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Nazi archive cleared to be opened
By Associated Press
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- The 11 countries that oversee a vast archive of Nazi documents and concentration camp records have completed the ratification of an accord to open its doors to the public, ending more than 60 years of secrecy, the Red Cross said Wednesday.

Greece was the last of the 11 to formally file its ratification papers with the German Foreign Ministry of the accord initialed in May 2006, clearing the most important hurdle for Holocaust survivors and researchers to access some 50 million pages of wartime documents.

The archive in Bad Arolsen, Germany, is administered by the International Tracing Service of the International Committee of the Red Cross and has been used exclusively to trace missing persons, reunite families and provide documentation to victims of Nazi persecution to support compensation claims.

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Yeah Bob wrote on Nov 28, 2007 4:24 PM:

" I heard there was no holocaust "

to: bob wrote on Nov 28, 2007 3:47 PM:

" I don't suppose that's the Iranian chapter of the red cross you're referring to, is it? "

bob wrote on Nov 28, 2007 1:32 PM:

" This is strange because the red cross had a very small number on record as deaths at camps. Something like 300,000 instead of magical 6 million figure. "

FYI wrote on Nov 28, 2007 12:38 PM:

" Nothing like a timely response to help those WW2 refugees. Oh well, better 60 years late than never. "
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