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„Albert Schweitzer im Hier und Jetzt“
“Albert Schweitzer in the here and now”
Event by: Albert Schweitzer Stiftung - Wohnen & Betreuen
Location: Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Breitscheidplatz, Berlin - Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
About event
How can Albert Schweitzer's values provide orientation and support today, in a time full of change and challenges? The Albert Schweitzer Foundation - Living & Care will address this question at this year's memorial event on January 14, 2026 in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. Under the motto “Albert Schweitzer in the here and now”, starting at 7:30 p.m., the foundation would like to show how Schweitzer's legacy still connects people today and how his values are lived in concrete terms in their daily work.
Managing director Jörg Schwarzer as well as management Nina Hube, Ilona Kolbe, Esther Lehr and works council member Annelie Kirchner - moderated by Stephan Drüen - will talk about how The basic attitude of “reverence for life” can be experienced in daily work: in society and the public, in care, in the support of people with disabilities, in social psychiatry and in the respectful interaction of employees. "We want to show how we keep Albert Schweitzer's values alive. In small gestures, in attentive encounters and in an attitude that treats everyone with respect and openness," emphasizes managing director Jörg Schwarzer.
The event will be musically accompanied by organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach, played by the renowned church musician Sebastian Heindl. A particularly touching moment will be the joint performance of the inclusive foundation choir “InTakt” and the neighborhood choir “Die PankePerlen”. With the foundation song "We live it" and a medley about Albert Schweitzer's stages in life, they invite the audience to directly experience the unifying power of music.
The foundation choir was originally founded in 2013 for this memorial service. Since then, his performances on many occasions have stood for lived participation and a togetherness that overcomes barriers: users of care and support services, volunteers and employees sing side by side - a visible and audible sign of community and humanity. For many years, this memorial service has been organized on a rotating basis by the Albert Schweitzer Foundation - Living & Care and the Albert Schweitzer Children's Villages and Family Works e.V.
Admission to the event is free. Donations to support the work of the Albert Schweitzer Foundation – Living & Care are warmly requested.