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Federal Archives in Berlin-Lichterfelde.- Interior view of the storage building ("Ernst-Posner-Bau").

Federal Archives in Berlin-Lichterfelde.- Interior view of the storage building ("Ernst-Posner-Bau")., Source: Bundesarchiv / Mila Hacke

The Federal Archives

The federal government maintains a federal archive as an independent federal authority, which is subject to the administrative and technical supervision of the highest federal authority responsible for culture and media.

The Federal Archives is responsible for safeguarding the federal archives in the long term, making them available and exploiting them scientifically.

Locations

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The Federal Archives has 23 locations throughout Germany

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  • 530

    continuous kilometres including index cards. In addition, there are around 15 million images, over 900,000 analogue film reels, sounds, posters and many other archive materials.

Information

  • Files in the Stasi records archive
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    Tasks of the Federal Archives

    The Federal Archives has the legal mandate to permanently secure and make accessible the archival material of the federal government.

     

  • Berlin Wall Memorial at Bernauer Straße
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    Cooperations

    The Bundesarchiv is associated with many cultural institutions from Germany and abroad through close mutual exchange, joint projects or formal cooperation.

     

  • Cover of the brochure: Memory of Society
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    Image Brochure

    The brochure provides an insight into the diversity of files, photos, films and sounds found in the Federal Archives.