"On behalf of the Arolsen Archives."

Includes bibliographical references.

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Tracing and Documenting Nazi Victims Past and Present -- Introduction / Henning Borggrèafe, Christian Hèoschler, Isabel Panek -- On the Uses and Disadvantages of the Arolsen Archives for History / Dan Stone -- The (Early) Search for Missing Nazi Victims : Historical Precedents, Organizational Frameworks, and Methods / Christian Hèoschler, Isabel Panek -- Family Searching and Tracing Services of JDC in the Second World War Era / Linda G. Levi -- Those Left Behind : Early Search Efforts in Wartime and Post-War Britain / Christine Schmidt -- Tracing Services in Poland and Czechoslovakia after 1945 : Between Humanitarian Principles and Socialist Ideology / Maren Hachmeister -- Survivors Helping Survivors : Simon Wiesenthal and the Early Search for Nazi Criminals in Linz / Renâe Bienert -- Caring for the Dead and the Living : DPs and the Arolsen Archives of Feelings / Silke von der Emde -- Yad Vashem and Holocaust Victim's Search for Family / Zvi Bernhardt -- ITS Research at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for Descendants of Holocaust Victims and Survivors / Diane Afoumado -- The New Tasks and Challenges for Tracing / Ramona Brèau, Kerstin Hofmann and Anna Meier-Osiânski -- Collections Archives Dealing with Nazi Victims : The Example of the Arolsen Archives / Henning Borggrèafe, Isabel Panek -- From Tracing and Fate Clarification to Research Center : The Role of International Players and Transnationalism in Shaping the Identity of the ITS / Rebecca Boehling -- "It is our job to find out who did what" : The Central Office in Ludwigsburg and Cooperation with the ITS / Kerstin Hofmann -- The Federal Archives and its Role in German Politics of Remembrance / Tobias Herrmann -- Institutes of National Remembrance and their Role in Dealing with National Socialism : An Examination of the Issues, Debates and Public Perceptions / Carola Lau -- Linking and Enriching Archival Collections in the Digital Age : The Dutch War Collections Network / Puck Huitsing and Edwin Klijn -- Contributors.

After World War II, tracing and documenting Nazi victims emerged against the background of millions of missing persons and early compensation proceedings. This was a process in which the Allies, international aid organizations, and survivors themselves took part. New archives, documentation centers and tracing bureaus were founded amid the increasing Cold War divide. They gathered documents on Nazi persecution and structured them in specialized collections to provide information on individual fates and their grave repercussions: the loss of relatives, the search for a new home, physical or mental injuries, existential problems, social support and recognition, but also continued exclusion or discrimination. By doing so, institutions involved in this work were inevitably confronted with contentious issues--such as varying political mandates, neutrality vs. solidarity with those formerly persecuted, data protection vs. public interest, and many more. Over time, tracing bureaus and archives changed methods and policies and even expanded their activities, using historical documents for both research and public remembrance. This is the first publication to explore this multifaceted history of tracing and documenting past and present.

In English.

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