The "European Network of Official Authorities in Charge of the Secret-Police Files" – a "Reader on their Legal Foundations, Structures and Activities"
One of the first projects of the European Network of Official Authorities in Charge of the Secret-Police Files was publishing of the "European Network of Official Authorities in Charge of the Secret-Police Files" – a "Reader on their Legal Foundations, Structures and Activities". It was released by BStU in December 2009. The publication consists of descriptive and informational materials concerning Network’s member institutions, the founding paper of the organisation and a foreword by Federal Commissioner Marianne Birthler from the BStU. The Reader focuses on each institution’s most important facts, thoroughly describing the following categories: founding history, legal mandate and tasks, legal form and structure of the institution, archives and delivery status, access to the secret files, collaboration, perspectives of the institution in the light of the public and political debate.
