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Founded | 7 July 1969 |
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Founder | Siegfried and Ute Steiger |
Type | Benevolent (Medical and Emergency Aid) |
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Area served | Germany |
Method | Charitable donations to emergency medical services, funding of emergency vehicles, public finance. |
Owner | Siegfried and Ute Steiger |
Key people | Pierre-Enric Steiger (President) |
Website |
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The Björn Steiger Foundation (Björn Steiger Stiftung) is a German charity which assists in providing funding for emergency services, and rescue organisations. [1] It is named after a 8-year-old child, Björn Steiger, who died in 1969 after being hit by a car whilst returning home from a communal swimming pool. Despite several calls to emergency services it took nearly one hour until paramedics arrived. Björn Steiger died from shock on the way to the hospital. [2] Shortly after this incident, his parents, Siegfried and Ute Steiger, set up the foundation in his memory. [3] [4]
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Founded | 7 July 1969 |
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Founder | Siegfried and Ute Steiger |
Type | Benevolent (Medical and Emergency Aid) |
Location |
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Area served | Germany |
Method | Charitable donations to emergency medical services, funding of emergency vehicles, public finance. |
Owner | Siegfried and Ute Steiger |
Key people | Pierre-Enric Steiger (President) |
Website |
www |
The Björn Steiger Foundation (Björn Steiger Stiftung) is a German charity which assists in providing funding for emergency services, and rescue organisations. [1] It is named after a 8-year-old child, Björn Steiger, who died in 1969 after being hit by a car whilst returning home from a communal swimming pool. Despite several calls to emergency services it took nearly one hour until paramedics arrived. Björn Steiger died from shock on the way to the hospital. [2] Shortly after this incident, his parents, Siegfried and Ute Steiger, set up the foundation in his memory. [3] [4]
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