Dr. Christoph Picker is a theologian, holds a doctorate in church history and is Director of the Protestant Academy of the Palatinate. At the Protestant Academy, he is responsible for the "Southwest German Media Days", the "Landau Academy Talks" and the research project "Incriminating Heritage". Since 2025, he has been a member of the scientific advisory board of the "Hauts lieux de la mémoire nationale" in Île-de-France and Paris. Together with the Peace Academy, he published a handout on dealing with the "Westwall" in 2020.