Recording history is not the same as owning it

Hamburg's project description names difficult storage conditions, lack of financial support, legal questions and ownership disputes as threats to the national collection. Its digital work addresses preservation and access, not every social question around a recording. ^{[hamburg-archive]}

The TRRC separately calls for testimony to be preserved and retold sensitively, with victims' interests in view. Across very different archive types, the responsible lesson is to connect each account with its context and permissions rather than treating digitisation as blanket publication consent. ^{[trrc-compendium] [hamburg-archive]}