Alexandra Hildebrandt

Alexandra Hildebrandt
US-Ambassador William Timken and Alexandra Hildebrandt at Checkpoint Charlie
Born	27 February 1959 Kiev, Ukraine, USSR
Occupation	Artist Co-founder of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum author human rights activist political activist
Spouse(s)	Rainer Hildebrandt

Alexandra Hildebrandt (born on February 27, 1959 in Kiev) is a German artist, author, political activist and human rights activist , as well as co-founder and current Director of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum and the chair of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft 13. August Association. In 1995, she married the museum's other co-founder and former Director Rainer Hildebrandt, and they remained married until his death in 2004. She is internationally noted for leading the construction of the Freedom Memorial, which was controversially demolished by the Berlin city government in 2005. The focus of Alexandra Hildebrandts work is the preservation and advancement of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum, the rehabilitation of the victims of the GDR-Regime and the clarification of more destinies of refugees, who suffered death at the East-West border. Furthermore, she takes a stand for the worldwide non-violent struggle for human rights, which was a matter very close to her late husbands heart. In 2004 she endowed the International Human Rights Award „Dr. Rainer Hildebrandt Medal, which is given annually in recognition of extraordinary, non-violent commitment to human rights.

Members of the jury include: Henry Kissinger, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Joachim Gauck, Avi Primor, James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, Sara Nachama and Rainer Haushofer(nephew of Albrecht Haushofer).