It started its work on August 26, 1939 under the name of Wehrmachtsauskunftstelle für Kriegerverluste und Kriegsgefangene (WASt), as part of the Wehrmacht, under the auspices of Article No. 77 of the Third Geneva Convention (which related to the treatment of prisoners of war from July 27, 1929). The text of Article 77 is as follows:
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