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https://blogs.icrc.org/app/uploads/sites/106/2025/06/Bdd_Camps_GM2.jpg869762In 1996, the ICRC archives opened their doors to external readers for the first time. The question then arose as to how to make the collections searchable and accessible to the public. If the collections were to be made available to the public, the public would have to know what to order in the reading...