title: Deutsch-Baltische Gesellschaft
text: # Deutsch-Baltische Gesellschaft
  
  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
  