Online research tools and digitised material
If you are looking for a specific type of documents such as files or photos, we lead you to the appropriate online research tool. We also give you an overview of all fonds that include digitised files.

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Everything you should know when preparing a visit to the Federal Archives
We help you to prepare your visit to the Federal Archives, inform you about the opening times and fonds that can not be used temporarily, direct you to the right contact persons and offer a glossary (in German).

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Selected highlights from the Federal Archives' holdings
Browse through the online exhibitions compiled by our experts and discover our portals dedicated to the First World War, the German reunification and the Weimar Republic!

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Information on the transfer of documents to the Federal Archives
Section directed to German agencies, associations and film producers - available in German language only

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Pictures

More than 13 millions of pictures, aerial photographs and posters are stored within the Federal Archives as fascinating testimonies of German history. Most of them focus on events and persons that happened and lived in the 20th century. A representative selection of about 380.000 pictures is available online via the digital picture archives.