Tina Brack, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Dr Nikola Eterović, and Martin Hoeck at the Angel Tree event, Westin Grand Hotel Berlin.

For more than 20 years, the traditional Angel Tree charity event organised by the Ambassadors Club has been a highlight of Berlin’s Christmas season. In 2025, the President of the Ambassadors Club, Dr h.c. Mania Feilcke-Dierck, together with Tina Brack, General Manager of the Westin Grand Hotel Berlin, once again hosted the event on Friedrichstraße.

Nearly 30 ambassadors and diplomats from around the world accepted the invitation and, together with the patron of the event, H.E. Archbishop Dr Nikola Eterović, Apostolic Nuncio to Germany, placed gifts beneath the festively decorated Christmas tree.

These gifts were handed over by the Ambassadors Club to the “ICKE in Buch” association at the HELIOS Clinic Berlin-Buch, which distributed them to children and young people who had to remain in hospital over the Christmas period. The recipients responded with overwhelming joy and enthusiasm to the gifts donated by the diplomatic community.

The Angel Tree once again demonstrated how international diplomacy and social responsibility can come together to bring hope and happiness to children during the holiday season.

Photo Caption: Symbolic Image of Gifts (From left: Panote Preechyanud (Counsellor for Culture and Information, Royal Thai Embassy) and Martin Hoeck (Vice President, Ambassadors Club) with gifts donated by the diplomatic staff of the Royal Thai Embassy.

Photos: Sascha Funke