Welcome
The Political Archive of the Federal Foreign Office
Welcome!
The Political Archive is the “memory” of the German foreign service. The archive contains 28,5 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
Address
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
Fax
Pull times for records
1. At the archives’ computers in the reading room:
a) Orders before 10 am: Delivery at 2 pm on the same day
b) Orders before 1:30 pm: Delivery at 8:30 am on the next working day
c) Order after 1:30 pm: 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 1:30 pm on a working day: Earliest delivery at 8:30 am on the next working day or on the chosen day
b) Preorders after 1:30 pm on a working day: Earliest delivery at 2 pm on the next working day
Please use the button “Vorbestellen” in invenio.