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Prisoner of war records of the former German Office (WASt), 2011

Prisoner of war records of the former German Office (WASt), 2011, Source: Peter Kirchhoff

Federal Archives in Numbers

Archival Material What can you find here?
Documents: approx. 540 continuous kilometres including
index cards
Images: approx 15 million
Films:

approx. 900,000 analoge analogue film rolls and

approx 36,000 digital reproductions of

approx. 337,000 films

Audio materials: approx. 68,800
Posters: approx. 75,000
Maps, plans and technical drawings: approx 2 million
Library: approx. 2.7 million volumes
Digitised content:

approx 20 million document pages and

approx 4,000 film rolls per year

 

Statistics of the Stasi Records Archive

Since June 17, 2021, the Federal Archives has also been responsible for the records of the GDR State Security Service.

Read more on statistics and surveys on archive material and the use of the Stasi Records Archive on our German website.