Центр документации | Dokumentationsstelle Dresden | Stiftung Sächsische Gedenkstätten

This website is the documentation center of the Dresden Documentation Office of the Sächsische Gedenkstätten Foundation. It provides information on people who were deprived of their freedom or their lives during the National Socialist dictatorship, the Soviet occupation of Germany, and the German Democratic Republic. The center annually responds to inquiries from family members, researchers, journalists, and official institutions regarding approximately 700 individuals. As a scientific documentation center, it analyzes historical materials and makes the results known to the public primarily through online databases. The work of the documentation center in Dresden contributes to the preservation of memory for those persecuted and supports interest in researching issues related to individual families and society as a whole. The center is a working department of the United Memorials of Saxony. It receives material and political support from the Free State of Saxony and the Federal Ministry of Foreign