Release of Nazi Archive
am 25.04.2006 von http://www.recht.us/amlaw
CB - Washington. Berlin Attorney General Brigitte Zypries announced on April 18, 2006 in Washington, D.C. the complete release of one of the most significant data collections on human rights violations in contemporary history.
The archive in Bad Arolsen consists of 15 miles of shelves with up to 50 million documents. A large part of them was contributed by allied forces after their liberation of concentration camps. The files relate to more than 17.5 million Nazi victims, but the number is inexact because there is no index.
So far only surviving family members and few others received access to the archive. The German government refused other inquiries because of privacy concerns. The data includes police records, homosexuality, diseases and ethnic affiliation. Germany decided to release the data after the cooperating nations established sufficient measures to protect the confidential data.
The archive had …
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