Archival tree of the Arolsen Archives

0 - Global Finding Aids

1 - Incarceration Documents

2 - Registration of Foreigners and German Persecutees by Public Institutions, Social Securities and Companies (1939 - 1947)

3 - Registrations and Files of Displaced Persons, Children and Missing Persons

4 - Special NSDAP organizations and actions

5 - Death Marches, identification of unkown dead and Nazi trials

6 - Records of the ITS and its predecessors

6.1 - Administration and organization

6.1.1 - Predecessor organizations

8323001 - Documents on the administrative history and the activities of the ITS, 1945 - 1951

376

8323002 - Historical survey of Central Tracing Activitiy in Germany, 1945 - 1951

485

8323003 - Minutes of the meetings of the Allied Control Authorities, Directorate of Prisoners of War and Displaced Persons, DPOW/M (45)1 - DPOW/M (46)7

177

8323004 - Minutes of the meetings of the Allied Control Authorities, Directorate of Prisoners of War and Displaced Persons, DPOW/M (46)8 - DPOW/M (47)13; Minutes of the Working Group regarding the Establishment of a Central Tracing Service of United Nations' Missing in occupied Germany

202

8323005 - Minutes of the meetings of the Allied Control Authority, Directorate of Prisoners of War and Displaced Persons, Central Tracing Policy Board, DPOW/CTPB/M (45)1 - DPOW/CTPB/M (46)20, DPOW/CTPB/M (46)22 - DPOW/CTPB/M (46)25

291

8323006 - Minutes of the meetings of the Allied Control Authority, Directorate of Prisoners of War and Displaced Persons, Central Tracing Policy Board, DPOW/CTPB/M (47)1 - DPOW/CTB/M (47)14; Papers DPOW/CTPB/P (45)1 - DPOW/CTB/P (47)9

309

8323007 - Papers of the Allied Control Authority, Directorate of Prisoners of War and Displaced Persons, DPOW/P(45)1 - DPOW/P(46)38

313

8323008 - Papers of the Allied Control Authority, Directorate of Prisoners of War and Displaced Persons, DPOW/P(46)39 - DPOW/P(47)79

338

8323009 - Reports of the Allied Control Authority, Directorate of Prisoners of War and Displaced Persons, Combined Repatriation Executive (DPOW/CRX)

150

8323010 - Documents of the Allied Control Authority, Directorate of Prisoners of War and Displaced Persons, DPOW/MISC/2 - DPOW/MISC(46)55

100

8323011 - Documents of the Allied Control Authority,Directorate of Prisoners of War and Displaced Persons, DPOW/MISC(46)56 - DPOW/MISC(47)53; Monthly Activity Reports of the Directorate of Prisoner of War and Displaced Persons, January - June 1946; Monthly Report of the Central Tracing Bureau, March 1946

8323012 - Documents, minutes and correspondence of the Coordinating Committee (CORC), Directorate of Internal Affairs and Communication (DIAC), Legal Directorate (DLEG), Directorate of Manpower (DMAN), Military Directorate (DMIL), and Political Directorate (DPOL)

275

8323013 - Surpreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF): Documents on the administration of Displaced Persons

352

8323014 - Surpreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF): enquiries for missing persons via diplomatic and other official channels

249

8323015 - Documents of the Combined Displaced Persons Executive (CDPX), 30.06.1945 - 06.01.1947

512

8323016 - Headquarters United States Forces, European Theater (USFET), 12.01.1945 - 10.03.1947; Headquarters European Command (EUCOM) I, 18.03.1947 - 29.12.1947

355

8323017 - Headquarters European Command (EUCOM) II, 15.01.1948 - 10.12.1953

291

8323018 - Office of Military Government for Germany (US) (OMGUS), Prisoner of War and Displaced Persons Division, 02.06.1945 - 01.11.1950

251

8323019 - Correspondence of British Offices, the Military Government and British Red Cross, 07.11.1944 - 01.10.1953

563

8323020 - Documents re Soviet Authorities I, 16.04.1945 - 28.03.1951

470

8323021 - Documents re Soviet Authorities II, 20.02.1945 - 04.02.1952

257

8323022 - UNRRA European Regional Office London I, 07.11.1944 - 29.12.1945

330

8323023 - UNRRA European Regional Office London II, 02.01.1946 - 18.03.1947

244

8323024 - Documents of higher UNRRA offices in Washington, D.C., 16.04.1945 - 22.08.1947, and Paris, 25.08.1945 - 24.05.1947

182

8323025 - UNRRA Central Headquarters for Germany, 26.09.1945 - 18.03.1947

156

8323026 - Documents of General Morgan, Chief of Operations, UNRRA Headquarters for Germany I, 12.10.1945 - 31.12.1945

205

8323027 - Documents of General Morgan, Chief of Operations, UNRRA Headquarters for Germany II, 01.01.1946 - 11.11.1946

250

8323028 - Documents about the location of the Central Tracing Bureau and movements within Arolsen, 16.07.1945 - 01.06.1953

401

8323029 - Central Tracing Bureau I: descriptions of duties and instructions, 12.07.1945 - 12.12.1947

390

8323030 - Central Tracing Bureau II: allocation of duties and cooperations, 19.09.1945 - 06.12.1947

458

8323031 - Tracing and document search in the US zone of occupation I, 24.07.1945 - 11.08.1947

349

8323032 - Tracing and document search in the US zone of occupation II, 08.08.1945 - 08.08.1947

249

8323033 - Tracing and document search in the British zone of occupation, 07.11.1944 - 18.11.1947

469

8323034 - Tracing and document search in the French zone of occupation, 29.06.1945 - 21.05.1947

8323035 - Search and care for children I, 16.08.1945 - 21.07.1947

110

8323036 - Documents concerning the succession of UNRRA I, 18.06.1946 - 04.12.1946

132

8323037 - Documents concerning the succession of UNRRA II, 09.01.1947 - 01.10.1948

343

8323038 - Basic Documents about the International Refugee Organization and Displaced Persons

285

8323039 - International Refugee Organization, General Council, Sessions I - V, 1948 - 1950

453

8323040 - International Refugee Organization, General Council, Sessions VI - VII

258

8323041 - IRO, International Tracing Service: Correspondence, 02.08.1947 - 23.05.1951

451

8323042 - IRO, International Tracing Service: internal documentation, 02.07.1947 - 28.05.1951

422

8323043 - IRO, US zone of occupation in Germany

269

8323044 - IRO, British zone of occupation, 28.06.1947 - 10.01.1951, and French zone of occupation, 06.09.1947 - 16.03.1949

479

8323045 - IRO, International Tracing Service: annual reports, statistics and organigrams

204

8323046 - Search and care for children II, 13.10.1947 - 14.02.1951

260

8323047 - UNRRA/ IRO: Enclave of Bremen of the US zone of occupation, 08.06.1946 - 27.04.1950

8323048 - UNRRA/ IRO/ HICOG: Berlin, 14.08.1945 - 22.09.1954

264

8323049 - UNRRA/ IRO: Search for and maintenance of graves of allied citizens

111

8323050 - Documents concerning the succession of IRO I

419

8323051 - Documents concerning the succession of IRO II

109

8323052 - Documents of Allied High Commission for Germany (HICOG) / ITS

284

8323053 - Documents of the Allied High Commission For Germany, Allied General Secretariat (AGSEC)

8323054 - Minutes of the Allied High Commission for Germany, Political Affairs Committee, Sub-Committee For Refugees And Displaced Persons (POL/RDP/M), Meetings No. 32-58

272

8323055 - Documents of Allied High Commission For Germany, Political Affairs Committee, Sub-Committee For Refugees and Displaced Persons (POL/RDP/P; POL/RDP/SEC)

112

8323056 - Allied High Commission For Germany, International Tracing Service, Executive Board: Minutes of Meetings No. 1-47 (ITS/EXEC/M)

333

8323057 - HICOG / ITS Circular Reports No. 1 - 8

105

8323058 - HICOG / ITS Annual Reports For The Years 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954

8323059 - Tracing services in Germany, the special registry office in Arolsen, and cooperation with German authorities regarding indemnification

393

8323060 - Documents concerning the succession of HICOG, 30.06.1947 - 05.01.1954

335

8323061 - ICRC: Tracing during the war, 15.09.1943 - 07.03.1945

496

8323062 - ICRC: Tracing after the war and the succession of UNRRA , 07.03.1945 - 08.12.1947

513

8323063 - ICRC: The succession of IRO and HICOG and the assumption of tracing by the International Committee of the Red Cross, 12.07.1949 - 30.6.1955

188

8323064 - Other documents of ICRC, 05.01.1946 - 17.12.1953

289

8323065 - Documents on the acquisition of records, the safeguarding of records and the exchange of information between various allied military offices and missions, 12.06.1945 - 06.10.1949

392

8323066 - Accession lists of records and documents

204

8323067 - Documents concerning the acquisition of records, 01.07.1947 - 30.08.1951, 24.08.1953

457

8323068 - Records transferred to the United States, 22.01.1946 - 16.11.1951

322

8323069 - Sending a delegation to Poland, 19.11.1946 - 14.10.1949

429

8323070 - Documents concerning the acquisition of records 25.04.1951 - 23.06.1954

350

8323071 - Documents Concerning Records of Various Concentration Camps I: Auschwitz - Dachau

496

8323072 - Documents oncerning records of various Concentration Camps II: Flossenbürg - Mittelbau / Dora

409

8323073 - Documents concerning records of various Concentration Camps III: Natzweiler - Westerbork and Gestapo records

494

8323074 - Documents concerning the collection of German records according to orders of the Allied Zone Commanders I - General Problem

402

8323075 - Documents concerning the collection of German records according to orders of the Allied Zone Commanders II: US Zone, US Authorities and International Organizations

450

8323076 - Documents concerning the collection of German records according to orders of the Allied Zone Commanders III: US Zone, German "Länder" Authorities

261

8323078 - Documents concerning the collection of German records according to orders of the Allied Zone Commanders V, French Zone and Soviet Zone

8323077 - Documents concerning the collection of German records according to orders of the Allied Zone Commanders IV, British Zone

244

8323079 - Documents concerning the collection of German records according to orders of the Allied Zone Commanders VI, National Tracing Bureaux Conferences and Austria

8323080 - Documents concerning Austria

363

8323081 - Conferences of Representatives of National Tracing Bureaux I

438

8323082 - Conferences of Representatives of National Tracing Bureaux II

128

8323083 - Conferences of Representatives of National Tracing Bureaux III

272

8323084 - Documents of ITS Liaison Missions and National Tracing Bureaux: France I

342

8323085 - Documents of ITS Liaison Missions and National Tracing Bureaux: France II

211

8323086 - Documents of ITS Liaison Missions and National Tracing Bureaux: Belgium

394

8323087 - Documents of ITS Liaison Missions and National Tracing Bureaux: Luxembourg

323

8323088 - Documents of ITS Liaison Missions and National Tracing Bureaux: Italy

254

8323089 - Documents of ITS Liaison Missions and National Tracing Bureaux: the Netherlands

442

8323090 - Documents of ITS Liaison Missions and National Tracing Bureaux: Poland

300

8323091 - Documents of various National Tracing Bureaux I, A - I

491

8323092 - Documents of various National Tracing Bureaux II, N - Y

283

8323093 - Documents concerning the Central Location Index, New York, and the American Red Cross

680

8323094 - IRO Correspondence with various Governments

190

8323095 - Collection of proclamations, laws, decrees, orders, directives issued by the Allied Control Council and the American Military Government

405

8323096 - Collection of proclamations, laws, decrees, orders, directives issued by the Military Government

379

8323097 - Headquarters United States Forces, European Theater: Military Government Regulations

538

8323098 - Military Government Gazette Germany, British Zone of Control

238

8323099 - Military Government Gazette Germany, British Zone

106

8323100 - Military Government Gazette Germany, 21 Army Group Area of Control

117

8323101 - Cumulative Index of Legislation of the Control Council for Germany, U.S. Military Government for Germany, Allied High Commission, Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany

8323102 - Official Gazette of the Allied High Commission for Germany, No. 68 - 98

497

8323103 - Official Gazette of the Allied High Commission for Germany, No. 99 - 107

223

8221800 - Primarily information about Concentration Camps, collected by Allied Authorities towards the end of World War II

357

8221900 - SHAEF: Basic Handbook KL's (Konzentrationslager), Axis Concentration Camps and Detention Centers reported as such in Europe. (unrevised)

117

2317000 - Alphabetical lists with code numbers of the respective concentration camps and prisons in Germany and in areas occupied by the German armed forces

138

8233600 - HQ Intelligence Division, 70 HQ Control Commission for Germany (BE), BAOR: Intelligence Library Catalogue

318

6110001 - Field Reports of the International Tracing Service, Arolsen

6110002 - Monthly Reports of the Director of the International Tracing Service of IRO, Arolsen, Germany

423

6110003 - Annual Reports of the Director of the International Tracing Service of IRO, Arolsen, Germany

6110004 - Monthly Reports, Allied High Commission, International Tracing Service, Executive Board

451

6110005 - Reports for the Years 1953 and 1954, International Tracing Service, Service International de Recherches, Allied High Commisson for Germany, Haute Commission Alliée en Allemagne, Arolsen Germany

6110006 - News Bulletins, International Tracing Service

6110007 - Templates and forms for enquiries

424

6110008 - Monthly Reports of the Records Section, Central Tracing Bureau, UNRRA, 1946

6110009 - Monthly Reports of the Records Analysis and Dispatch Unit and of the Library, Central Tracing Bureau, UNRRA, 1947

6110010 - Monthly Reports of the Processing Section, the Library, and of the Documents Intake and Library Section, 1948

6110011 - Monthly Reports of the Documents Intake and Library Section and of the Processing Section, 1949

6110012 - Annual Reports of the Documents Intake and Library Section and of the Processing Section, 1949

6110013 - Monthly Reports of the Documents Intake and Library Section and of the Processing Section, 1950

6110014 - Monthly Report of the Processing Section, April 1950

6110015 - Monthly Reports of the Library Section and of the Processing Section, 1950

6110016 - Monthly Reports of the German Civil Administration Documents Group, 1950

6110017 - Annual Report of the German Civil Administration Documents Group, 1950

6110018 - Monthly Reports of the German Civil Administration Documents Group, 1951

273

6110019 - Annual Report of the German Civil Administration Documents Group, 1951

6110020 - Monthly Reports of the German Civil Administration Documents Group, 1952

174

6110021 - Annual Report of the German Civil Administration Documents Group, 1952

6110022 - Monthly Reports of the German Civil Administration Documents Group, 1953

6110023 - Work reports of the Civil Administration Documents Unit (Post-War Files Unit), 1954

6110024 - Work reports of the Civil Administration Documents Unit (Post-War Files Unit), 1955

6110025 - Work reports of the Civil Administration Documents Unit (Post-War Files Unit), 1956

6110026 - Work reports of the Civil Administration Documents Unit (Post-War Files Unit), 1957

6110027 - Work reports of the Post-War Documents Unit, January - July 1958

6110028 - Bi-Weekly Situation Report No. 49 of the UNRRA Displaced Persons Headquarters, Paris

6110029 - Monthly Report for June 1946 of the Central Tracing Bureau, UNRRA, Central Headquarters for Germany

6110030 - Monthly Reports of the Welfare Committee

6110031 - Monthly Digest No. 6 of the PCIRO Public Information Office, April 1948

6110032 - Monthly Reports of the Central Tracing Bureau of UNRRA/ PCIRO

6110033 - Monthly Reports of the International Tracing Service, PCIRO/ IRO

169

6110034 - Bulletins of the Central Tracing Bureau and the International Tracing Service

645

6110035 - Monthly Reports of the Administrative Services, March 1947 - December 1949

626

6110036 - Monthly reports of the Mailroom / Monthly Reports Communication Section, 1955

6110037 - Reports of the Administration, May - December 1955

6110038 - Monthly Reports of the Mailroom, 1956

6110039 - Quarterly reports of the Administration, 1956

6110040 - Quarterly Reports of the Administration, 1957

6110041 - Monthly Reports of the Mailroom, 1957

6110042 - Monthly Report of the Mailroom, November 1958

6110043 - Quarterly Reports of the Administration, 1958

6110044 - Quarterly Reports of the Administration, 1959

6110045 - Monthly Reports of the Mailroom, 1959

6110046 - Reports on Human Resources, 1959

6110047 - Quarterly Reports of the Administration, 1960

6110048 - Monthly Report of the Mailroom, December 1960

6.1.2 - Child tracing service field under UNRRA and IRO

6.1.3 - new archival unit

6.2 - Information material

6.3 - Inquiry processing

6.5 - Liaison Offices at the ITS

6.6 - Correspondence on aquisition

7 - Archival records of microforms (new material / document acquisition)

8 - Collections of private persons and small archives

6 Records of the ITS and its predecessors / 6.1 Administration and organization / 6.1.1 Predecessor organizations /

Documents of the Combined Displaced Persons Executive (CDPX), 30.06.1945 - 06.01.1947

Reference Code

8323015

Creation Date

1945-06-30 - 1947-01-06

Number of documents

512

Scope and content

The documents deal with the follwing topics: procedure for searching persons and analysis of documentation of German offices; working relations of CDPX and UNRRA, UNRRA and voluntary relief organizations, UNRRA and the Red Cross, CDPX and national search bureaux; establishment of the Central Records Office and the Central Tracing Bureau; activity reports; care for unaccompanied children; search for relatives of DPs in assembly centers; evacuation of sick DPs to Sweden; prominent personalities who were released from concentration camps; mail between DP-camps and from DP-camps to other countries.

Additionally, there are enquiries for citizens of various nationalities (Chinese, Dutch, Hungarians, Iranians, Latin-Americans, Portuguese, Romanians, Ukrainians) which were sent through diplomatic or other official channels.
Furthermore, there are documents about persons claiming US citizenship.

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