The Deutsch-Baltische Gesellschaft ("German-Baltic Society") is an organization which represents Baltic German refugees expelled from Estonia and Latvia during World War II and its aftermath. It was established in 1950 as the Deutsch-Baltische Landsmannschaft im Bundesgebiet.
The organization is based in Darmstadt, Hesse. Its youth organization is the Deutschbaltischer Jugend- und Studentenring. Society Chairman Georg von Manteuffel-Szoege (1950-1962) Axel de Vries (1962-1963 comm.) Erik von Sivers (1963-1973) Rudolf von Wistinghausen (1973-1980) Klas Lackschewitz (1980-1984) Hans Erich Seuberlich (1984) Runar of Sivers (1985-1989) Waltraut Dame von Tiesenhausen (1989-1996) Heinz-Adolf Treu (1996-2005) Eckhart Neander (2005-2010) Frank von Auer (2010-2015) Christian von Boetticher (since October 31, 2015)
Corporate members Carl-Schirren-Gesellschaft e. V. - German-Baltic cultural work German Baltic youth and student ring e. V. German Baltic Studienstiftung German-Baltic Genealogical Society (DBGG) German-Baltic church service eV (auxiliary committee of the ev.-luth. Deutschbalten) Baltic monuments eV
See also Nazi–Soviet population transfers Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950) Federation of Expellees All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights References
External links Deutsch-Baltische Gesellschaft Deutschbaltischer Jugend- und Studentenring