How did relatives behave during the Nazi era? Did they profit, did they take part? Since the US National Archives put the NSDAP membership card index online, and German media published their own search offerings for subscribers, many people have been asking this question. Yet a party membership alone says very little. To explore what Grandpa or Grandma, great-grandfather or great-uncle did, and how this should be assessed, further sources are needed, along with an understanding of their background and significance.
This is where SpureNSuche helps: the new free online offering from the NS-DOK guides users through the jungle of the archive world with a question-based approach, supports them in making archive requests, and helps with the interpretation and historical contextualization of the findings. In addition, users have the option to research the history of a relative themselves with the tool.
On 1 December we would like to present the new research tool at the NS-DOK.