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Rotter Posted 20 years ago
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The files are locked up at a former SS barracks in Bad Arolsen in central Germany.
The International Red Cross has used the files to help trace people for relatives who lost contact during the war. It still gets around 150,000 requests a year.
Over several years, there has been growing pressure to open the archive for historical research and for survivors to have direct access.
The US and UK have pushed for the files to be opened, as have Jewish groups, but Germany has always resisted, citing privacy considerations.
The files contain details ranging from the results of lice inspections to the possession of insurance policies.
Germany had feared that it would be the target of legal action if this information became public. These concerns seem now to have been put to rest.
It is not expected that the opening of the archives will have major legal implications because the deadlines set for international class action lawsuits have now passed.
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1) What is lice inspections in the above?
2) Germany had feared that it woud be the target of legal action if this information became public.
[ Is it necessary to write the past perfect tense here? If you just wrote Germany feared that it would be the target of legal action..... , would it be wrong? ]
Your comments are welcome.
The International Red Cross has used the files to help trace people for relatives who lost contact during the war. It still gets around 150,000 requests a year.
Over several years, there has been growing pressure to open the archive for historical research and for survivors to have direct access.
The US and UK have pushed for the files to be opened, as have Jewish groups, but Germany has always resisted, citing privacy considerations.
The files contain details ranging from the results of lice inspections to the possession of insurance policies.
Germany had feared that it would be the target of legal action if this information became public. These concerns seem now to have been put to rest.
It is not expected that the opening of the archives will have major legal implications because the deadlines set for international class action lawsuits have now passed.
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1) What is lice inspections in the above?
2) Germany had feared that it woud be the target of legal action if this information became public.
[ Is it necessary to write the past perfect tense here? If you just wrote Germany feared that it would be the target of legal action..... , would it be wrong? ]
Your comments are welcome.
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Hi, 1) What is lice inspections in the above? Lice are small skin/hair parasites that live on people. One form resembles tiny crabs.
- Hi, 1) What is lice inspections in the above?
- Lice are small skin/hair parasites that live on people.
- One form resembles tiny crabs.
- The phrase refers to inspecting the inmates to see if they had lice.
- If so, they would be 'de-loused'.
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Hi,
1) What is lice inspections in the above? Lice are small skin/hair parasites that live on people. One form resembles tiny crabs. The phrase refers to inspecting the inmates to see if they had lice. If so, they would be 'de-loused'.
2) Germany had feared that it woud be the target of legal action
1) What is lice inspections in the above? Lice are small skin/hair parasites that live on people. One form resembles tiny crabs. The phrase refers to inspecting the inmates to see if they had lice. If so, they would be 'de-loused'.
2) Germany had feared that it woud be the target of legal action
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