Collections | Internationaler Suchdienst Arolsen

Organisation

Placed end-to-end, the documents in the ITS archives would extent to a length of about 26,000 metres. They are divided into the three main sections Incarceration, Forced Labour and Displaced Persons. An important key to the documents is the alphabetically and phonetically arranged Central Name Index containing over 50 million reference cards for over 17.5 million people.

Search in the finding aids

Finding aids smooth the way of the archives' user to the holdings and records. Roughly five percent of the archive's entire stock have been described with the means of archival science in the current finding aids.

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List of personal effects

The ITS archive is still in possession of roughly 2,800 personal effects, of which the former owners are known. The goal is to return the items to those persecuted and their family members.

Inventory Lists

When the collection is digitised, the documents will be divided into different sections, each with its own inventory list.

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Inventory Search

ITS preserves over 21,000 archival or historical collection units. All archival or historical collection units inventoried - a description of each stock included - can be called up in this database.

Inventory Search