The Ministry and the Past

Das Amt und die Vergangenheit: Deutsche Diplomaten im Dritten Reich und in der Bundesrepublik (The Ministry and the Past: German Diplomacy in the Third Reich and the Federal Republic) is an 880-page report released by the German Foreign Office and published by Karl Blessing Verlag on October 28, 2010. The report establishes that the Foreign Office was deeply involved in the Holocaust.[1]

History

The report was commissioned by former Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer in 2005[2] and prepared for German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. The report's findings were to be incorporated into training for future German diplomats.

The report has been published commercially, going on sale before it was delivered to Westerwelle[3] and available for €34,95 at some exchanges.[4] As of March 2012, over 75,000 copies of the report had been sold, an unusually high number for a history book that occupies such a specialized niche.[5] Some as such TIME magazine's Berlin correspondent have questioned why it took the German government 65 years to release this report, suggesting there was a widespread cover-up of the diplomats' role in the "Final Solution".[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Germany's Nazi diplomats: The machine's accomplices". The Economist. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. ↑ 'Each Ministry Must Examine Its Own Nazi Past', Der Spiegel. October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010
  3. ↑ 'Each Ministry Must Examine Its Own Nazi Past', James Meikle. The Guardian. October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010
  4. ↑ "Das Amt und die Vergangenheit: Deutsche Diplomaten im Dritten Reich und in der Bundesrepublik", Eckart Conze. Norbert Frei. Peter Hayes. Moshe Zimmermann. ISBN 3-89667-430-7.
  5. ↑ http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,810207-2,00.html
  6. ↑ Were German Diplomats Complicit in the Holocaust?, Tristana More. TIME Magazine. October 27, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010
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