Bad Arolsen Nazi-Era Documents Posted Online

Berlin | A vast archive of Nazi-era documents started accepting online requests Thursday for information from victims of Nazi crimes and people tracing relatives — a move meant to speed up an often-slow process.

The move by the archive, based in the central German town of Bad Arolsen, should make it easier for people to get information from the 50 million files of the International Tracing Service. The site, www.its-arolsen.org, will not, however, allow victims or researchers direct access to the files over the Internet.