Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
נתיב; כתב עת למחשבה מדינית, חברה ותרבות
Angaben zur Quelle:
20,3 (תשסז) 3-9
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Libraries
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Archives
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Historiography
;
Holocaust survivors
Abstract:
The International Tracing Service was set up by the Allies during World War II and then moved to Arolsen, Germany, after the war; in 1954 it was taken over by the International Red Cross in Geneva. Its vast archives include lists from ghettos and concentration camps, information concerning companies that used forced labor, and testimonies of survivors. In 1996 only two percent of these files, which do not contain information on individuals, were opened to the public. The other 98% remained closed, ostensibly to "protect the victims", and requests for information generally took several years to process. There have been recent efforts, especially by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, to have the files made accessible on the Internet, and the ITS has agreed to do so, but the agreement has not yet been implemented.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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