Archive of Social Democracy
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 Bonn headquarters of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, where the archive is located |
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| Archive type | Foundation archive |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 42 '7.9 " N , 7 ° 8' 5.4" E |
| place | Bonn |
| Visitor address | Godesberger Allee 149 53175 Bonn |
| founding | 1969 |
| scope | 45,000 running meters |
| ISIL | DE-2281 (Archive of Social Democracy of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung) |
| carrier | Friedrich Ebert Stiftung |
| Website | www.fes.de/archiv-der-sozialen-demokratie/ |
The Archive of Social Democracy (AdsD) of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) is one of the largest archives of the labor movement . It is located in Bonn .
founding
After several years of preparation, the archive was opened on June 5, 1969 by Willy Brandt , the then SPD chairman. It was driven primarily by Alfred Nau , at that time SPD treasurer and at the same time chairman of the board of the SPD-affiliated Friedrich Ebert Foundation. At the opening, Willy Brandt characterized the archive with the following words: This archive, which I, as the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, has strongly advocated to set up, sees itself initially as a collection point for source material on the history of the German and international labor movement. It should also stimulate research and conduct it itself. His efforts are thus part of the socio-historical research in our country.
When it was founded, AdsD had a file inventory of 300 running meters (running meters). The core was made up of the archives of the SPD board, which were transferred from the party archives to an archive accessible to the public.
Stocks
Since it was founded, the group of holdings has grown far beyond the collection area of German social democracy, which continues to be a focus. In addition, materials from German and international trade unions are increasingly being looked after, including those of the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB), the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), the German Employees' Union (DAG) and the Metallurgy Union ( IG Metall ).
In addition, the AdsD secures the archives of a number of left and socialist organizations, for example the Socialist German Student Union (SDS), associations of the workers' culture movement, the peace movement and the German Council of the European Movement. In addition there are over a thousand estates and deposits from personalities of the social democrats and the trade unions; mentioned here are Paul Levi , Willi Eichler , Carlo Schmid , Carl Severing , Willy Brandt , Herbert Wehner , Gustav Heinemann and Kate Strobel and Annemarie Renger , Helmut Schmidt and Hans-Jochen Vogel . This also includes extensive photo archives such as those of Arno Scholz or Jupp Darchinger .
In 2006 the AdsD housed over 45 kilometers of files. The tradition extends from the middle of the 19th century to the present, with the focus on the period after 1945.
Furthermore, the AdsD preserves extensive collections, some of which go back even further into the 18th century, for example the image archive with over 150,000 indexed photos, the poster and flyer collection with over 65,000 posters and more than 45,000 flyers and pamphlets, as well as the inventory on historical flags. The extensive collections of film, video and audio documents, badges and other advertising materials from various political parties and trade union organizations should also be mentioned. These collections are gradually being digitized and made accessible on the Internet.
With its extensive holdings, the AdsD has become a central research facility for the history of the labor movement and German social and contemporary history as a whole. Thanks to the use of electronic data processing systems, AdsD has taken a big step on the way to becoming a “digital service center”.
The library of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Bonn is located in the immediate vicinity of the AdsD (both independently belong to the historical research center of the foundation); With 1,000,000 volumes, it comprises one of the largest privately owned social science libraries.
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Footnotes
- ^ Archives of Social Democracy, inventory overview, Bonn 2006, p. 9