The Foundation Council

Chairperson
Christian Tischner, Thuringian Minister for Education, Science and Culture
2001 - 2006 Studied history, political science, economics, sociology and educational sciences at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
2006 - 2011 Trainee teacher and teacher of history and social studies at the grammar school in Greiz
2008 - 2012 Research assistant for didactics of politics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Since 2009 Member of the CDU parliamentary group of the Greiz district council
Since 2013 Teacher of history and social studies at the ‘Adolf Reichwein’ co-operative comprehensive school (regular school/grammar school) in Jena (currently on leave)
2014 - present Member of the Thuringian State Parliament
2017 - present Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Thuringian State Centre for Political Education
2017 - 2019 Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry ‘Racism and Discrimination’ of the Thuringian state parliament
2024 - today State Chairman of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberführsorge e.V., Thuringia State Association

Board Members
Ministerialdirigentin Maria Bering
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media
Ministerialrätin Dr. Brita Bopf
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media
Oberregierungsrätin Fabienne Wohland
Thuringian Ministry of Finance
Peter Kleine
Lord Mayor of the City of Weimar
Stefan Nüßle
First Councillor Rural District of Nordhausen
Vera Szackamer
The Central Council of Jews in Berlin
André Raatzsch
Central Council of German Sinti and Roma
Academic Advisory Board

Chairperson
Prof. Dr. Sybille Steinbacher, Director of the Fritz Bauer Institute and holds the Chair for Research on the History and Impact of the Holocaust in the History Department of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
1986 Studied Modern and Recent History, Medieval History, and Political Science at the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich
1992 Magistra Artium at the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (Masters thesis: "Dachau. Die Stadt und das Konzentrationslager in der NS-Zeit. Die Untersuchung einer Nachbarschaft," 2nd edition, Frankfurt a.M. et al., 1994)
1998 Doctorate at the Faculty of History of the Ruhr University Bochum (Dissertation: "'Musterstadt' Auschwitz. Germanisierungspolitik und Judenmord in Ostoberschlesien," Munich, 2000)
2010 Post-doctorate in the Faculty of Philosophy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Venia legendi in Modern and Recent History (Post-doctoral thesis: "Wie der Sex nach Deutschland kam. Der Kampf um Sittlichkeit und Anstand in der frühen Bundesrepublik," Munich, 2011).
2010 University Professor of Contemporary History / Comparative Dictatorship, Violence and Genocide Studies in the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna
2017 Director of the Fritz Bauer Institute and Chair for Research on the History and Impact of the Holocaust in the History Department at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Board Members
Prof. Dr. Mary Fulbrook, University College London
Dr. Bettina Habsburg-Lothringen, Joanneum Museum Academy, Graz
Dr. Andrea Hänger, Federal Archives
Dr. Christian Ingrao, Institut d'Histoire du Temps Présent Paris
Prof. Dr. Omar Kamil, University of Erfurt
Prof. Dr. Verena Krieger, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Dr. Ulrike Lorenz, Klassik Stiftung Weimar
Dr. habil. Piotr Maciej Majewski, Uniwersytet Warszawski
Prof. Dr. Bertrand Perz, University of Vienna
Prof. Dr. Dieter Pohl, University of Klagenfurt
Dr. Irina Scherbakowa, Weimar
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Schüler-Springorum, Director of the Center for Research on Anti-Semitism at the Technical University of Berlin
Prof. Dr. Hermann Wentker (Deputy Chairperson), Institut für Zeitgeschichte Berlin
Prof. Dr. Lale Yildirim, Professor for Didactics of History at the Department of History of the University of Osnabrück and at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies
Advisory Board of Former Inmates, Buchenwald Concentration Camp

Chairperson
Georg Naftali Fürst (Israel)

Board Members
Professor Dr. Robert Bardfeld (Czech Republic) †
Günter Pappenheim (Germany) †
Éva Pusztai (Hungary, Deputy Chairperson) †
Gilberto Salmoni (Italy)
Pierre Suzor (France) †
Advisory Board of Former Inmates, Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp

Chairperson
Albert van Hoey (Belgium) †
Board Members
Roland Boisson (France, Deputy Chairperson) †
Albert van Dijk (The Netherlands) †
Oto Konstein (Croatia)
Advisory Board of Former Inmates, Soviet Special Camp No. 2

Chairperson
Günther Rudolph †
Board Members
Gerhard Etzold †
Rolf Staudte †
Ingeborg Thiemeyer †