For the dismissed Director of the Stasi victim-hohenschönhausen memorial, Hubertus Knabe, is looking for a successor or a successor. The job will advertised in this week to the public, said state Minister for Culture Monika Grütters (CDU) in Berlin on Tuesday. The renewal of the office she has set up a seven-member search Committee.

The body of the land Commissioner for the reappraisal of the SED dictatorship in East Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Birgit Neumann-Becker, the Director of the Foundation of Berlin wall memorial, Axel klausmeier, the Brandenburg dictatorship Commissioner Maria Nooke, and the Director Foundation topography of terror, Andreas Nachama, to belong. Other members of the historians, Christian Sachse of the Union of victim associations of Communist tyranny (UOKG), the former Parliamentary state Secretary in the Federal financial supervisor Ministry, and former immigrants, Hartmut Koschyk (CSU), and the former head of the Stasi records Agency (BStU), Marianne Birthler.

First five-years period

The terms and conditions of service of the new memorial Board is limited to the information according to to five years, but will contain an Option to renew. The new Director or the new Director will at the same time appointed to the management Board by the Land of Berlin and by the Federal government-supported Foundation, the memorial Berlin-hohenschönhausen.

The longtime Director Hubertus Knabe was on 25. September, in the Wake of harassment allegations against the Vice-memorial Director Helmuth Frauendorfer by the Board of Trustees of the memorial of his duties have been discharged. In addition, he was terminated in the spring of this year. The Board of Trustees accused him of not being firm enough against the sexual harassment of women, by the Deputy to proceed.

the boy rejected the allegations and complained against his dismissal. In mid-December, both parties agreed to an out-of-court settlement. Boy received an allegedly five-digit settlement, both sides agreed not to disclose. The FDP group in the house of representatives wants to use to the reasons behind the displacement of a Committee of inquiry. (epd)

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