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Using technology to unveil the past

A document from the Upper Austrian State Archives

Tracing one's family history can be an emotionally charged but rewarding journey, especially when it involves piecing together fragments from tumultuous times. My neighbour, who is of Yugoslavian/Serbian descent, embarked on such a quest to uncover what happened to her great-grandfather following the Second World War. Her great-grandfather had been displaced during the war and was believed to have died in a displacement camp in Austria. The search for answers led her to various archives and eventually to a significant breakthrough, with the help of technology.

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