the fire that destroyed military records was on july 12, 1973.
when was the fire that destroyed military records?
july 12 , 1973
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the deutsche dienststelle (wast) is a german government agency based in berlin which maintains records of members of the former german "wehrmacht" who were killed in action, as well as official military records of all military personnel during the second world war (ca. 18 million) as well as naval military records since 1871 and other war-related records. formerly called the "wehrmachtsauskunftstelle" ("wast"), this agency also provides information about the fate of foreign and german soldiers as well as prisoners of war in germany. this kind of information is used for civil proceedings as well as an official register of war graves, and for historical research as well as biographical and genealogical purposes. the agency was established on 26 august 1939 and has been an agency of the state government of berlin since 1951. it is not subject to the "bundesarchivgesetz" (federal archives act), and the military records are therefore publicly available 10 years after the death of the concerned person. the agency is a major source for scientific research in various areas.
deutsche dienststelle (wast)