May 25, 2013

You are here: Home / Archives / Vast Nazi-Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files

Vast Nazi-Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files

Filed by on May 2, 2012
printfriendly Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files email Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files twitter Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files linkedin Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files reddit Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files google plus Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files facebook Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files tumblr Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files share save 171 16 Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files

From AFP:

A vast archive of documents linked to the Holocaust said Monday it would preserve 300,000 original prisoner files from the Dachau concentration camp in Germany that are disintegrating.

The International Tracing Service (ITS) in the western German town of Bad Arolsen uses its vast trove of historical records to help victims of Nazi persecution and their families and make them available to researchers.

[Clip]

The preservation process known as deacidification involves boosting the pH level of the paper, providing lasting protection from decay for invaluable historical records.

[Clip]

TS said a similar programme for the Buchenwald camp in central Germany was recently completed, including more than 234,000 individual documents on female prisoners.

Read the Complete Article

printfriendly Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files email Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files twitter Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files linkedin Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files reddit Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files google plus Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files facebook Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files tumblr Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files share save 171 16 Vast Nazi Era Archive Says Conserving Dachau Files
Filed Under: Archives, History, Humanities, Preservation Tagged With: , ,
Gary Price About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.