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Germany
Archives and Libraries
- 1989-1990 Wende-Zeiten Bilder, Töne, Kommentare aus dem DDR-Fernsehen Images, sound and commentary documenting the Fall of the Wall and the other events of 1989-1990 from the GDR television archives in the Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv Babelsberg.
- Arbeiterfotografie Digitized German labour photo's from 1925 to around 1935, with some additions from after the War until around 1980; from the Deutsche Fotothek (Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden)
- Archiv APO und soziale Bewegungen at the Freie Universität, Berlin. Collects material on the German extra-parlementarian movements since 1945. General information.
- Archiv der Arbeiterjugendbewegung (Oer-Erkenschwick). Overview of the collections.
- Archiv der deutschen Jugendbewegung (Witzenhausen) Archival institution for the collection and safeguarding of German youth movements documents from around 1890 to the present. Publisher of the Jahrbuch des Archivs der deutschen Jugendbewegung.
- Archiv der Münchner Arbeiterbewegung The Archive of the Munich Labour Movement collects all documents from the labour movement, new social movements, industrial culture and the lives of the working people of Munich. General information about the Archive's collections and activities.
- Archiv der sozialen Bewegungen in Bremen Overview of the collections.
- Archiv für alternatives Schrifttum in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Duisburg). Catalogue of its serials and pamphlet holdings, with a regional focus, mainly from the 1960s on.
- Archiv für soziale Bewegungen in Baden Documents on post-WW II social movements in the Upper-Rhine area. General information, overview of the collections.
- Archive in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland by Andreas Hanacek (Wangen im Allgäu). Links to German archives.
- Bergbau-Archiv Bochum Under Wirtschaftsarchive: Overview of its holdings, links to other mining history sites.
- Bibliothek der Freien: Anarchistische Bücherei im Haus der Demokratie Berlin An anarchist library containing more than 1,500 monographs from the collection of the Berliner Gesellschaft zum Studium sozialer Fragen. General information, an overview of the collections, a list of periodical titles, and LidiaP (Liste digitalisierter anarchistischer Periodika) free download of more than 300 libertarian periodicals in 19 languages covering 134 years.
- Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte - Dokumentationsstelle für unkonventionelle Literatur at the Württembergische Landesbibliothek (Stuttgart). Overview of the collections.
- Bibliothek zur Geschichte der DDR at the Haus der Geschichte (Bonn). General information.
- Bibliotheken, Bücher und Berichte at the University of Hanover. Links to German libraries.
- Bundesarchiv The German national archives.
- Bundesarchiv The Stiftung Archiv der Parteien und Massenorganisationen der DDR is in Berlin.
- Deutsche Bibliothek The German national library.
- Deutsches Freimaurer Museum The library of the German Masonic Museum in Bayreuth is considered to be the largest special collection in German speaking countries with approximately 16,000 volumes. General information, online catalogue.
- Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv (Frankfurt am Main and Babelsberg). Overview of the collections.
- Dokumentationszentrum für europäische Gewerkschaftspublikationen at the University of Bremen. General information, access to the Presse-Spiegel aus der europäischen Gewerkschaftspresse.
- Dokumentationszentrum und Museum über die Migration in Deutschland DOMiD Documentation Centre and Museum of Migration in Germany (Cologne) is a merger of the associations Migration Museum e.V. and DOMiT e.V. The collection consists of books, grey literature, newspapers, magazines, documents, photos, film, audio recording, leaflets, posters and objects.
- Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Bonn) of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. Historical research, rich library and manuscript collections. Online catalogue (Web), guide to the archives, exhibitions etc.
- Fritz Hüser Institut für deutsche und ausländische Arbeiterliteratur (Dortmund). This institute is entirely devoted to working-class culture and literature. Information about the collections.
- Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung Overview of its research projects and collections, in particular on "Protest, Widerstand und Utopie in der BRD".
- Haus der Geschichte des Ruhrgebiets The House for the History of the Ruhr is home to the Stiftung Bibliothek des Ruhrgebiets (SBR) and the Institut für soziale Bewegungen (ISB). The Haus der Geschichte holds the stock of the Bibliothek des Ruhrgebiets and the Archiv für soziale Bewegungen.
- HBZ Werkzeugkasten International lists of online directories, libraries, bookshops, antiquarian bookshops, auctioneers, bibliographies, discographies, article databases, and many other reference tools for librarians, at the Hochschulbibliothekszentrum, Nordrhein-Westfalen (HBZ) in Cologne.
- Karl Marx Haus (Trier), of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Home to the Karl Marx Studienzentrum and its library.
- Max Stein Collection on German socialism, in the Bibliothek der Freien Universität (Berlin). Overview.
- Museum der Dinge Werkbundarchiv (Berlin). Records of the Deutscher Werkbund founded in 1907.
- Stiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur A German foundation dealing with the history of the SED. Information about its activities, publications, archive and library. Its Newsletter can be downloaded from the website.
- Thüringer Archiv für Zeitgeschichte
„Matthias Domaschk” (Jena) An archival institution founded in 1991 for documents from the opposition in the former GDR: private papers, photos, audio-visual materials, and a library.
- Wir waren so frei This site contains films and photos taken in 1989 and 1990, during the time of the Fall of the Wall and the reunification. All of the material is from private collections. It is a cooperative project by the Deutsche Kinemathek and the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.
Data Archives
- Sozio-ökonomisches Panel at the Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (Berlin). "A representative longitudinal study of private households in the entire Federal Republic of Germany" (1984-1997). Newsletter, bibliography etc.
Research Institutions
- Forschungsstelle für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte Ostmitteleuropas Bibliography, Conferences, Publications and Journal.
- Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Bonn) of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. Historical research, rich library and manuscript collections. Online catalogue (Web), guide to the archives, exhibitions etc.
- Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung Overview of its research projects and collections, in particular on "Protest, Widerstand und Utopie in der BRD".
- Haus der Geschichte des Ruhrgebiets The House for the History of the Ruhr is home to the Stiftung Bibliothek des Ruhrgebiets (SBR) and the Institut für soziale Bewegungen (ISB). The Haus der Geschichte holds the stock of the Bibliothek des Ruhrgebiets and the Archiv für soziale Bewegungen.
- Karl Marx Haus (Trier), of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Home to the Karl Marx Studienzentrum and its library.
- Sozio-ökonomisches Panel at the Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (Berlin). "A representative longitudinal study of private households in the entire Federal Republic of Germany" (1984-1997). Newsletter, bibliography etc.
Museums
- Alte Völklinger Eisenhütte Information on these steel works in the Saarland, an industrial-archeological site. With images of labour in the steel works (video clips).
- Clara Zetkin Museum Birkenwerder, Germany. General information.
- Deutsches Bergbaumuseum (Bochum). An important mining museum. General information.
- Deutsches Freimaurer Museum The library of the German Masonic Museum in Bayreuth is considered to be the largest special collection in German speaking countries with approximately 16,000 volumes. General information, online catalogue.
- Dokumentationszentrum und Museum über die Migration in Deutschland DOMiD Documentation Centre and Museum of Migration in Germany (Cologne) is a merger of the associations Migration Museum e.V. and DOMiT e.V. The collection consists of books, grey literature, newspapers, magazines, documents, photos, film, audio recording, leaflets, posters and objects.
- Landesmuseum für Technik und Arbeit (Mannheim).
- Museum der Arbeit (Hamburg). The world of labour in Hamburg in the last 150 years. Extensive general information.
- Museum der deutschen Binnenschiffahrt (Duisburg). General information.
- Museum der Dinge Werkbundarchiv (Berlin). Records of the Deutscher Werkbund founded in 1907.
- Rheinisches Industriemuseum A group of six industrial museums in the Rheinland. General information.
- Sächsisches Industriemuseum A cooperative of industrial museums in Chemnitz, Crimmitschau, Ehrenfriedersdorf and Knappenrode.
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 Virtual Library Museen Virtual Library Museums contains museum related information in Germany and in German-language countries.
- Virtuelles Museum für Industriekultur maintained by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Industriekultur (Duisburg). Discussion list, extensive German and international links to heritage sites.
Associations and Societies
- Arbeitskreis für Moderne Sozialgeschichte German association for modern social history. General information.
- Arbeitskreis für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte Schleswig-Holsteins General information, project information, a timeline.
- Arbeitskreis Historische Friedensforschung German working group for peace history and peace studies
- Arbeitskreis Militär und Gesellschaft in der Frühen Neuzeit AMG An international Working Group for Military and Society in the Early Modern Era. The AMG is dedicated to a new military history that is oriented to cultural and social historical approaches. It is based in Potsdam, Germany.
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Demographie: Arbeitskreis Migration - Integration - Minderheiten The German Society for Demography's working group for migration, integration and minorities. General information, conferences.
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pflegewissenschaft General information on the German Society of Nursing Science, an independent forum for the development and promotion of nursing science and nursing research in Germany.
- Förderverein für Forschungen zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung (Berlin). A German association established in 1992 for the promotion of researching and educating the history of the labour movement and other social movements. General information, tables of contents of their JahrBuch für Forschungen zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung.
- Gesellschaft für Exilforschung (GfE) (Marburg). An international interdisciplinary organization founded in 1984; publisher of Exilforschung. Ein internationales Jahrbuch and a newsletter, Neuer Nachrichtenbrief.
- Kommission Arbeitskulturen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde. Information about the Commission's activities and publications, contact information.
- Kritische Geschichte. Netzwerk Gesellschaftskritik und Geschichtswissenschaft Website of a German network for social criticism and history. You need to open a uswer account.
- Verein für Socialpolitik - Wirtschaftshistorischer Ausschuß General information.
- Virtuelles Museum für Industriekultur maintained by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Industriekultur (Duisburg). Discussion list, extensive German and international links to heritage sites.
Special Topics
- 1968 in West Germany at the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC. A guide to sources and literature by Philipp Gassert and Pavel A. Richter.
- Arbeiterfotografie Digitized German labour photo's from 1925 to around 1935, with some additions from after the War until around 1980; from the Deutsche Fotothek (Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden)
- Arbeitskreis Historische Friedensforschung German working group for peace history and peace studies
- Archiv der Arbeiterjugendbewegung (Oer-Erkenschwick). Overview of the collections.
- Archiv der deutschen Jugendbewegung (Witzenhausen) Archival institution for the collection and safeguarding of German youth movements documents from around 1890 to the present. Publisher of the Jahrbuch des Archivs der deutschen Jugendbewegung.
- Bibliographie zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung und zur Theorie und Praxis der politischen Linken - Online-BizGA An online bibliographic database of publications related to the German labour movement and the political left, from 1976 onwards. At the library website of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
- Bibliographie zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte des deutschen Südwestens 1750-1919 at the University of Mannheim. Searchable database of close to 10,000 entries up to 1998, with abstracts. Two general introductions.
- Bibliothek der Freien: Anarchistische Bücherei im Haus der Demokratie Berlin An anarchist library containing more than 1,500 monographs from the collection of the Berliner Gesellschaft zum Studium sozialer Fragen. General information, an overview of the collections, a list of periodical titles, and LidiaP (Liste digitalisierter anarchistischer Periodika) free download of more than 300 libertarian periodicals in 19 languages covering 134 years.
- Chronologie der deutschen Gewerkschaftsbewegung von den Anfängen bis 1918 By Dieter Schuster, with a preface by Rüdiger Zimmermann and indexes by Hubert Wolteringat; the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
- Deutsche Dichterhandschriften des poetischen Realismus at Brigham Young University. A finding aid for manuscripts of many nineteenth-century German writers; includes August Bebel, Moses Hess, Wilhelm Liebknecht and other socialist authors.
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Demographie: Arbeitskreis Migration - Integration - Minderheiten The German Society for Demography's working group for migration, integration and minorities. General information, conferences.
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pflegewissenschaft General information on the German Society of Nursing Science, an independent forum for the development and promotion of nursing science and nursing research in Germany.
- Deutsches Freimaurer Museum The library of the German Masonic Museum in Bayreuth is considered to be the largest special collection in German speaking countries with approximately 16,000 volumes. General information, online catalogue.
- Dokumentationszentrum und Museum über die Migration in Deutschland DOMiD Documentation Centre and Museum of Migration in Germany (Cologne) is a merger of the associations Migration Museum e.V. and DOMiT e.V. The collection consists of books, grey literature, newspapers, magazines, documents, photos, film, audio recording, leaflets, posters and objects.
- FES-Netz-Quelle: Geschichte und Politik Online publications and documents concerning the history of the German and international trade union movements, the women's movement and other social and political issues, from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung library website.
- Freies Schaffen Rundbrief Information from the Datenbank des deutschsprachigen Anarchismus - DadA
- Fritz Hüser Institut für deutsche und ausländische Arbeiterliteratur (Dortmund). This institute is entirely devoted to working-class culture and literature. Information about the collections.
- German Propaganda Archive at Calvin College (Grand Rapids, MI). Includes a section on propaganda in the German Democratic Republic.
- German Revolution at Subversion (Manchester). English translations of historical Council Communist texts on the movement of 1918-1919.
- Germany - Extraparliamentary Movement , 1967-1984. Online Archive of California, Stanford University.
- Geschichtstheatergesellschaft 1848 German revolutionaries in the American Civil War.
- Gesellschaft für Exilforschung (GfE) (Marburg). An international interdisciplinary organization founded in 1984; publisher of Exilforschung. Ein internationales Jahrbuch and a newsletter, Neuer Nachrichtenbrief.
- Gewerkschaften und industrielle Beziehungen Database at the Freie Universität, Berlin. Searchable database containing 7,000 citations of books, articles, working papers, brochures, proceedings etc. on labor relations in Germany, the EU and Eastern Europe.
- Kommission Arbeitskulturen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde. Information about the Commission's activities and publications, contact information.
- König, Mareike, Bibliotheken deutscher Einwanderer in Paris (1850 - 1914) : Benutzer und Bestände In the 19th century a large number of German speaking migrants from different strata of society lived in Paris. Several German reading rooms, such as the Deutscher Sozialdemokratischer Leseklub (Paris) Archives and libraries of these immigrants ensured that through literature they did not loose contact with their home country and native language.
- Migration-audio-archiv Audio accounts of migration to Germany after 1955. The initial collection includes 100 audioclips each lasting between 30 and 45 minutes. They can be listened to online and on air (WDR radio).
- Portal zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung This German labour history site brings together text documents, online periodicals, databases, visual collections, and historiography. The material covers all subjects from the beginnings of the labour movement, trade unionism, social democracy and the political left.
- Programmatische Dokumente und Statuten der deutschen Gewerkschaftsbewegung und der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands Online database at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung containing more than 1.200 digitized programs, thematic leaflets and statutes of the German Trade Union Movement and the Social Democratic Party of Germany from the 19th century onwards.
- RAF - Die RAF als Geschichte und Gegenwart Texts and materials related to the 'German Autumn' and its aftermath; edited by Jan-Holger Kirsch and Annette Vowinckel; from the Zeitgeschichte online website.
- Revolution 1848-1849 in Deutschland Under construction A site on "150 years of revolution in Baden Württemberg".
- Sozialgeschichte der KPD The history of communism in the Weimar Republic. Elections statistics, a bibliography, photographs, posters, and other documents. By Ulrich Eumann.
- Statistisches Bundesambt Deutschland Website of the Statistical Office of Germany. Statistical tables dealing with almost every aspect of the country, including employment rates, education, environment, wages, and population. Most of the site is available in English.
- Thesaurus Professionum (THEPRO). Datenbank frühneuzeitlicher Berufsnamen
(Deutschland) The Thesaurus Professionum now contains about 22.000 entries for occupational titles found in Early Modern funeral sermons and similar texts in German libraries and archives.
- This Is Baader-Meinhof maintained by Richard Huffmann. Biographies, documents and photographs from the German decade of terror, 1968-1977. - See also Rote Armee Fraktion.
- Veröffentlichungen deutscher Parteien und Gewerkschaften at the Friedrich Ebert Stfitung (Bonn). Extensive bibliography of German political and trade union publications received by the library.
Discussion Lists
Journals
- Arbeiterbewegung und Sozialgeschichte. Zeitschrift für die Regionalgeschichte Bremens General information in German, online tables of contents (up to 2003), a few online articles.
- Archiv der deutschen Jugendbewegung (Witzenhausen) Archival institution for the collection and safeguarding of German youth movements documents from around 1890 to the present. Publisher of the Jahrbuch des Archivs der deutschen Jugendbewegung.
- Archiv für Geschichte des Widerstandes und der Arbeit Information from H-Soz-u-Kult
- Archiv für Sozialgeschichte Information from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: tables of contents (with abstracts since 1997) from 1981 to present, author index from 1961 to 1980, book reviews available online.
- Beiträge zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung BzG Detailed information about the journal's history and publishers, tables of contents, online supplements, full text versions of vols 1998 and 1999.
- Beiträge zur Marx-Engels-Forschung - Neue Folge Tables of contents of current and back issues. Archive of publications before 1991; from the website of the Berliner Verein zur Förderung der MEGA-Edition e.V.
- Demokratische Geschichte. Jahrbuch für Schleswig-Holstein TOC from H-Soz-u-Kult.
- Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen Online tables of contents, abstracts
- Freies Schaffen Rundbrief Information from the Datenbank des deutschsprachigen Anarchismus - DadA
- International Newsletter of Communist Studies From the 2000/2001 issue on The Newsletter is published in the Jahrbuch für historische Kommunismusforschung (Yearbook for Historical Communist Studies).
- Internationale wissenschaftliche Korrespondenz zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung (IWK). Tables of contents of current and back issues.
- Interventionen. Beiträge zur Geschichte und zur Gegenwart politischer Sozialisation und Partizipation Published by POSOPA Verein zur Förderung von Forschungen zur politischen Sozialisation und Partizipation, Neu Zittau
- JahrBuch für Forschungen zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung A publication of the Förderverein für Forschungen zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung, Berlin.
- Jahrbuch für Historische Kommunismusforschung (Yearbook for Historical Communist Studies); published by Aufbau Verlag Berlin. From the 2000/2001 issue on, the Yearbook includes The International Newsletter of Communist Studies. Online Tables of contents of current and back issues.
- Mitteilungen Gesellschaft für Politik und Bildung Schleswig Holstein Beirat für Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung und Demokratie in Schleswig-Holstein. Information from Labour History Serials Service.
- Mitteilungsblatt des Instituts für soziale Bewegungen published by Institut für Soziale Bewegungen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum; continues Mitteilungsblatt des Instituts zur Erforschung der Europäischen Arbeiterbewegung.
- Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte Tables of contents, abstracts
- WerkstattGeschichte Published by the Verein für kritische Geschichtsschreibung
Reference
- Clio Online Fachportal für die Geschichtswissenschaften.
- H-Soz-u-Kult Kommunikation und Fachinformation für die Geschichtswissenschaften This German information network for historians, which is part of H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences Online, is maintained at the Humboldt-University in Berlin.
- Historicum.net: Geschichts- und Kunstwissenschaften im Internet German historical information network: topical web guides, bibliography, electronic journals, reviews, educational materials, announcements, lists of documentary and research institutions and much more.
- Historisches Zentrum Hagen: Fachinformationen Historical information services from the Hagen Historical Centre, Germany. The Centre is home to the Virtual Library Frühe Neuzeit, the Virtual Library Zeitgeschichte, the Virtual Library Museen, H-Museum, and a number of German regional historical information resources.
- König, Mareike, Bibliotheken deutscher Einwanderer in Paris (1850 - 1914) : Benutzer und Bestände In the 19th century a large number of German speaking migrants from different strata of society lived in Paris. Several German reading rooms, such as the Deutscher Sozialdemokratischer Leseklub (Paris) Archives and libraries of these immigrants ensured that through literature they did not loose contact with their home country and native language.
- Wir waren so frei This site contains films and photos taken in 1989 and 1990, during the time of the Fall of the Wall and the reunification. All of the material is from private collections. It is a cooperative project by the Deutsche Kinemathek and the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.
- World-Wide Web Virtual Library: German Subject Catalogue A list of German humanities, sciences and social sciences resources, at the University of Karlsruhe.
- Zeitgeschichte-online A portal for German contemporary history on the web. It is a project of the Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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