Promotion of culture and science according to § 96 BVFG

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The § 96 of the Federal Law of 1953 committed federal and state governments, due to the given by the Basic Law responsibility to preserve the cultural heritage of the expulsion areas. Paragraph 96 refers to the areas of Eastern Europe in which Germans lived or still live.

History and content

Since the original version of 1953, the law on the affairs of displaced persons and refugees has regulated the legal framework for the reintegration of German refugees, displaced persons and resettlers into the Federal Republic of Germany . The Germans of the former Eastern Territoriesif they were to be integrated accordingly, "but not assimilated in a form that they would no longer have been recognizable as an independent group of victims, their cultural maintenance was required". Section 96 of the BVFG, also known as the “cultural paragraph”, forms the very basis for the federal and state funding measures in the fields of culture and science. Funding is based on the principle of subsidiarity. The original version of May 19, 1953 was replaced by an expanded new version that came into force on July 27, 1957, in which foreign countries were included as a further addressee and additional areas were included in the funding. In this version, which is still valid today, Section 96 has the following wording:

"In accordance with their responsibilities under the Basic Law, the federal and state governments have to preserve the cultural assets of the displaced areas in the awareness of the displaced persons and refugees, the entire German people and abroad, to secure, supplement and evaluate archives, museums and libraries, as well as artistic institutions and to ensure and promote training. They have to promote science and research in fulfilling the tasks that result from the displacement and the integration of the displaced and refugees, as well as the further development of the cultural achievements of the displaced and refugees. The Federal Government reports annually to the Bundestag on what it has initiated. "

- Section 96 of the Federal Expellees Act

Regions and partners

Due to the massive expulsion of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe and the associated political relevance, the first version of Section 96 referred only to German expellees and resettlers, and consequently also to the preservation of German culture. With the extension adopted four years later "in the awareness of the displaced and refugees, the entire German people and abroad " and the already existing formulation of the "cultural property of the displaced areas ", the basis of the promotion of culture and science was set in a wider framework enables close cooperation with the following regions:

In the former Prussian provinces,

as well as in today's states:

Funding from the federal and state governments

In the young Federal Republic of Germany, the Federal Ministry for Expellees, Refugees and War Victims (BMVt) provided cultural and scientific support for the displaced persons and areas of displacement . After the BMVt was integrated into the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI), it took on the tasks of funding. Ultimately, the area of ​​responsibility fell to the “ Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media ”, newly created under Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder . In the course of the 2000s, this established numerous institutions that were able to react more specifically and flexibly to collaborations, projects and scientific exchange. In the meantime, numerous institutions, museums and associations are funded on the basis of § 96. In contrast to the 50s and 60s, when the focus of the work was on promoting the cultural assets of the former German eastern areas, today we work together with all eastern areas in which Germans lived and live.

Libraries

Cultural education

Museums

science

Promotion of young scientists

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Joachim Mähnert, Museum Director of the East Prussian State Museum, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the BVFG (lecture). In: Blog of the East Prussian State Museum , March 19, 2013
  2. ^ Online encyclopedia of the University of Oldenburg , a project of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg