After working as an architect, Uta Pankoke is now the chairwoman of „Château d’Orion e.V. – Freundeskreis zur Förderung interkultureller Projekte -“ (Château d’Orion Association of Friends for the Promotion of Intercultural Projects): Gurs internment camp, discussions with Franco-German school groups, against forgetting and reflections on the culture of remembrance; art in the Gurs camp, organisation of discussion concerts „Escape to freedom – remembrance in texts and music“, a Franco-German cooperation project, commitment to Franco-German friendship in cooperation with the Association for the Promotion of Franco-German Culture and the Château d’Orion. Organisation of theatre performances, „Dr. Faustus“ after Thomas Mann and about the cultural critic and philosopher „Walter Benjamin“.