US National Archives publishes digital NSDAP membership database
The US National Archives has made a digitized copy of the NSDAP membership card index available online. Historian Sybille Steinbacher, director of the Fritz Bauer Institute in Frankfurt, explains in an interview that mere membership in the NSDAP reveals little, but the database allows for more nuanced research into individual biographies and the scale of Nazi party affiliation.
Key facts
- US National Archives published digital NSDAP membership card index online
- Sybille Steinbacher is director of Fritz Bauer Institute in Frankfurt
- Database allows research into individual biographies
- Mere NSDAP membership says little about individual involvement
Entities
Institutions
- US National Archives
- Fritz Bauer Institute
- NSDAP
Locations
- United States
- Frankfurt
- Germany