de-002429
type: Institution
conditions of access: There are about 150 workplaces in three reading rooms for the use of archival materials, microfilms and library materials.
finding aids: Research within the records of the Bundesarchiv can be exercised through finding aids (books, file index) and/or the huge database called Invenio which is accessible online under: https://invenio.bundesarchiv.de/ Information about films held by the Bundesarchiv are provided under: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/DE/Navigation/Finden/Filme/filme.html A memorial book for Jewish residents that fell victim to the national socialist regime can be found under: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/introduction/en All information about using records or services of the Bundesarchiv is available through the website: https://www.bundesarchiv-lichterfelde.de/ Archival User Service can be reached by telephone: +49 (0)3018/7770-1147. For questions concerning films contact +49 (0)3018/7770-1151. In order to browse through an overview of Bundesarchiv holdings until 1945 by tectonic hierarchy see the Beständeübersicht: https://portal.ehri-project.eu/virtual/de-002429-bestandeubersicht
sources: Information provided and revised by Bundesarchiv based on http://www.bundesarchiv.de/
opening hours: Archives: Monday - Wednesday: 9am - 5pm, Thursday: 9am - 7pm and Friday: 9am - 4pm
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general description: The facility in Berlin contains over 110 kilometres of archival material from more than 2,000 holdings in addition to 1.7 million books, newspapers and periodicals as well as more than 337,000 films. The focus of these archives is contemporary German history. The Federal Archives in Berlin are probably the most important archive in Germany for the study of the history of National Socialism, as the majority of the preserved documents of the central civil institutions of the Reich as well as of the NSDAP are stored here. Key papers for the understanding of the Holocaust lie within its repositories, e.g. the Reich’s Security Main Office, the Personal staff of the Reichsführer-SS as well as the Reich Chancellery and the ministries of Interior, of Justice or of Armament. The fonds of the leading party administration including the NSDAP membership card index as well as other personal files (the former Berlin Document Center, the NS-archives of the State’s Security Police of the GDR, personal papers of prominent leaders) are also available for use. Moreover the Federal Archives in Berlin run the memorial book for the victims of the nazi persecution of Jews and compose a list of all Jewish residents in the German Reich between 1933 and 1945. The holdings are completed by personal papers and records of the GDR dealing with the “Third Reich”.
has or had agent name: Federal Archives Berlin-Lichterfelde
history: The German Reich Archives were set up in Potsdam in 1919 as a subsequent requirement of the Treaty of Versailles. During World War II some holdings were dispersed to avoid destruction, but an air raid in April 1945 destroyed many – particularly military – collections that had not been relocated. After the war there have been various successors: In the East the German Central Archives (since 1973 Central State Archives) in Potsdam, and in the West the Federal Archives in Koblenz. In the course of the reunification of Germany, the central archives of the GDR including the Military Archives and the State Film Archives in East-Berlin were integrated into the Federal Archives in 1990. After taking over the Berlin Document Center in 1994, the Federal Archives established an archival building on Finckensteinallee on an area, used formerly as military barracks from the imperial officers, the SS and the US-army. The Berlin-Lichterfelde facility is considered the largest facility of the Bundesarchiv. In 2009, a new storage building was finished and in November 2021, a new spacious user area was presented to the public.
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