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== State Archives == | == State Archives == | ||
''Das Bundesarchiv ''(The [http://www.bundesarchiv.de/index.html.de German Federal Archive]) has | ''Das Bundesarchiv website ''(The [http://www.bundesarchiv.de/benutzung/sachbezug/personenbezogen_genealogie/index.html.de German Federal Archive]) has a page that explains holdings that may be helpful to family historians. Collections include: | ||
* Records from the time period of the NS-regime | |||
* Records of prisoners during the GDR period | |||
* Military records up to 1945 (especially for WWI and WWII) | |||
The collections are divided between various locations. | |||
Each modern state archive aloso preserves useful records, including: | |||
*[http://www.genealoger.com/german/ger_church_records.htm Church records] | *[http://www.genealoger.com/german/ger_church_records.htm Church records] | ||