
About us
About us
The supporting organisation of the Documentation Centre is the Foundation for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation, which was established by the German Bundestag in December 2008 as a non-party, dependent foundation under public law. The Foundation is under the organising institution of the Foundation Deutsches Historisches Museum (DHM). It is funded by the State Minister for Culture and the Media.
Boards
The bodies of the Foundation for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation are the Foundation Board and the Scientific Advisory Board.
The Foundation Board of the Federal Foundation for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation has the following composition:
For the German Bundestag:
Stephan Mayer MdB
Awet Tesfaiesus MdB
Marianne Schieder MdB
Thomas Hacker MdB
For the Federal Government:
Chairman: Dr. Andreas Görgen, Leitender Beamter bei der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM)
Secretary of State Katja Keul MdB, Federal Foreign Office
Jörn Thießen, Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community
For the Federation of Expellees (BdV):
Prof. Dr. Bernd Fabritius
Stephan Grigat
Christian Knauer
Iris Ripsam MdB
Johann Thießen
Editha Westmann MdL
For the Evangelical Church in Germany:
Dr. Johann Hinrich Claussen
Prof. Dr. Katja Lembke
For the Catholic Church in Germany:
Weihbischof Dr. Reinhard Hauke
Dr. Jörg Lüer
For the Central Council of Jews in Germany:
Mark Dainow
Barbara Traub
Members by virtue of office:
Prof. Dr. Harald Biermann, President of the Foundation »Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland«
Prof. Dr. Raphael Gross, President of the Foundation »Deutsches Historisches Museum« as supporting foundation of the Foundation for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
The International Scientific Advisory Board advises the Foundation Board and the Director on technical issues in accordance with the Foundation's purpose. It consists of 13 members who are appointed by the Foundation Council.
The Scientific Advisory Board has the following composition:
Dr. Peter Becher, Adalbert Stifter Verein e.V., München
Dr. Mathias Beer, Institut für Donauschwäbische Geschichte und Landeskunde, Tübingen
Stellvertretende Vorsitzende: Dr. Simone Blaschke, Deutsches Auswandererhaus, Bremerhaven
Prof. Dr. Monika Fenn, Universität Potsdam, Historisches Institut, Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Mary Fulbrook, University College London, European Institute, London, Großbritannien
Prof. Dr. Hans-Lukas Kieser, Universität Zürich, Historisches Seminar, Zürich, Schweiz und University Newcastle, Centre for the History of Violence, Newcastle, Australien
Vorsitzender: Prof. Dr. Frank-Lothar Kroll, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Philosophische Fakultät, Chemnitz
Prof. Dr. Stephan Lehnstaedt, Touro College Berlin ―Campus am Rupenhorn, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Piotr Madajczyk, Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN, Warschau, Polen
Ondřej Matějka, Institut für Erforschung totalitärer Regime, Prag, Tschechien
Prof. Dr. Norman Naimark, Stanford University, Department of History, Stanford, USA
Prof. Dr. Jochen Oltmer, Universität Osnabrück, Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien, Osnabrück
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Miloš Vec, Universität Wien, Institut für Rechts-und Verfassungsgeschichte, Wien, Österreich