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New director: Future Center will be more visible this year

Halle/Leipzig 04. April 2026 11:58 Uhr 2 Min
New director: Future Center will be more visible this year
Uta Bretschneider was most recently Director of the Forum of Contemporary History in Leipzig. (Archipicture) / Photo: Lilli Förter/dpa
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Construction of the planned 277 million euro unity project will not begin until 2028, but the future program director promises that it will soon become more tangible for the population.

The Future Center in Halle is not due to be built until 2028 - but the multi-million euro project is already set to become more tangible for the public. "This year, the program of the Future Center (however) will become much more visible with a variety of offers and events," said the future program director Uta Bretschneider in an interview with the "Leipziger Volkszeitung".

She can understand that some people in Halle are critical of the progress of the project, said the former head of the Contemporary History Forum in Leipzig. The costs for the Future Center are estimated at 277 million euros.

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"Patience!" is required

"Implementing a project of this size takes a lot of time. Especially as the processes have been delayed by the change of government in Berlin. Minister of State Elisabeth Kaiser, the Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Europe, has already pointed this out. The establishment of the institution is in full swing and requires patience from everyone: Patience!" said Bretschneider.

She considers the Future Center to be "absolutely necessary" in terms of content, the cultural scientist emphasized. "The Future Center is needed as a translation facility and as a meeting place. For contemporary witnesses, for researchers, for tourists from near and far, for schoolchildren, for Ossis and Wessis."

German unity "still unfinished"

Bretschneider, who was born in Burgstädt, Saxony, also said that she believes German unity is "still unfinished". "We must continue to work on it. But we must not forget to celebrate the successes. This is also a concern of the Future Center: to make positive aspects and successful transformations visible and to use them as tools for the future."

The Future Center for German Unity and European Transformation is scheduled to open in 2032. In terms of content, the center will pay tribute to the achievements of East Germans after German reunification in 1990, while also highlighting transformation processes as a whole and looking towards Eastern Europe.

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