Book presentation and discussion

THE FOREIGN OFFICE AND THE PAST: GERMAN DIPLOMATS THE THIRD REICH AND IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC

Eckart Conze, Norbert Frei, Peter Hayes, Moshe Zimmermann

Das Amt und die Vergangenheit: Deutsche Diplomaten im Dritten Reich und in der Bundesrepublik

One of the most enduring legends about the Third Reich is the claim that the Foreign Office had been a stronghold of resistance during the Nazi era. Many files, accessible in part for the first time, show how representatives of the Foreign Service actually behaved when Hitler came to power.

The independent historical Commission, appointed by Joschka Fischer in 2005, presents their report together with the two ministers who were in office during the work of the Commission: Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Joschka Fischer.

An event by Blessing Verlag in cooperation with the Haus der Kulturen der Welt