&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Haupteingang_der_Deutschen_Dienststelle_(WAST).JPG) Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) in Berlin | |
| Archives overview | |
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| Formed | August 26, 1939 |
| Preceding Archives |
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| Dissolved | January 1, 2019 |
| Superseding Archives |
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| Type | Military archives |
| Headquarters | Eichborndamm 179 13403 Berlin 52°35′07″N 13°19′09″E / 52.5852°N 13.3192013°E |
| Website | www |
| Map | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Berlin_location_map.svg)  Map of Berlin with the location of the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) | |
The Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) was a German government agency based in Berlin which maintained records of members of the former German Wehrmacht who were killed in action, as well as official military records of all military personnel during World War II (ca. 18 million) as well as naval military records since 1871 and other war-related records. Formerly called the Wehrmachtsauskunftstelle für Kriegerverluste und Kriegsgefangene (WASt), the agency also provided information about the fate of foreign and German soldiers as well as prisoners of war in Germany. Such information is used for civil proceedings, for an official register of war graves, for historical research and as biographical and genealogical purposes.[2]: 233
The agency was established on 26 August 1939 and had been an agency of the state government of Berlin since 1951.[3] As of 1 January 2019,[update] the agency has been merged with the German Federal Archives (German: Bundesarchiv).[1] The agency is a major source for genealogical and scientific research in various areas.
- ^ a b "Übertragung der Aufgaben der Deutschen Dienststelle (WASt) an das Bundesarchiv" [Transfer of the tasks of the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) to the Federal Archives]. Bundesarchiv (in German). 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
Nach dem Inkrafttreten des "Staatsvertrags über den Übergang der Aufgaben der Deutschen Dienststelle für die Benachrichtigung der nächsten Angehörigen von Gefallenen der ehemaligen deutschen Wehrmacht (WASt)" ist die Deutsche Dienststelle zum 1. Januar 2019 in das Bundesarchiv überführt worden. Zu diesem Zweck wurde im Bundesarchiv eine eigene Abteilung am Standort Eichborndamm in Berlin-Reinickendorf eingerichtet.
[After the entry into force of the "State Treaty on the Transfer of Tasks to the Deutsche Dienststelle for Notification of the Next of Relatives of Fallen of the Former German Armed Forces (WASt)", the Deutsche Dienststelle was transferred to the Federal Archives on January 1, 2019. For this purpose, a separate department was set up in the Federal Archives at the Eichborndamm site in Berlin-Reinickendorf.] - ^ Cite error: The named reference
Guilletwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Berlin-Reinickendorf". Bundesarchiv (in German). Archived from the original on 30 November 2020.