Basic information

Anyone with a certain interest may use the records of the Central Archives in Berlin. Access is given under the provisions of the archival law and the reading room regulations.

During the preliminary stage of your personal visit, please send us an email to explain the purpose of your inquiry. We will soon give you an answer, whether and in which extent we keep relevant records.

After completing an application form for readers ("Benutzungsantrag") you will be granted access to the requested files. In signing the application form for readers you undertake to comply with the access regulations, the cost regulations, the data protection law and the protection of privacy.

Please notice that for private and commercial purpose our reference service is fee-based. Any inspection of files due to your enquiry is subject to a charge.

Every workplace is fitted with electrical connections for notebooks. A reader-printer is available to make copies from microfiched records.