The bulk of this collection consists of photocopies of documents with their translations which record Waldheim's activities not only in connection with the above events but also with other war crimes committed by the Nazis in the Balkans and Greece (the latter presumably was insufficient to implicate Waldheim). Many of the documents within the bundles have a translation attached and often a covering note explaining certain words or omissions.

A letter at 646/12 by one of the researchers for the project explains the significance of the first 50 documents in the collection