Established by Parliament to investigate and document the practices of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) government between 1949-1989 (40 years); broader mandate than gross human rights violations - looked at political-historical circumstances and gave political-ethical assessments.
Updated in October 2007
NAME OF MECHANISMEnquet Kommission Aufarbeitung von Geschiche und Folgen der SED-Diktator in Deutschland - Study Commission for the Assessment of the History and Consequences of the SED Dictatorship in Germany.
1992-1994
Mandate: Established by Parliament to investigate and document the practices of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) government between 1949-1989 (40 years); broader mandate than gross human rights violations - looked at political-historical circumstances and gave political-ethical assessments.
Staff: Made up of 36 commissioners
Structure: Largely research-based with 40 public hearings where papers were presented. An additional 100 witnesses were heard.
Bericht der Enquet-Kommission ‘Aufarbeitung von Geschiche und Folgen der SED-Diktator in Deutschland’ (June 1994). Report was 18 volumes in total.