Culture and CSR

Press releases
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Holocaust Remembrance Day: Volkswagen commemorates the victims of Nazism
Volkswagen is going to commemorate the victims of the Nazi regime on Friday, January 27, 2023, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Memorial Day for the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp. By acting as partner of the exhibition “Sixteen objects – Seventy Years of Yad Vashem” in Berlin and holding memorial ceremonies at Auschwitz and at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, the Group honors the memory and calls for public remembrance and tribute to the victims. -
Volkswagen supports exhibition by Isaac Julien, winner of the internationally renowned “Kaiserring Goslar” art award
Volkswagen supports the exhibition of this year’s winner of the Kaiserring art award Isaac Julien. From October 8th until January 29th, two artworks of the acclaimed British artist and filmmaker are going to be on view at the Mönchehaus Museum in Goslar. In its role as partner of the exhibition Volkswagen helps the region to ensure that art is accessible to a large audience. -
In 60 days from Berlin to Kassel: Volkswagen and Frauenhofer Institute support citizenship, a documenta project
A roof converted into a ship, a propulsion system that combines recycling and sustainability and a travel format which is centered around encounters: the citizenship project by ZK/U Berlin is an energetic contribution to documenta fifteen. Volkswagen supports the project and its journey through Germany to the world’s most important exhibition for contemporary art. -
Volkswagen commemorates the victims of the Holocaust
On the occasion of today’s International Holocaust Memorial Day, Volkswagen commemorated the victims of National Socialism by laying a wreath at the Wolfsburg plant. In accordance with the current Corona regulations, Group Human Resources Director Gunnar Kilian, Plant Manager Dr. Rainer Fessel and Group Works Council Chairwoman Daniela Cavallo laid a wreath at the memorial stone in Südstraße at the Wolfsburg plant on behalf of the workforce.