As part of the #everynamecounts global campaign launched by the Arolsen Archive with the aim of digitizing the names of victims and survivors of National Socialism, employees and team members of the Srebrenica Memorial Center made their contribution yesterday. On this occasion, the Memorial Center called for the support of the public in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for that campaign.
”The documents in the Arolsen Archive contain data on the fates of 17.5 million people. To make them visible in an online archive and enable people around the world to find them there, the information they contain must be entered into a database – and they need our help. So far, thousands of volunteers have joined the project. Together, they have already processed more than six million documents. It only takes five minutes to complete one document – and add another brick to the digital monument. We decided to devote part of our time and help, ” they say from the Srebrenica Memorial Center.
Clarifying the fates and searching for missing persons has been the central task of the Arolsen Archive for decades. They answer more than 20.000 inquiries about victims of Nazi persecution and the Holocaust per year.
Through cooperation with the Srebrenica Memorial Center, they have already transferred numerous good experiences and practices to that BiH institution of memory and research.
”Our work in the field of research and education is more important than ever to inform today’s society about the crimes committed by the Nazis. A comprehensive online archive is an essential part of what we do. As an international center for Nazi persecution, we see our mission as contributing to the debate about remembering and dealing with the Nazi period, political persecution, and racism, ” it was added from Arolsen Archive.
