A Board of Trustees composed of nationally prominent figures provides support for the Documentation Center (status as of January 2025):
- Georg Eisenreich, Bavarian State Minister of Justice
- Peter Daniel Forster, President of the Middle Franconia District Assembly
- Albert Füracker, Bavarian State Minister of Finance, Regional Development and Regional Identity
- Herwig Gössl, Archbishop of Bamberg
- Jo-Achim Hamburger, Jewish Religious Community of Nuremberg
- Elisabeth Hann von Weyhern, Regional Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
- Dr. h.c. Charlotte Knobloch, Jewish Religious Community of Munich/ Upper Bavaria
- Marcus König, Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg
- Dr. Ulrich Maly, Former mayor of the City of Nuremberg (Spokesman of the Board)
- Claudia Roth, State Minister of Culture and the Media
- Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling, Director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy
- Sabine Schnell-Pleyer, Foundation to support the Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds
- Anna Stolz, Bavarian State Minister of Education and Culture
- Former Federal Minister Dr. Oscar Schneider (†), Honorary Chairman of the Board of Trustees