VS’is a large, bright office at the bottom of a modern building, with a bay window opening onto a tree-lined alley on the outskirts of Berlin. A large table in the center and a few computers around which are grouped employees barely in their thirties. This discreet place, without sign or display, seems to host a start-up, a communication agency or an architectural firm. It actually houses one of the largest databases available on the war that has ravaged Syria for ten years. Syrian Archive, an organization founded by Syrian activists in exile, has become a vital cog in the search for justice in Syria.
“The main objective is the preservation of evidence to document war crimes and build a digital memory of events …
