Exploring the National Archives: Tips for Effective Research there and in Germany

Robert Billinger
May 5, 2025
1 min read

Updated: Jun 22, 2025

Here is a link to a very helpful YouTube video post from the National Archives on using the Records Group 389 section of the archives in College Park, Maryland, to search for information on German POWs held in the US during World War II:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytgSD1nC_uo&authuser=0

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