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This database contains about 47,600 names that appeared in Aufbau between 1941 and 2003. To see a breakdown by issue of how many announcements have been indexed view the Aufbau Issues Tables. The data in the AIP database has not yet been proofread and edited. You can fill in any combination of the fields below to search the database. To locate the original announcement after finding an entry in the index: For the years 1941 - 1950: All issues of Aufbau were digitized by the German National Library as part of its Exilpresse Digital (Exile Newspapers Digitization) Project. At the end of the index entry look for the short code either in the form of "1946a23" or "j10a23"*. Click on the code to see a list of pages with announcements for that year. Scroll down to the files that start with the code you noted at the end of the entry. Each issue generally had two or three pages of announcements. The first page listed there usually contains all of the obituaries. The second page may contain additional obituaries and birth, bar/bat mitzvah, engagement and marriage notices. The third page may have more notices or may contain the "Personalia" section, in which many birthdays and some deaths were noted. If you do not see the code in the list look at the top of the list and click on the PDF folder, where a PDF copy of the pages can be found. For years after 1950: These issues are not online. Aufbau is available on microfilm at several libraries in the US, England, Germany and elsewhere.*J stands for Jahrgang or the year of publication since inception. Aufbau was first published in 1934, so j10 represents the 10th year, or 1944. The "a" stands for Ausgabe or issue (number).
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