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Bad Arolsen (until 1997: '''Arolsen''') is a city in the District of Waldeck-Frankenberg , northern Hessen , with a population of 17,000 (2003). It was built around the Baroque 18th Century residence of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont , a state of the Holy Roman Empire . Arolsen is first documented in 1131 when an Augustinian nunnery was established there. The nunnery was secularized in 1526 and in 1655 became the residence of the counts (later princes) of Waldeck , who converted it into a castle. It was torn down in 1710 and replaced by a new baroque structure ( 1713 - 1728 ) by Prince Frederik Anton Ulrich ( 1676 - 1728 ). From . International Tracing Service has headquarters in Bad Arolsen. The city is home to vast archives of Nazi -related documents. In April 2006 , German justice minister Brigitte Zypries announced that the country would cooperate with the United States and allow survivors and historians of The Holocaust access to 30-50 million pages of documents. {Link without Title} PEOPLE |
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