Facts / Backgrounds The ZENTRUM in politics Resolution of the German Federal Parliament of 4 July 2002 (printed matter 14/9033 in combination with 14/9661) For a centre against displacement with a European alignment 1. The German Federal Parliament is in favour of initiating a European dialogue in respect of establishing a European centre against displacement. Such a centre - as a centre of documentation and encounters with a research location - is to document the displacements in Europe in the 20th century in their various causes, contexts and consequences, among them the displacement of Germans. The people affected are to be able to recognize their fate and suffering in this documentation and simultaneously see that of the displaced persons of other countries. In this way, such a project will be a place of historical/scientific treatment and simultaneously remind us that we as Germans and Europeans must do everything possible to prevent such suffering in future. 2. Such a project is a European task and needs European partners who are also involved in the sponsorship for it to succeed. The organization should be with participation of personalities from European countries which have been or still are affected by displacements in their history. There must be consultation and decision-making in European cooperation in respect of the concept and the location of such an institution. 3. The preliminary work initiated by the "House of History" in Bonn for an exhibition on displacement of the Germans is to be included in the dialogue about the organization of the future centre. Berlin, 4 July 2002