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Posted: 5/16/06 at 8:02pm
about damn time!
LUXEMBOURG - Millions of Nazi files that describe in gray, bureaucratic tones the mechanics of mass murder will be thrown open to researchers following an agreement Tuesday by a panel that has kept the archive locked away since World War II.
Once ratified, the decision will give access for the first time to some 50 million files sheltered in a vast archive in the German town of Bad Arolsen, including the registration of concentration camp inmates by the numbers burned on their arms, stacks of crumpled identity booklets and meticulously kept records of executions.
"Bad Arolsen is the most complete file. On many subjects it is unique," said Luxembourg ambassador Paul Mertz, the chairman of the 11-nation International Commission that oversees the archive.
Archives
LUXEMBOURG - Millions of Nazi files that describe in gray, bureaucratic tones the mechanics of mass murder will be thrown open to researchers following an agreement Tuesday by a panel that has kept the archive locked away since World War II.
Once ratified, the decision will give access for the first time to some 50 million files sheltered in a vast archive in the German town of Bad Arolsen, including the registration of concentration camp inmates by the numbers burned on their arms, stacks of crumpled identity booklets and meticulously kept records of executions.
"Bad Arolsen is the most complete file. On many subjects it is unique," said Luxembourg ambassador Paul Mertz, the chairman of the 11-nation International Commission that oversees the archive.
Archives
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
Updated On: 5/16/06 at 08:02 PM
