Since 2000, the Stiftung Brandenburger Tor has its headquarters in the Max Liebermann Haus in central Berlin. Founded by the bank Berliner Sparkasse, its declared ambition is to influence the development of society through culture.₁
 
A critical approach is, although, advisable given that Sparkasse’s investment fund (Deka Investment),₂ like those of other financial institutions (e.g. DZ-Bank’s Union Investment), is indirectly involved in the armaments industry.₃ Banks sell their customers general bonds in in-house investment funds, which may then re-invest the money in armaments companies. For example, Union Investment has invested in Airbus, Honeywell, and Northrop Grumman. Even those investment groups which brand themselves as sustainable or exclude armament investments from their portfolio are not automatically “unarmed,” according to the NGOs: sustainable funds, too, may invest in conglomerates that generate five or ten percent of their sales with defense equipment.₄
 
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