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Study Commission for the Assessment of the History and Consequences of the SED Dictatorship Print E-mail
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NAME OF MECHANISM

Enquet 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.

 
YEARS OF OPERATION
1992-1994
 
MANDATE AND OPERATIONS

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.

 

FINAL REPORT

Bericht der Enquet-Kommission ‘Aufarbeitung von Geschiche und Folgen der SED-Diktator in Deutschland’  (June 1994).  Report was 18 volumes in total. 

 
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COMPLETE