Attempted identifications

Scope and content

The archive group "Attempted Identification" is a collection of work and results of the ITS program of the same name. It contains, among others, correspondence, eye-witness reports, reports and protocols on the "evacuation" of concentration camps and death marches passing through; accommodation of prisoners on the death marches; certification of deaths; documents on burials; indexes of the deceased of the concentration camps and death marches; lists of unknown dead as well as evaluations regarding unknown foreign fatalities; identification lists of deceased prisoners based on prison-er numbers; exhumation of deceased prisoners; lists of reburied bodies from mass graves; lists pertaining to the maritime disaster involving the Cap Arcona, Athen and Thielbeck; outcome of the search for graves of unknown foreigners and concentration camp prisoners; information on the results of the identification measures; results of the investigations of graves; results of the identification based on prisoner numbers; routes of the death marches.