcel Lepper took over the management.[2] Since February 22, 2023, the foundation has been temporarily managed by Carola Schütt, who previously held the commercial management.[3] Armin Mohler, who popularized the concept of theconservative revolution, chaired the foundation for many years from 1964 to 1985, making the foundation a central place for the “New Right” of the time.[4][5][6]
Ernst von Siemens, chairman of the supervisory board ofSiemens AG from 1956 to 1971, established the Foundation from his private assets. It bears the name of his father Carl Friedrich von Siemens, who was also chairman of the supervisory board of Siemens Group between 1919 and 1941. From 1964 the foundation's managing director was the publicistArmin Mohler, and in 1985Heinrich Meier succeeded Mohler. Since October 2023, the foundation has had an award-winning politician and administrative official as its managing director,Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen.
Mohler used the foundation mainly for political events. An example of this is a famos series onCarl Schmitt organized by Mohler in 1978. The lectures were then published byPropyläen-Verlag under the titleDer Ernstfall as the second volume in the Foundation's series of publications, even though Schmitt was academically and journalistically isolated because of his commitment toNazi Germany. Speakers were Among othersKnut Borchardt,Paul Carell,Hellmut Diwald andChristian Meier. The series was understood as a tribute to Schmitt. Other publications of the foundations also dealt with persons or topics related to theNew Right.
In 1980, the historianErnst Nolte gave a lecture at the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation entitledZwischen Geschichtslegende und Revisionismus (Between Historical Legend and Revisionism), which theFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published, thus triggering theHistorikerstreit, the so-called historians' dispute.
To award the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Fellowships to outstanding scientists (since 1993). These fellowships support the completion of research by outstanding scientists.
To support the supplement of scientific literature, which includes the supply of university libraries.
To organize guest events, scientific conferences and international symposia. Special emphasis is placed on promoting contact between German and foreign scientists.
Numerous experts on right-wing extremism, such asPeter Glotz consider the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation under the management of Armin Mohlers to be a think tank of the New Right and assign the foundation to the New Right.
