Archives from below

Archives from below , often also free archives , are archives that initially originated the history of the workers' and women's movements since the 19th century and since the mid-1980s as a result of the New Social Movements and which document these movements.

History of the archives from below

The first movement archives were created in Hamburg , Freiburg im Breisgau , Duisburg , Münster , Berlin and Munich in the mid to late 1980s. A second wave of founding followed in the mid-1990s. The archives are largely the result of private initiatives, with individuals leaving their materials to the archives - mostly libraries in info shops and autonomous centers . Central themes were the anti-nuclear movement , the women's movement , the environmental movement and the peace movement . There are also many left-wing radical magazines with small numbers in the archives.

The free archives network their holdings in a digital data network called Dataspace.

Archives from below in German-speaking countries

In Germany there are currently just over 270 archives from below . Most of them are in Berlin .

“Since they are the easiest to archive, these archives all have a large inventory of magazines and an extensive range of brochures. The bulk of it is gray literature and there is also a lot of "illegal" literature to be found. Mostly they also have books, leaflets and posters. "

- Bernd Hüttner :

It is precisely because of the existence of “illegal” literature that some archives have repeatedly been hit by house searches .

List of known archives from below

Merger

• Archiv³ Cooperation Third World Archives

Sorting according to postcodes

Dresden

• "Archive Citizens Movement", in the Environmental Library, 02747 Großhennersdorf, Am Sportplatz 3

Leipzig

• Info shop, Koburgerstr. 3, 04277 Leipzig
• Environmental Library, Bernhard-Göringstr. 152, 04277 Leipzig

Jena

• Thuringian Archive for Contemporary History "Matthias Domaschk", Camsdorfer Ufer 17 07749 Jena

Berlin

• Anti-fascist press archive and education center Berlin , Lausitzer Str. 10, 10999 Berlin
• Archives of the GDR opposition, Schliemannstr. 23, 10437 Berlin
• Archive of Youth Cultures Fidicinstrasse 3, House D, 10965 Berlin
• Archive for Alternative Culture, Mohrenstr. 41, 10117 Berlin
• Archive Green Memory, Eldenaer Str. 35, 10247 Berlin
• Papiertiger Archive and Library, Cuvrystr. 25, 10997 Berlin
• Research and Documentation Center Chile-Latin America eV FDCL eV Im Mehringhof, stairway 3, 5th floor Gneisenaustraße 2a 10961 Berlin
• Women's research, education and information center eV (FFBIZ), Eldenaerstraße 35 III, 10247 Berlin
• Info shop Next to it Liebigstr. 34, 10247 Berlin-Friedrichshain
• Schwules Museum, Lützowstrasse 73, 10785 Berlin
• Umbruch Bildarchiv, Lausitzer Str. 10, 10999 Berlin

Hamburg

• Active archive, Sternschanze 1, 20357 Hamburg
• Archive of social movements, shoulder blade 71, 20357 Hamburg
• Hamburg Institute for Social Research , Mittelweg 36, 20148 Hamburg

Oldenburg

• Alhambra Archive, Hermannstr. 83, 26135 Oldenburg

Bremen

• Archive of Social Movements, St.Pauli-Str. 10/12, 28203 Bremen

kassel

• Archive, library and research center on the history of the German women's movement, 34127 Kassel Gottschalkstraße 57

Lüchow

• Gorleben Archive, History of the Wendland Resistance, 29439 Lüchow, Rosenstrasse 17

Marburg

• Feminist Archive Marburg in the rooms of the General Student Committee (AStA) of the Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35037 Marburg Erlenring 5 (in the AStA corridor)
• Contemporary History Documentation Center Marburg eV (ZDM)

Goettingen

Hans Litten Archive 37022 Göttingen

Wuppertal

• Hartmut Meyer Archive (HMA) of the VVN Association of Antifascists NRW c / o VVN-BdA NRW, Gathe 55, 42107 Wuppertal

Oberhausen

• Project archive, c / o compressed air, Am Förderturm 27, 46049 Oberhausen

Duisburg

• Archive for alternative literature (afas), Münzstrasse 37–43 in 47051 Duisburg-Mitte

Muenster

• Environment Center Archive, c / o Don Quijote (formerly Environment Center), Scharnhorststrasse 57, 48151 Münster

Osnabrück

• Action Center 3rd World eV Bierstr. 29 49074 Osnabrück, Germany

Cologne

• TtE library , Alte Feuerwache, Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

Frankfurt Main

• Archive in excess, Leipzigerstr. 91, 60487 Frankfurt Main

Freiburg

• Archive of Social Movements, Adlerstrasse 12, 79098 Freiburg

Munich

• Anti-fascist information, documentation and archive office Munich e. V. (aida) P.O. Box 400 123 80701 Munich

Unterhaching

• Group 2, Fasanenstrasse 142, 82008 Unterhaching (near Munich) (this archive was exposed in 2000 as a "state protection project")

Nuremberg

• Metropoletan Archive, Eberhardshofstr. 11 HH, 90429 Nuremberg

Vienna

• Documentation of biographical records at the Institute for Social and Economic History of the University of Vienna (focus on autobiographical material from rural lower classes)

Zurich

• Study library on the history of the labor movement, Quellenstr. 25, CH-8005 Zurich

Amsterdam

• ID archive in the IISG , Cruquiusweg 31, NL-1019 AT Amsterdam

See also

• List of Libertarian Libraries and Archives , Worldwide

literature

• Jürgen Bacia, Cornelia Wenzel: Keeping Movement. Free Archives and the Story from Below. Archive of Youth Cultures , Berlin 2013 ISBN 978-3-943774-18-4
• Jürgen Bacia, Dorothée Leidig: History from below in the sidelines. A plea for strengthening free archives. In: The archivist. 2006, H. 2 ISSN  0003-9500 pp. 166-172
• Bernd Hüttner: Archives from below. Libraries and archives of the new social movements and their holdings. Verlag AG SPAK , Neu-Ulm 2003 ISBN 3-930830-40-X
• Jürgen Müller, Roland Quester: Environmental Libraries Guide. 2000 ISBN 3-935046-00-6
• Philipp Mosch: In the tradition of the opposition - visit to the Matthias Domaschk Archive in Berlin. In: Gerbergasse 18. Thuringian quarterly journal for contemporary history and politics. Issue 18, Jena 2000 ISSN  1431-1607

Web links

• mobilungsarchive.de
• Category archives from below in the blog Archivalia
• Environmental libraries
• ida umbrella organization for German-speaking women / lesbian archives
• Database of the Cooperation Third World Archives
• Collecting, sorting, filing Independent archives and movement historiography in arranca 44
• 41 percent of all movement archives are in just ten cities. Where to find archives of social movements - an addendum ( memento from April 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) by Bernd Hüttner
• Archives from below at Archivalia
• Story from below
• Dataspace, database for left, alternative, gray literature. Headings: magazines, books; also foreign language

Footnotes and individual references

1. ↑ Dataspace
2. ↑ Info shop
3. ↑ Archive³ Cooperation Third World Archives
4. ↑ Saxony , 2018
5. ^ Infoladen, Leipzig
6. ^ Thuringian Archives for Contemporary History
7. ^ Archives of the GDR opposition
8. ↑ Archive for Alternative Culture ( Memento of the original dated November 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Archive Green Memory
10. ↑ Paper tiger
11. ^ Archives of the Research and Documentation Center Chile-Latin America
12. ↑ FFBIZ
13. ↑ Daneben.de
14. ↑ Gay Museum
15. ↑ Umbruch Bildarchiv
16. ↑ Active archive ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
17. ↑ Archive of Social Movements, Hamburg
18. ↑ HIS
19. ↑ Archive of Social Movements, Bremen ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
20. ^ Archive, library and research center on the history of the German women's movement
21. ↑ Gorleben archive, archive of the Wendland resistance, with over 70,000 photos and more than 480 hours of video material
22. ↑ FEM archive in Marburg
23. ↑ Review on "15 Years of the Feminist Archive Marburg"
24. ↑ zdm online. Retrieved April 28, 2020 . 
25. ↑ Hartmut Meyer Archive , regular publications by the HMA in the Antifaschistische Nachrichten
26. ^ Project archive in the Drucklufthaus
27. ↑ afas , as of July 2018
28. ↑ UWZ archive
29. ↑ afas archive
30. ↑ Action Center 3rd World
31. ^ TTE library
32. ^ Archive Social Movements, Freiburg / Br.
33. ^ Archive Social Movements in Freiburg The Memory of the Protest Movement , by Heinz Siebold, Stuttgarter Zeitung December 28, 2014
34. ↑ Group 2 ( Memento from September 26, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
35. ^ Study library in Zurich
36. ↑ ID archive ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
37. ↑ Book display ( Memento of the original dated May 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.