{"id":31205,"date":"2020-06-22T17:28:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T15:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aufarbeitungskommission.de\/?page_id=31205"},"modified":"2026-07-09T08:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T06:52:13","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aufarbeitungskommission.de\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-prj-pt-gutenberg-blocks-textbox alignfull wp-block-cover has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim has-white-color has-blue-background-color\" style=\"background-image:url(\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sattblau_3.jpg);background-position:50% 15%\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__gradient-background\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\"><div><div class=\"content\"><h1 class=\"header\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong><\/h1><p class=\"main-text\">to the website of the Independent Federal Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in Germany<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-prj-pt-gutenberg-blocks-linkbutton alignwide\"><div class=\"content\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The inquiry is investigating all forms of child sexual abuse that occurred in the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR from 1949 onwards. This includes sexual violence in families, in institutions, in social environments as well as violence inflicted by external perpetrators or in the context of organised sexual exploitation. Those who were sexually abused in their childhood or youth should be given the opportunity to talk about the injustice they suffered or to report it in writing, even if it occurred years earlier. They would then know that their suffering has been recognised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls poster=\"https:\/\/www.aufarbeitungskommission.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kommission_Film_Thumbnail_01_Playbutton.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aufarbeitungskommission.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kommission_MmE_Kurzversion-02_Fokus-MmE_16zu9_final.mp4\"><track src=\"https:\/\/www.aufarbeitungskommission.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/en-GB-Kommission_MmE_Kurzversion-02_16zu9_01.mp4.vtt\" label=\"English\" srclang=\"en\" kind=\"subtitles\"\/><track src=\"https:\/\/www.aufarbeitungskommission.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kommission_MmE_Kurzversion-02_16zu9_01.mp4.vtt\" label=\"Deutsch\" srclang=\"de\" kind=\"subtitles\"\/><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-prj-pt-gutenberg-blocks-textbox wp-block-cover has-white-background-color\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\"><div><div class=\"content\"><h2 class=\"header\"><strong>How does a private hearing work?<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"main-text\">Do I have to tell everything? How is my data protected? Can my story reflect on my community? Am I being treated with sensitivity to discrimination? The inquiry&#8217;s explanatory film has an answer to these questions. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-prj-pt-gutenberg-blocks-linkbutton\"><div class=\"content\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost 3,000 survivors have already told us about their experiences. We hear haunting personal stories that testify to injustice and suffering, but also to courage, hope and vitality. We use them to develop recommendations for institutions and politicians. How can reappraisal succeed? How can adult survivors be better supported today?<br><br><strong>Also very important are:<\/strong><br>What can we learn from the past for the present and future?<br>How can children be better protected today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-prj-pt-gutenberg-blocks-textbox alignfull wp-block-cover has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim has-white-color has-green-background-color\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.aufarbeitungskommission.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sattgruen_2-s.jpg);background-position:51% 25%\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__gradient-background\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\"><div><div class=\"content\"><h2 class=\"header\">Your story \u2013 reporting sexual violence<\/h2><p class=\"main-text\">Were you subjected to sexual violence during your childhood and adolescence and would like to tell your story? Survivors can report to the Independent Federal Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse during a private hearing \u2013 this could also be a video call &#8211; or through a written report.<br><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-prj-pt-gutenberg-blocks-linkbutton\"><div class=\"content\"><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=31165\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"textbox-link has-color has-white-color has-hover-color has-white-hover-color\"><span>Every story matters!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prj-pt-gutenberg-blocks-textbox alignfull wp-block-cover has-background-dim-20 has-background-dim has-white-color has-purple-background-color\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.aufarbeitungskommission.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sattlila_2-s.jpg);background-position:64% 53%\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__gradient-background\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\"><div><div class=\"content\"><h2 class=\"header\">Issues &amp; findings covering child sexual abuse<\/h2><p class=\"main-text\">The stories provided by survivors form the core of the inquiry&#8217;s work. These stories enable it to regularly publish findings about specific key issues. Survivors&#8217; reports are included in all publications.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-prj-pt-gutenberg-blocks-linkbutton alignwide\"><div class=\"content\"><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=31239\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"textbox-link has-color has-white-color has-hover-color has-white-hover-color\"><span>Go to the overview<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prj-pt-gutenberg-blocks-textbox alignwide wp-block-cover\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\"><div><div class=\"content\"><h2 class=\"header\">Sexual abuse and those with an immigrant background<\/h2><p class=\"main-text\">The Independent Federal Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has sought advice from experts about how it can better reach out to people with a family history of immigration. The background to this is that significantly fewer people with a history of immigration register with the Inquiry than corresponds to the average taken from the population.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-prj-pt-gutenberg-blocks-linkbutton\"><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"textbox-link wp-block-button is-style-outline has-color has-purple-color\"><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=31209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"wp-block-button__link\"><span>The twelfth workshop<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Publications in English<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prj-pt-gutenberg-blocks-mediaslider alignwide has-black-icons\"><div class=\"loading-spinner\"><\/div><div id=\"mediaslider-lwg8lgex\" class=\"mediaslider-wrap\" data-slick-settings=\"{&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;autoplaySpeed&quot;:5000}\" data-show-posts=\"true\" data-show-categories=\"false\" data-selected-posts=\"[&quot;2600&quot;,&quot;33278&quot;,&quot;2593&quot;,&quot;2529&quot;,&quot;2524&quot;,&quot;31148&quot;]\" data-selected-formats=\"[]\" data-selected-categories=\"[]\" data-selected-years=\"[]\" data-wait-for-event=\"false\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Current figures<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aufarbeitungskommission.de\/ihre-geschichte\/schriftlicher-bericht\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"188\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aufarbeitungskommission.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/icon_counter_schriftlicheberichte_gruen.png\" alt=\"Link zu Schriftlicher Bericht\" class=\"wp-image-6075\" style=\"width:192px;height:150px\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-green-color has-text-color has-like-h-2-font-size\">870<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-green-color has-text-color\">written reports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aufarbeitungskommission.de\/ihre-geschichte\/vertrauliche-anhoerung\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"159\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aufarbeitungskommission.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/icon_counter_anhoerungen_lila.png\" alt=\"Link zu Vertrauliche Anh\u00f6rung\" class=\"wp-image-6076\" style=\"width:156px;height:150px\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-purple-color has-text-color has-like-h-2-font-size\">2.281<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-purple-color has-text-color\">confidential hearings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inquiry is investigating all forms of child sexual abuse that occurred in the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR from 1949 onwards. 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