Welcome to the International Contergan Thalidomide Alliance (Germany)

The ICTA is an international association of people damaged by Contergan-/Thalidomide. All countries where people were damaged by Thalidomide (= active ingredient of Contergan) are represented. The drug had been either sold directly by the company Grünenthal or was distributed by a licensee.

The ICTA is a grasroot movement. We neither collect membership fees nor do we have an administrative body. This enables us to act fast and independently.

Since the founding of ICTA in January 2008 several changes have occurred in the Federal Republik of Germany:

• 2nd law of changes to the Contergan Trust law
  ("2. Conterganstiftungsänderungsgesetz");
• members of the trust advisory board ("Stiftungsrat") were elected directly by the Thalidomiders;
• significant increase of the montly payments and
• cancellation of the preclusive time limit which enables a lot of Thalidomiders who did nit get any compensation before to apply for benefits from the Contergan Trust ("Conterganstiftung").

We have a substantial mailing list in Germany. You will learn about our cause, campaigns, activities, events as well as various topics specifically of interest to people with disabilities.

We are happy to include you in our mailing list. Just send us an e-mail.

We are a strong group. Only in working together we may reach our goal!!

Claudia Schmidt-Herterich
Udo Herterich
(Campaign Spokespersons of Germany)

Maria Bergner-Willig
(International Coordinator)