diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/mitkAnnotationNodeSelectionListener.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/mitkAnnotationNodeSelectionListener.cpp
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+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#include "mitkAnnotationNodeSelectionListener.h"
+#include "berryISelectionService.h"
+#include "berryPlatformUI.h"
+#include "mitkDataNodeSelection.h"
+
+void mitk::AnnotationNodeSelectionListener::SelectionChanged(const berry::IWorkbenchPart::Pointer &part,
+                                                             const berry::ISelection::ConstPointer &selection)
+{
+  const auto nodeSelection = dynamic_cast<const mitk::DataNodeSelection *>(selection.GetPointer());
+  if (nodeSelection)
+  {
+    auto nodes = nodeSelection->GetSelectedDataNodes();
+    if (!nodes.empty())
+    {
+      m_SelectedDataNode = nodes.front();
+      this->Modified();
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+mitk::DataNode::Pointer mitk::AnnotationNodeSelectionListener::GetSelectedDataNode() const
+{
+  return m_SelectedDataNode.IsExpired() ? nullptr : m_SelectedDataNode.Lock();
+}
+
+mitk::AnnotationNodeSelectionListener::AnnotationNodeSelectionListener()
+{
+  auto windows = berry::PlatformUI::GetWorkbench()->GetWorkbenchWindows();
+  auto activeWindow = berry::PlatformUI::GetWorkbench()->GetActiveWorkbenchWindow();
+  auto selectionService = activeWindow->GetSelectionService();
+  selectionService->AddPostSelectionListener(this);
+}
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/mitkAnnotationNodeSelectionListener.h b/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/mitkAnnotationNodeSelectionListener.h
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+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+#ifndef MITKANNOTATIONNODESELECTIONLISTENER_H
+#define MITKANNOTATIONNODESELECTIONLISTENER_H
+
+#include "berryISelectionListener.h"
+#include "mitkDataNode.h"
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+  class AnnotationNodeSelectionListener : public berry::ISelectionListener, public itk::Object
+  {
+  public:
+    itkFactorylessNewMacro(AnnotationNodeSelectionListener);
+    void SelectionChanged(const berry::IWorkbenchPart::Pointer &part,
+                          const berry::ISelection::ConstPointer &selection) override;
+
+    DataNode::Pointer GetSelectedDataNode() const;
+
+  private:
+    AnnotationNodeSelectionListener();
+
+    WeakPointer<DataNode> m_SelectedDataNode;
+  };
+} // namespace mitk
+
+#endif // MITKANNOTATIONNODESELECTIONLISTENER_H