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The collection of the German Federal Archives today includes older documents from Germany's imperial past, Nazi Germany, [4] civilian and military records from East Germany (including East German political parties and mass organizations), and the documents inherited from West Germany's Federal Archive.
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On June 17, 2021, the BStU was absorbed into the German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv). The Stasi was established on 8 February 1950. [2] It functioned as the GDR's secret police, intelligence agency and crime investigation service.
Two American researchers at the Berlin Document Center in 1947. The Berlin Document Center (BDC) was created in Berlin, Germany, after the end of World War II.Its task was to centralize the collection of documents from the time of Nazism, which were needed for the preparation of the Nuremberg Trials against war criminals.
The Gedenkbuch – Opfer der Verfolgung der Juden unter der nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft 1933–1945 ("Memorial Book – Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945") is a memorial book published by the German Federal Archives, listing persons murdered during the Holocaust as part of the Nazis' so-called "Final Solution".
As proper storage of the vulnerable archive material and film stock was not possible in the Institute's premises, part of the collection had to be stored offsite in the Bundesarchiv ("German Federal Archive"), founded in 1954, and systematic sorting and conservation of the DIF film prints did not start until 1958.
The Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) was a German government agency based in Berlin which maintained records of members of the former German Wehrmacht who were killed in action, as well as official military records of all military personnel during World War II (ca. 18 million) as well as naval military records since 1871 and other war-related records.
English: Immediately after the mobilization, on 3 August 1914, Adolf Hitler's application to King Ludwig III of Bavaria to join the Bavarian army was approved. On 16 August Adolf Hitler was accepted as a war volunteer and assigned to the Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 16 (cunning), in which he served until the end of the war.