• The records consist of individual documents and lists, but the ITS also holds personal effects found during the liberation of the Neuengamme and Dachau concentration camps, which it hands over to former inmates or their families on request.
    • The records consist of individual documents and lists, but the ITS also holds personal effects found during the liberation of the Neuengamme and Dachau concentration camps, which it hands over to former inmates or their families on request.
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  • Even now, more than 60 years after the end of World War II, the ITS still receives many enquiries from victims of Nazi persecution and their families. Finding out exactly what happened to relatives is of enormous importance to the survivors.
    • Even now, more than 60 years after the end of World War II, the ITS still receives many enquiries from victims of Nazi persecution and their families. Finding out exactly what happened to relatives is of enormous importance to the survivors.
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  • Over the years, the ITS has enabled many people to be reunited with their relatives. These included the Böhmer sisters, reunited in September 2006 after 61 years.
  • 69-year-old George Jaunzemis from New Zealand, were able to discover their true origins. Originally named Peter Thomas, he was separated from his mother at the age of four in the turmoil of post-war Europe.
  • While it continues to trace missing persons and reunite families, the ITS has now become a centre for documentation, research and education on Nazi persecution between 1933 and 1945.

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