Archives containing application documents
The Foundation EVZ and its partners made payments to former forced labourers on the basis of applications received. Around 2.2 million people submitted applications for symbolic compensation. In agreement with its partners, the Foundation took pains to ensure the procedure was as unbureaucratic as possible. The deadline for the submission of applications was 31 December 2001.
During the process, the applicants provided a vast number of documents and descriptions as evidence of their suffering. The partner organisations handed over some of the application documents to national archives, to which restricted access is available. Below is a list of archives and the conditions of access.
Germany
The files compiled at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on compensation for forced labour and on restitution for property loss are kept at the German federal archives (Bundesarchiv). The use of this information is subject to the legal provisions on securing and using the archive materials of the Federal Government (Bundesarchivgesetz – Federal archive law) of 6 January 1988 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 62), most recently amended through § 13 Para. 2 of the Informationsfreiheitsgesetz (Federal freedom of information law) of 5 September 2005 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 2722).Applications for access - stating theme and purpose of use - may be addressed to the Bundesarchiv.
Bundesarchiv
Potsdamer Str. 1
56075 Koblenz
www.bundesarchiv.de
Russian Federation
The documents were handed over to the state archive. They will not be available for use until the processing activities have been completed there.
State Archive of the Russian Federation
ul. Bolschaja Pirogovskaja 17
119817 Moscow
Russia
www.garf.narod.ru/
Belarus
The documents are kept at the Belarusian Republic foundation “Mutual Understanding and Reconciliation”
Belarusian Republic foundation “Mutual Understanding and Reconciliation”
vul.Ja. Kolasa 39a
220013 Minsk
Belarus
www.brfvp.com/de/
Czech Republic
Restricted access to the application documents is possible for research purposes . The documents are kept at the Czech national archive. Researchers wishing to use the archive require permission from the German-Czech Future Fund.
Czech National Archive
Archivní 4/2257
CZ 149 00 Prague 4 – Chodovec
Czech Republic
www.mvcr.cz/archivy
German-Czech Future Fund
Na Kazance 634/7
171 000 Praha 7 – Troja
Czech Republic
www.fondbudoucnosti.cz
Ukraine
The central state archive provides information on the documents. Researchers attached to institutions may apply to inspect the documents. A written request must be submitted by the organisation on whose behalf the research is being carried out.
Central State Archive of Ukraine
ul. Solomenskaja 24
03110 Kiev
Ukraine
www.archives.gov.ua/Archives/index.php?ca03
Poland
The Polish-German Reconciliation Foundation is planning to post information on the conditions of use on its website.
Polish-German Reconciliation Foundation
ul. Krucza 36
00-921 Warsaw
Poland
www.fpnp.pl/index_de.php
