The friends' association supports the work of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism morally and materially and bundles financial and volunteer commitment. Its objective is to support the Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism, which is sponsored by the state capital Munich, by means of donations.
The purpose of the friends' association is the exclusive and direct promotion of academic research into the history of National Socialism in Munich and an analysis of the origins and consequences after 1945 as well as education thanks to the communication of research results.