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• British Red Cross Museum and Archives

  London, England.

  • History & Origin

  • Medals & Badges

  • Records of Prisoners of War

  • The Red Cross in the Second World War

  • VADs and Personnel Records

• Canada's Digital Collections | Les Collections Numérisées Du Canada

  • The Book of Remembrance - Second World War

• Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt)

  Germany. Organization for the notification of next-of-kin of members of the former German Wehrmacht who were killed in action.

  • History

  • Information Assets

• International Committee of the Red Cross - Archives

  Geneva, Switzerland. Instructions on how to request information on victims of armed struggle (prisoner of war, civilian held captive, deceased or interned).

  • Online Request Form

• National Archives of Australia - The Collection - Defence - World War Two

• Our Shared Legacy - JDC Archives

  Archives of The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. A collection of documents and photographs from the World War II era. More than 500,000 names to search.

• The Tank Museum - Home of the Tank - Archive & Reference Library

  Located in Bovington, Dorset in England, the Tank Museum's Archives & Library includes the War Diaries covering virtually every regiment of the Royal Armoured Corps in the Second World War. In addition, they hold Rolls of Honour for both the First and Second World War plus casualty cards from the Second World War, regimental histories, & personal papers.

• World War II: A Selected List of References (Main Reading Room, Library of Congress)

  Introduction to WWII and information on abstracts, indexes, and bibliographies for further reference.