The “Lebensborn” Association

Exhibition at the ITS 18 May until 2nd July 2010

The International Tracing Service (ITS) of Bad Arolsen presents the exhibition "The Lebensborn" association until the 2nd of July 2010. Consisting of 13 information panels, the exhibition was put together by the regional youth organisation Kreisjugendring Ebersberg and portrays the racist goals of the Lebensborn association backed by the SS. The objective was to increase the birth rate of “Aryan” children.

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The Indemnification Policy of the Federal Republic and the ITS

Talk by Archival Manager Udo Jost on 14th April 2010

The indemnification policy pursued by the Federal Republic of Germany and the involvement of the International Tracing Service (ITS) in that policy will be the subject of a talk Udo Jost, Archival Manager at ITS, is going to deliver this Wednesday. By issuing confirmations or certificates for the victims of Nazi persecution, ITS played an important role in the German indemnification scheme. The talk is held on 14th April 2010 at 7.30 p.m at Christian Daniel Rauch-Museum.

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“Karl Plagge (1897-1957) – A Righteous among the Nations“

Exhibition from 26. March until 7. May 2010

Between March 26 and May 7, 2010 the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen presents the exhibition “Karl Plagge (1897-1957) – A Righteous among the Nations”. In the exhibition worked out by the Darmstadt history workshop, the saving of about 250 Jews by German army officer Karl Plagge is portrayed. Yad Vashem honoured the Darmstadt-native with the title of a “Righteous among the Nations” in 2005.

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Archives’ Day

A look into the archive is offered to all interested persons on 6th March 2010

The International Tracing Service (ITS) invited the public to Archives’ Day held on Saturday, 6th March 2010. The countrywide event organised by the Association of German Archivists (VdA) took place for the fifth time. On this day, archives introduced themselves to the public elaborating on the key theme “Dem Verborgenen auf der Spur” (Finding traces of what is latent).

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”Survived, Liberated, Homeless – Displaced Persons in our Region“

Exhibition at the ITS on view until 1 December 2009

An exhibition on view until 1 December 2009 at the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen chronicles the history of two displaced persons (DP) camps in Korbach and Kassel-Hasenhecke. Under the title “Survived, Liberated, Homeless – Displaced Persons in our Region,” school children at Christian Rauch Gymnasium in Bad Arolsen present the results of their project week at the ITS archive.

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“Their Death Won´t Make the Slightest Difference”

Exhibition on NS Euthanasia in Korbach from 9 September 2009 to 25 April 2010

Korbach´s Wolfgang Bonhage Museum is showing an exhibition on NS euthanasia in Waldeck-Frankenberg county entitled “Their Death Won´t Make the Slightest Difference” from 9 September 2009 to 25 April 2010.  A work group which has spent two years focusing on the topic, on the initiative of the Lebenshilfe Werk and with the involvement of the International Tracing Service (ITS), will present its research results.

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„Private Tolkatchev at the Gates of Hell“

Exhibition from 3 September until 19 October 2009 in Bad Arolsen

In cooperation with the Friends of Yad Vashem in Germany the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen presents the exhibition „Private Tolkatchev at the Gates of Hell“. The exhibition was conceived by Yad Vashem and shows reproductions of paintings and drawings by the Russian-Jewish soldier and artist Zinovii Tolkatchev.

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Introduction of Fritz Bauer Biography

February 8, 2009 in Munich

ITS historian Irmtrud Wojak has introduced her new publication “Fritz Bauer 1903-1968, Biography of a German-Jewish Prosecutor.” The first book presentation took place on February 8, 2009 at the Jewish Cultural Center in Munich. In Bad Arolsen she presented her book on February, 18, 2009 at the Christian Daniel Rauch-Museum.

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International Summer Research Workshop

Bad Arolsen, Germany, from June 16 to 26, 2008

The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (CAHS) of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and the International Tracing Service (ITS) at Bad Arolsen held the first of two planned international research workshops for scholars designed to explore research possibilities in the recently opened archival holdings of the ITS. The workshop took place at ITS in Bad Arolsen, Germany, from June 16 to 26, 2008.

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