Deutsch-italienische Historikerkommission
La Commissione storica italo-tedesca
The German-Italian Historical Commission was established in 2008/9 by Foreign Ministers Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Franco Frattini. The Historical Commission jointly researched the German-Italian wartime past, especially with regard to Italian military internees. It saw its work as a contribution to bringing the cultures of memory of the two countries closer together. It opted for an experiential-historical approach. The ten-member, high-level commission chaired by Professors Wolfgang Schieder and Mariano Gabriele was able to work in complete independence, and in December 2012 it presented a final report, which made a groundbreaking contribution to research into the common wartime past in the years 1943 to1945. The report is 182 pages long and it is divided into five chapters:
- Germans and Italians between 1943 and 1945
- The perspective of the German soldiers
- The experiences of the Italian population with the German occupation forces
- The experiences of the Italian military internees
- Recommendations of the Commission
Website
https://italien.diplo.de/it-de/03-WillkommeninItalien/deutschland-in-italien/-/2577032
Country
Germany, Italy
Runtime
2009-2012
Contact
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Results of Activity
Publications:
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