General

If you would like to search for a keyword, start by selecting “search” from the menu.
You now have three search options:

• Simple search: Search for one or more words or a reference code.

• Advanced search: Here you can restrict your search to one or more fonds or sections of the hierarchical structure.

• Name search: Search for persons and organisations.

The following basic rules apply to all searches:

• You can truncate your search with wildcards:
  • ? for one character
  • * for no characters, one character or several characters

• No distinction is made between upper and lower case.

• You can increase the number of hits by using alternative search terms (e.g. when searching for “Zwangsarbeiter” (forced labourers), you could also search for “Ostarbeiter” (Eastern workers)).

• You can search for names and organisations via the keyword search (simple or advanced) and via the name search.

• Time range: You can complete both fields (from - to) or only one. Your search results will always include hits for which no time range has been indicated during cataloguing (e.g. “undated”), provided the other search parameters match the result.