You can access all our press releases and press photos here – plus some basic facts and figures on the world’s most comprehensive collection of documents on victims of Nazi persecution. This is where to come if you are planning research or a film or photo shoot. If you have any questions or need further material, please get in touch.
Press releases
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Milestone for the Online Archive
To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the Arolsen Archives are taking significant steps to make their holdings …
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#everynamecounts challenge for International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026
The Red Army liberated Auschwitz concentration camp on January 27, 1945. Eighty-one years later, the work of examining the historical …
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#StolenMemory premieres in Ukraine
The international exhibition #StolenMemory is being presented in Ukraine for thefirst time. In cooperation with the NGO Kyiv Educational Center …
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The Arolsen Archives bid farewell to Director Floriane Azoulay
Floriane Azoulay will conclude her tenure as Director of the Arolsen Archives at the end of the year. Under her …
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Photographs of Nazi Deportations from Hamburg Discovered for the First Time
On October 25, 1941, more than 1,000 Jewish residents of Hamburg were deported to the Litzmannstadt Ghetto. Until now, there …
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Ring Confiscated by Nazis Returned to Family
On September 27, 2025, a poignant event took place at the Neuengamme ConcentrationCamp Memorial, when a ring belonging to Czesław …
Filming and photography
Would you like to publish an article with pictures of the Arolsen Archives? You are welcome to take photos on site in the archive itself. We are also happy to organize interviews with suitable interview partners. Please call us or contact us by e-mail in advance so we can make arrangements. Do you need photos or film footage? We are happy to provide you with both.
Visit us
You are welcome to search the online archive or visit us in Bad Arolsen to do your research on site. If you visit us in person, you will be able to access all the documents that have already been digitized – plus original documents that have not yet been added to the database. Please contact us in advance of your visit so we can provide you with the best possible service.
Research service for journalists
Do you need information about the fate of individual victims of Nazi persecution for your text, TV or radio report? The Arolsen Archives are happy to work with the press by researching specific topics or people in the archive for your reports. If you would like us to research specific people for you, please send us their name, date and place of birth, and any other information you may have about them. This will help us find relevant documents. For a small fee, you can also receive the search results as a high-res scan for publication.
Facts & Figures
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