With sadness, the Max Kade Center shares the passing of Dr. Ruth Marion Reichmann on January 6. Dr. Reichmann was an integral part of the Hoosier German-American community, serving on the board of Indiana German Heritage Society, as its president, and as its newsletter editor for many years. She provided incredible support to the Max …
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Over the past year, the Max Kade Center with the VHS Köln executed a year of programming based upon the grant we received together from the Urban X-Change Network. This resulted in the project, KO:IN Pride, which looked to support and connect the LGBTQIA+ communities in both Indianapolis and Cologne, Germany (Indianapolis’ sister city). You …
Read MoreThe Max Kade Center, with the Volkshochschule Köln (Cologne), and with the support of our city partners–Freundeskreis Köln-Indianapolis and Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Partnership Committee–received a grant to participate in the Urban X-Change Network through September 2023. Funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, MKC, VHS, and our community partners will spearhead events meant to foster …
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Max Kade (1882 – 1967) was a successful pharmaceutical entrepreneur and philanthropist. Born in Steinbach, Germany (near Schwäbisch Hall) in 1882, he immigrated to New York in 1905 and founded a pharmaceutical company through which he built his fortune. In 1944, Max Kade and his wife Annette Marie Baudais, set up the Max Kade Foundation …
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