German Cabinet OKs opening of Nazi archive

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BERLIN - Germany's Cabinet agreed Wednesday to open to researchers an archive of millions of Nazi files that describe the mechanics of the Holocaust. The accord will likely be signed July 26 in Berlin, Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Jaeger said.

Germany's move follows an agreement to unlock the archive reached last month by the 11-nation governing body of the International Tracing Service, the arm of the International Committee of the Red Cross that oversees the archive in the German town of Bad Arolsen.

The strongest pressure to open the storehouse of some 50 million files came from the dying generation of Holocaust survivors and victims' families who feared the histories of their loved ones would be lost forever unless the rules were changed.

The archive, controlled by 1955 agreements, holds virtually everything the Nazis recorded on the concentration camps and the prisoners held there. Experts say the opening could provide new insights into the mechanics of the Nazi extermination campaign and help people discover specific information on what happened to relatives.

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It is important to keep the history in our collective memory so that we do not forget.

Maybe it'll keep some of the holocaust deniers at bay.

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...and finally reveal this criminals for who they REALLY are....

all committed suicide despite the loving care of the Germans.

Not to mention the suicidal tendencies of Gypsies, Poles, homosexuals, political prisoners, and those suspected of same.

But, it was all "pre-emptive" to protect the "homeland".

They open files as Bush shuts up every thing he can. He is even shutting up stuff that has been free for years.