Project Management and Organization
Magistrate of the University Town Giessen
in collaboration with the Traveling Summer Republic

Co-organizers
German-American Heritage Foundation, Washington D.C.
Cultural Church St. Stephen, Bremen
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis

Project Manager and Academic Director
Dr. Ludwig Brake – City Archives of Giessen

Project Managers and Artistic Directors
Oliver Behnecke | Bremen
Peter Roloff | Berlin

Academic and Artistic Realization
Team of Traveling Summer Republic
Andrew Cook | Translation | Berlin
Sala Deinema | Curator “Utopia“ Film Series | Berlin
Manuela Demmler | Press and PR | Bremen
Annette Eidmann | Organization, Program | Giessen
Julia Erb | Production Assistant | Giessen
Christiane Gartner | Young Student Programs | Bremen
Christoph Geiger | Graphic Design for Exhibition and Visual
Identitiy | Frankfurt
Manfred Hielscher | Montage, “VideoBook Dialogue“ | Berlin
Dorris Keeven-Franke | Research, Text, Organization |
St. Charles, MO
Helen Klinge | Travel Consultant Travel Agency "Muss i denn Tours & Cargo Trips" | Bremen
Kulturmassnahmen | Performances „The Message“ | Berlin
Andrea Kuserau | Utopia Library | Schweinfurt
Maja Maria Liebau | Exhibition Texts, Video “8 and 16” | Bremen
Gale McKiddy | Translation | St. Charles, MO
Gary McKiddy | School Programs | St. Charles, MO
Anaïs Marie Perier | Travel Consultant Travel Agency "Muss i denn Tours & Cargo Trips" | Bremen
Rita Rohrbach | Educational Syllabus “Stay or Leave” | Giessen
Rolf Schmidt | Research, Text | Bremen
Ulla Schmidt | Graphic and Editorial Design | Berlin
Henry Schneider | Rechearch, Dramatic Consultant | Berlin
Klaus Seifert | Travel Musician | Odenwald
Kilian Spiethoff | Research, Text | Bad Reichenhall
Esther Steinbrecher | Performances „Muss i denn Tours & Cargo Trips“ | Berlin
Christian Weber | Utopia Today | Berlin
Manuela Weichenrieder | Production Manager | Bremen
Hendrik Weiner | Exhibition Design and Implementation | Bremen
Folker Winkelmann | Photography | Bremen

Implementation
Edition Maxim Bremen in collaboration with
City Archives Giessen with support from the Cultural Office
of the University Town Giessen

Other Project Partners
CARGOTRANS (Bremen) GmbH – Internationale Spedition
BLG Logistics Group Bremen
Goethe-Institut Washington D.C.
German Historical Institute, Washington D.C.
German Embassy, Washington D.C.
Heinrich Böll Stiftung Bremen
Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen
Bremer Rat für Integration
Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Bremen
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri
Kultur Vor Ort e.V. Bremen               
Neue Oberschule Gröpelingen, Bremen
Gesamtschule West Bremen
Liebigschule Gießen
grenzlinien.com
Filmbüro Bremen e.V.
Begegnungsstätte Schwanewede e.V.
Museum Schloss Schönebeck
German Heritage Club of Saint Charles County, Missouri
St. Charles County Historical Society
The Missouri Council for History Education
"Die Brücke" Deutsch-Amerikanischer Klub Gießen-Wetzlar e.V.
German Emigration Center Bremerhaven

Providers of Funding for Exhibition
Transatlantic Program of the Federal Government of Germany
Magistrate of the University Town Giessen
Prime Minister of the State of Hesse

Providers of Funding for Sub-projects:
Cultural Foundation of Hesse
Senator for Culture, State of Bremen
Chamber of Labor Bremen
The Hessen State Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts
Cultural Foundation of Giessen

A contribution of the City of Giessen to the
Georg Büchner Commemoration Years 2012/2013