What can I find where? Which forms do I have to complete? And who do I contact regarding my research enquiry? This page offers information on researching personal documents of military provenance in the Federal Archives. You can send the form by e-mail as a scan or by post to the Federal Archives department related to your case contact information is listed below.
If necessary, this department will involve other Federal Archives offices in the search. If you have additional questions about the research process, please contact us using the relevant contact address. Only a few cases exist in which an entire biography is covered.
In general, one can only expect to find information on family members or ancestors in the holdings of the German Reich, if the persons being searched for:. Serviceteam Berlin-Lichterfelde. Phone: Fax: Email: laa bundesarchiv. Beginning in , as part of the denazification process, numerous proceedings were held in the Allied occupation zones in which Germans had to answer before a court for their actions during the Nazi era. The Federal Archives does not hold the files of these denazification proceedings: they are preserved in the respective state archives responsible for the place of residence of the persons concerned.
These court proceedings are unique to the British occupation zone. Their aim was to sentence members of Nazi organisations that had been declared criminal by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. Phone: Fax: Email: koblenz bundesarchiv. The documents of the central civil state institutions of the former German Democratic Republi c GDR , such as ministries or centrally managed companies, held in the Federal Archives include:.
Other relevant holdings with personal documents from the former GDR are listed below as examples:. Finckensteinallee 63 Berlin. Phone: 18 77 70 11 47 Fax: Email: berlin bundesarchiv. Personal information is preserved in practically all holdings, especially in the areas of training and cadre documents.
