In postwar divided Germany, two parallel organizations took its place. The western successor organization was called the "Akademie der Künste", founded in 1954 under President Hans Scharoun, which resided in the rebuilt Hansaviertel quarter of West Berlin. The eastern successor organization was founded on 24 March 1950 as the "Deutsche Akademie der Künste" in East Berlin which became the Akademie der Künste der DDR in 1972, then the "Akademie der Künste zu Berlin" in 1990. Its presidents included Arnold Zweig, Ludwig Renn, Johannes R. Becher, Otto Nagel, Willi Bredel, Konrad Wolf, Manfred Wekwerth and Heiner Müller.