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US National Archives opens millions of Nazi party records
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The U.S. Department of State has made over 10 million digitized membership files from the NSDAP publicly accessible via its website, enabling German families to investigate their ancestors' past involvement with Hitler's regime within days rather than years or decades as previously required by law in Germany and Austria alone this year until March twenty-first nine when access was restricted.
Key Points
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1The US National Archives has made millions of digitized Nazi Party membership records publicly accessible for research.
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2German families are using the newly available database to investigate whether their grandparents were members of the NSDAP (Nazi party).
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3Media outlets across Europe reported on March 18-20 as a surge in searches and inquiries regarding family history occurred following this release.
Developments
[Mar. 24, ?]
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