[3] In addition to Schrenck-Notizing's collection it received as a bequest the library of the conservative social philosopher Günther Rohrmoser of Stuttgart University (around 10,000 books) and further donations.

In an interview with Hessische Rundfunk (Public Broadcasting Corporation of Hesse), Fenske said that he was drawn into conservative thinking by his opposition to his school teachers of the generation of 1968.

[4] In a talk with public radio Deutschlandfunk, Fenske maintained that even modern conservative thinking is rooted in ancient and Christian natural rights philosophy.

[7] Besides providing access to a large body of non-fiction literature, the BdK also is considered as a think tank of the modern conservative and right-wing movement in Germany.

Every one or two weeks the foundation holds talks and seminars in the rooms of the library in central Berlin (Charlottenburg, near the Bahnhof Zoo train station).

The head of the antifascist association Apabiz called the library a "showcase project of the New Right" and criticized that CDU politicians had no inhibitions to meet and talk there.