For historians, genealogists and family history seekers - work by the Library of Congress and now the National Archives and Records Administration are making new documents available. For October, the new Holocaust records are available free of charge for anyone wanting to look into the records seized by the US Military in the closing days of World War II. For those who's families were affected by the Holocaust these newly available digital records means family historians and genealogists can add more information to their family tree's.

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The Archives' holocaust collection consists mostly of records seized by the U.S., military in the closing days of World War II and during the occupation of Germany. It is probably the world's third most significant collection of such documents, behind holdings kept in Germany and the archives of the Yad Vashem holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.

The heart of the Archives holdings is the Ardelia Hall Collection, millions of documents mostly dealing with the Nazi looting of art and cultural treasures in Europe that was compiled by the U.S. State Dept.