Phonetic Classification

Very often a large number of documents relating to the same victim exist, in which the names of persons, institutions and places are spelled in a variety of ways. This problem can be solved by ITS staff based on their professional expertise and with the help of computer software.

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Phonetic Features

The correct entry of the names according to phonetic characteristics is of particular moment for processing and managing the documents in the ITS archive. All and any tracing request must first be assigned to a definite cards’ stock even though the name is not spelled alike.

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849 Variations on ABRAHAMOVIC

The name ABRAHAMOVIC constitutes a striking example of how many different variations of writing names join in the ITS records. There are 849 different spellings for this name alone.

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Organisation

The ITS archives are organised by the category of the sought person:

» Central Name Index

» Prisoners

» Forced Labourers

» Displaced Persons

» Children Tracing Archive

Inventory lists

The digitisation of the paper and microfilm archives began a number of years ago and is being carried out step by step. Parts of the collection that have already been processed are referred to as electronic archive units.

The digitised records of the ITS archive are divided into six sub-sections:

» Inventory lists