The German-Israeli Commission of Historians, with which the Institute's project will be in close exchange, consists of eight internationally renowned historians:
- Prof. Dr. Ofer Ashkenazi (Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- Prof. Dr. Michael Brenner (Professor of Jewish History and Culture, University of Munich and Director of Center for Israel Studies, American University, Washington, D.C.)
- Prof. Dr. Shlomo Shpiro (Director of the Europa Institute and Paterson Chair in Security and Intelligence at the Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel)
- Prof. Dr. Margit Szöllösi-Janze (Ret. Professor for Contemporary History at the University of Munich)
- Prof. Dr. Petra Terhoeven (Professor for European Cultural and Contemporary History, Göttingen University)
- Prof. Dr. Shulamit Volkov (Professor emerita for Modern European History at Tel Aviv University)
- Prof. Dr. Klaus Weinhauer (Professor for Modern History at Bielefeld University)
- Prof. Dr. Christopher Young (Professor for German Studies at Cambridge University)
In addition, other experts will be involved in the work and invited to the project's planned meetings. The research results will be communicated transparently to the public.
The team of the research unit at the IfZ will include Dr. Lutz Kreller, Dr. Adrian Hänni, Dominik Aufleger, Tina Angerer and Julia Reichl.