and made it part of the administration of Land Berlin. WASt is now located in Berlin in the Wittenau quarter in the district of Reinickendorf. Its address is Eichborndamm 179. Data from other archives WASt integrated documents from other military and paramilitary archives. In December 1990, it received documents originating from the Potsdam military archive and from the GDR state archive in Dornburg near Zerbst/Anhalt. WASts archives were swelled by documents from various former army, navy/marine and other archives about casualties, prisoners of war and so on. WASt has now also become an important source for scientific research. Existing files The French author Laurent Guillet, a native of Brittany, conducted research on the Franco-German history during World War II. He listed some important documents from the archives of WASt. The information is recorded below to further assist potential users of WASt. Combatants WASt maintain a registry in alphabetical order of more than 18 million military and paramilitary participants of World War II. and It has 100 million personal data records about transfers of World War II soldiers and airmen and their identity discs. It has five million personal documents, e. g. service record books, from soldiers of land and air forces of World War II. / The archive has two million personal files for naval personnel and minesweeping personnel in the period . War graves Prisoners of war 15 million personal data files concerning German, Austrian and their allied soldiers, who were captured in the course of World War II by French, American or British troops. There are also discharge documents of prisoners of war coming back from post-war captivity in the Soviet Union. Another 1.5 million files still existing from foreign soldiers who were captured by German forces. Role of the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) Requests directed to WASt will pass through, according to the wishes of the individual, the following stages: Alphabetical central data file Prisoners of war Marines/Naval forces War cemeteries Identification tags Further external inquiries Written notices The Past Formerly, WASt was tasked with searching for proper documents in order to evaluate old age pensions for German soldiers or their family members who had been left behind. On the other hand, persons who committed war crimes in the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht), could be identified by this agency. Future Today, the Agency is called the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and is part of the administration of Bundesland Berlin.