A method of fabricating security documents having at least one first and one second layer (47, 12; 47, 53) which are joined together so as to form a laminate body , characterised in that - multiple copies provided in the form of a strip cut off from a printed sheet or unrolled from a roller are applied onto the first layer provided in the form of a film that is unrolled from a roller, - a holographic composite element is produced, with a flowable holographic material, which may consist of any photosensitive material used for volume holography, being applied onto a support layer as a partial coating in the manner of individual pads using an applicator mechanism so as to form a layer , with the support layer being not entirely covered by the layer of holographic material and with the individual pads formed by the partial coating being exposed in such a manner as to create at least one volume hologram for each individual pad, and in that - a separation layer is provided between the support layer and the partial coating , - the holographic composite element is supplied to the strip , and applied thereon, in such a manner that the partial coating faces said strip, - the support layer is peeled off and rewound, - the second layer is applied on the partial coating as a film, - the first and second layers are interconnected point-wise so as to form a tacked laminate stack , - the layers are supplied to a lamination station and are joined together to form a laminate body , and in a subsequent step , the laminate is cut into pieces in a cutting station , which pieces are then used to fabricate security documents having the integrated volume hologram, or - the point-wise interconnected layers are supplied to a cutting station for separating the tacked laminate stacks and subsequently said tacked laminate stacks are supplied to a lamination station . - multiple copies provided in the form of a strip cut off from a printed sheet or unrolled from a roller are applied onto the first layer provided in the form of a film that is unrolled from a roller, - a holographic composite element is produced, with a flowable holographic material, which may consist of any photosensitive material used for volume holography, being applied onto a support layer as a partial coating in the manner of individual pads using an applicator mechanism so as to form a layer , with the support layer being not entirely covered by the layer of holographic material and with the individual pads formed by the partial coating being exposed in such a manner as to create at least one volume hologram for each individual pad, and in that - a separation layer is provided between the support layer and the partial coating , - the holographic composite element is supplied to the strip , and applied thereon, in such a manner that the partial coating faces said strip, - the support layer is peeled off and rewound, - the second layer is applied on the partial coating as a film, - the first and second layers are interconnected point-wise so as to form a tacked laminate stack , - the layers are supplied to a lamination station and are joined together to form a laminate body , and in a subsequent step , the laminate is cut into pieces in a cutting station , which pieces are then used to fabricate security documents having the integrated volume hologram, or - the point-wise interconnected layers are supplied to a cutting station for separating the tacked laminate stacks and subsequently said tacked laminate stacks are supplied to a lamination station . <EOS>