For anyone looking at researching the end of the war, be prepared for very scant pickings at BA-MA, I'm afraid.
I guess I knew as much before coming out here, but the sheer wasteland that is 1945 is particularly frustrating. The only material which has really survived is the central stuff, e.g. OKH, Fremde Heere Ost, the Army Group level is pretty well served, and there are bits and bats at Army level. Below that, there's virtually nothing on the Eastern Front - certainly nothing at the divisional level that I was looking for.
The good news is that FrHO files are excellent (and on microfiche for quick copying rather than endless typing), although quite a lot of them at present seem to be under repair/unavailable which is very frustrating. And whoever did the microfiche copying originally didn't always do a brilliant job...
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