Like other countries, Liechtenstein is interested in reappraising
its history during the period of the Second World War; because confronting the past strengthens a country
for coming to terms with future problems. On 22 May
2001, the Government appointed an Independent Commission of Historians, pursuant to various initiatives
and questions raised in public, and mandated it to investigate questions concerning the role of Liechtenstein
in the Second World War in depth. The Independent Commission of Historians, under the presidency of
Dr. Peter Geiger, consisted of historians from Liechtenstein, Israel, Austria, and Switzerland. Financial
resources in the amount of 3.5 million Swiss francs were available for the research work. At
the same time, the Government appointed an Advisory and Coordination Committee, which advises the Government
in all questions raised in this connection, in particular in the area of domestic and foreign policy,
public relations, and consequences of the historical research. After
nearly four years of work, the Independent Commission of Historians Liechtenstein – Second World War
has now presented its Final Report on its research concerning Liechtenstein's role in the Second World
War. The Final Report is supplemented by individual studies on special topics. An
approximately 40-page summary of the Final Report and the Government's conclusions are available as
of today. A print version of the Final Report, encompassing several hundred pages, and the individual
studies of the Independent Commission of Historians will be published in the summer of 2005. Dr.
Peter Geiger, President of the Independent Commission of Historians, noted with satisfaction that free
and unimpeded access to all archives and documents made an in-depth and detailed analysis possible.
"All archives were open to us. We were able to work undisturbed and entirely without interference,"
the historian confirmed. The Historical Commission is
constituted as follows: - PD Dr.
Peter Geiger,
Schaan, President (PDF, 76.70 KB)
 - Lic.phil.
Arthur Brunhart, Balzers, Vice
President (PDF, 78.52 KB)
- Prof. Dr.
Erika Weinzierl, Vienna (PDF, 63.23 KB)
- Prof.
Dr. Carlo Moos, Zurich (PDF, 77.72 KB)
- Prof.
Dr. David Bankier, Jerusalem (PDF, 61.50 KB)
- Prof.
Dr. Dan Michman, Ramat-Gan (PDF, 71.82 KB)
Media
conference on the presentation of the most important results of the investigations of the Independent
Historical Commission Liechtenstein on 13 April 2005   
Summary
of the Final Report of the Independent
Commission of Historians (PDF, 136.35 KB)
Report and Response
of the Government (PDF, 97.44 KB)
Activity Report of the Advisory
and Coordination Committee (PDF, 49.50 KB)
Chronology of the
historical investigation (PDF, 54.54 KB)
Press release, April
13 2005 (PDF, 51.12 KB) Book
presentation on 18 October 2005 Pressetext
- Untersuchung zu nachrichtenlosen Vermögenswerten bei liechtensteinischen Banken in der NS-Zeit (PDF, 5.14 KB)
Pressetext - Versicherungen in Liechtenstein in der
NS-Zeit (PDF, 4.44 KB)
Pressetext - Liechtensteinische Finanzbeziehungen
in der NS-Zeit (PDF, 7.68 KB)
Pressetext - Liechtensteinische
Industriebetriebe und die Frage nach der Produktion für den deutschen Kriegsbedarf (PDF, 4.31 KB)
Pressetext
- Liechtenstein und der internationale Kunstmarkt 1933-1945 (PDF, 14.78 KB)
Pressetext
- Liechtenstein und die Flüchtlinge zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus (PDF, 3.93 KB)
Präsentation
des Schlussberichts und der Einzelstudien in Vaduz (PDF, 19.41 KB)
Liste
der Veröffentlichungen der Unabhängigen Historikerkommission (PDF, 5.45 KB) Additional
information Press release of June 5, 2009 (PDF, 414.59 KB)
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