The imperative to archive. On International Tracing Service (Arolsen Archives) mission and its impact on collective European memory of the Holocaust – report from research at the Wiener Holocaust Library in London

Abstract The presented report from research at the Wiener Holocaust Library in London focuses on International Tracing Service (from 2019 operating under the name The Arolsen Archives – International Center on Nazi Persecution), world’s biggest archive on Holocaust victims and survivors, which mission and impact are addressed in the context of the collective European memory of the Holocaust.