Almost half of the German Federal Archive's, the National Archives of Germany, total contents were destroyed during World War II, and by the end of the 1950s, records that had originally been seized by the government of the Soviet Union in the aftermath of World War II had been returned to the archive.
Almost half of the German Federal Archive's, the National Archives of Germany, total contents were destroyed during World War II, and by the end of the 1950s, records that had originally been seized by the government of the Soviet Union in the aftermath of World War II had been returned to the archive.