Our responsibility today: historical approaches for police trainees as part of their
education program
(Flossenbürg Memorial – Flossenbürg, Germany)
The educational staff of Flossenbürg Memorial frequently offers programs for future Police Officers
as a one-day study-program at the Memorial. The focus lays on the history of the collaboration according
the police and the concentration camp personnel/SS during Nazi time as well as the police in general as
part of the Nazi-power. The program offers material to discuss the traditional helping role of the police
and the participation in crimes and the violation of human rights during the Nazi time. The goal of the
study-program is be aware of decision-making in the professional framework of Police order as well as a
reflection on their professional acting relating on human rights as state representatives. The educational
staff of Flossenbürg Memorial collaborates since 2013 with regional Police Schools which implement this
study-program as part of their three-years-training for Police Officers.
