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The Political Archive of the Federal Foreign Office

Welcome!

View of the stacks

The Political Archive is the “memory” of the German foreign service. The archive contains 26 linear kilometres of material, which can be consulted for research purposes in line with the legal regulations. This website will tell you more about the services provided by the Political Archive.

Contact and opening hours

Description

Political Archive of the Federal Foreign Office

Address

Kurstraße 36, 10117 Berlin

Opening hours

Monday - Thursday 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.

Friday 8.30 a.m. - 3.00 p.m.

(only with prior permission)

The reading room of the Political Archive is open the whole year, apart from two weeks around Christmas and New Year’s, and a few, single days during the year (mostly the day between a holiday, if it’s a Tuesday or Thursday, and the weekend). Closure times are announced on our home page.

Contact

Telephone

+49 (30) 1817-2179

Fax

+49 (30) 1817-5-2179

Pull times for records

1. At the archives’ computers in the reading room:

a) Orders before 10am: Delivery at 2pm on the same day

b) Orders before 2pm: Delivery at 8:30am on the next working day

c) Order after 2pm: Delivery at 2pm on the next working day

Please use the button “Bestellen” in invenio.

2. At your own devices (in the reading room or elsewhere):

a) Preorders before 2pm on a working day: Earliest delivery at 8:30am

on the next working day or on the chosen day

b) Preorders after 2pm on a working day: Earliest delivery at 2pm

on the next working day

Please use the button “Vorbestellen” in invenio.

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