Copies Made Available
The International Commission at its May 2007 meeting approved the US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s proposal to permit advance distribution of the material, as it is digitized, to the designated repository institutions prior to the completion of the agreement ratification process officially opening the material. In August 2007, the USHMM received the first installment of records and in November 2007, received the Central Name Index. Materials will continue to be received as they are digitized.
One Institution is designated for each of the 11 countries to receive a copy of the archive. The following locations have been designated by their country.
- United States - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Israel - Yad Vashem
- Poland - Institute of National Remembrance
- Luxembourg - Centre de Documentation et de Recherche sur la Resistance
- Belgium - National Archives of Belgium
- France - French National Archives (Archives Nationales)
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