Statements of principles and position papers

The latest statements of principles from the Advisory Boards

The Advisory Boards took up their work on the Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism at the beginning of 2005. Since then, the Board of Trustees, the Political Advisory Board and the Academic Advisory Board have met and exchanged views on a very regular basis and the following position papers (in German) have now been produced.

• ‚Recommendations of the Academic Advisory Board on the Conceptual Orientation of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism’, 23 June 2006
• The Board of Trustees adopting the Academic Advisory Board’s recommendations subject to special provisions, 14 July 2006
• The Political Advisory Board on the Academic Advisory Board’s recommendations, 3 July 2006
• Guidelines, Board of Trustees, 12 September 2005

Earlier statements of principles

Before the advisory boards were set up, a wide range of preliminary work was undertaken by the City of Munich, the Free State of Bavaria and public initiatives. Several position papers and expert opinions (in German) were produced.

• Advisory Report of the City of Munich, 2004
• Advisory Report by the Institute for Contemporary History, 2004
• Position Paper on the aspect of gender, 2004
• Conference Papers ‚Men and Women in the Nazi era’, 2004
• Thesis Paper by the ‚Community Initiative for a Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism’, 2002