Golden Book (Braunschweig)

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The Golden Book of the City of Braunschweig was created in 1926 on the occasion of the visit of the second Reich President of the Weimar Republic , Paul von Hindenburg . The first volume was used until 1942, the second from 1951 to 1995. The current 3rd volume has been in use since 1995.

history

1st volume

The 1st Golden Book, kept from 1926 to 1942. In the center the coat of arms of the city of Braunschweig with the stylized Braunschweig lion .

The first entry is from October 15, 1926 and is from Paul von Hindenburg. The third entry of this volume, from 28/29. November 1928 comes from Albert Schweitzer, who later won the Nobel Peace Prize .

time of the nationalsocialism

January 16, 1946: Resolution of the Council of the City of Braunschweig regarding the removal of the entries by Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Dietrich Klagges and Baldur von Schirachs from the Golden Book.

During the time of National Socialism , numerous representatives, supporters and followers of the Nazi regime signed the book. In addition to Adolf Hitler , Hermann Göring , Bernhard Rust ( Reich Minister for Science, Education and National Education ), Dietrich Klagges (Minister President of the Free State of Braunschweig ), Baldur von Schirach ( Reich Youth Leader ), Friedrich Alpers (including Braunschweig Minister of State, SA and SS member), Entry from November 6, 1933, Viktor Lutze (Chief of Staff of the SA ), Gertrud Scholtz-Klink (Reichsfrauenführerin), entry from November 3, 1935, Meta Mischka-Grahé (Gaufrauenschaftsführerin for southern Hanover-Braunschweig ), entry from November 4, 1935, Hans von Tschammer und Osten ( Reichssportführer ), also artists loyal to the Nazi regime, such as the writer, anti-Semite and racist Börries von Münchhausen , entry 1937, the writer Agnes Miegel , represented on a special list of the God-favored list compiled by Hitler and Joseph Goebbels , entry 18 February 1939, or the nationalist -national author William Shepherd . The representatives of allied and dependent states such as Italy, Japan and Slovakia can also be found in the book, so the ambassadors Dino Alfieri (for fascist Italy ) and Hiroshi Ōshima (for the Japanese Empire ). The last entry is from the Finnish envoy on August 28, 1942.

By resolution of the city council with effect from January 16, 1946, the entries of Hitler, Göring, Klagges and von Schirach were removed. At the same time they were stripped of their honorary citizenship . Since honorary citizenship is a personal right that automatically expires with the death of the respective person, Hitler and Rust explicitly waived the withdrawal and pointed out that both had already died before (and thus the honorary citizenship expired).

2nd volume

The 2nd Golden Book, kept from 1951 to 1995.

Volume 2 of the Golden Book was published on April 22, 1951, the first entry by the first Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany Theodor Heuss and his wife Elly Heuss-Knapp to the last entry on May 24, 1995 by Wahyu Hamijaya, Lord Mayor of the Indonesian city ​​of Bandung , a twin town of Braunschweig.

The people who have entered this volume include numerous federal and state politicians, such as B. the Federal President Heinrich Lübke with his wife Wilhelmine Lübke (June 18, 1965), Walter Scheel (June 13, 1978), Karl Carstens (April 1, 1984) and Richard von Weizsäcker (October 6, 1987), as well as the President of the Bundestag Eugen Gerstenmaier (May 22, 1967) and Rita Süssmuth (June 10, 1992) also Federal Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger (May 22, 1967).

As an artist u. a. represented by the Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli (November 11, 1953) and the violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin (April 2, 1985).

There are also the signatures of numerous international politicians and diplomats ( consuls and ambassadors ) as well as representatives of the twin cities of Braunschweig, such as the Lord Mayors of Bath (UK), Nîmes (F), Bandung (Indonesia), Omaha (USA), Kazan (Tatarstan) , Sousse (Tunisia) and Magdeburg .

Also included are the signatures of several honorary citizens of the city of Braunschweig or of people who have been honored by the city of Braunschweig for special merits.

3rd volume

Volume 3 of the Golden Book has been in use since mid-1995. In it are u. a. the signatures of athletes like Uwe Seeler and Franz Beckenbauer , but also of the German record champions in American football , the New York Lions from Braunschweig. Politicians are u. a. represented by the Federal Presidents Johannes Rau and Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the Japanese Ambassador Takeshi Yagi . In 2011, the contributed in Literature Guenter Grass one, one year later followed by the thriller -author Donna Leon .

The first two volumes of the city of Braunschweig's Golden Book are now kept in the city archive.

1915: Golden Book for Henry the Lion in Iron

Golden book with the names of the donors for Henry the Lion in iron .
Henry the Lion in Iron

In Braunschweig, from the end of 1915, in the middle of the First World War , a separate directory, also called the Golden Book , was used for the people and groups of people who made a so-called “nail donation” for the figure Heinrich the Lion in iron , a nail figure in the time of the First World War had. This book was kept until 1918 and is now in the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jürgen Schultz: The Academy of Youth Leadership of the Hitler Youth in Braunschweig. (= Braunschweiger Werkstücke. Series A, Volume 15 / The whole series, Volume 55), Waisenhaus Buchdruckerei und Verlag, Braunschweig 1978, ISBN 3-87884-011-X , p. 149, FN 41.
  2. ↑ Entry in the finding aid of the Braunschweig city archive ( signature : E 110: E 110: 1): Guest book of the state capital of Braunschweig ("Golden Book"), created in 1926, kept on stadtarchiv-braunschweig.findbuch.net until 1942 .
  3. ↑ Entry in the finding aid of the Braunschweig City Archives (signature: E 110: E 110: 32) Goldenes Buch der Stadt Braunschweig, Vol. 2 on stadtarchiv-braunschweig.findbuch.net.
  4. ^ A b Henning Steinführer (Ed.): The holdings of the Braunschweig city archive. (= Braunschweiger Werkstücke Volume 56/115), Appelhans, Braunschweig 2018, ISBN 978-3-944939-33-9 , p. 118.
  5. ^ Gunnhild Ruben : Please register with you as a subtenant - Hitler and Braunschweig 1932–1935. Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-8334-0703-4 , p. 135, FN 46.
  6. ↑ Anke Donner: Federal President signed the city's Golden Book on October 29, 2017 on regionalHeute.de
  7. ↑ Jonas Walter: History bound in leather: The golden book from May 25, 2018 on regionalHeute.de