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Archive of Social Democracy (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung)

The Archive of Social Democracy (AdsD) of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation is the central repository for all kinds of sources on the history of the German and international workers' movement. It sees itself as the unprinted memory of social democracy and trade unions, individual personalities as well as various organizations and movements from the Environment. In this regard, the AdsD offers expertise on archival issues and public history.

The AdsD was opened in June 1969 and is now one of the largest archives about the labour movement in Germany. In addition to holdings on German social democracy, it contains materials from German and international trade unions, such the archival footage of the umbrella association of German trade unions  and the majority of the individual German trade unions. This collection comprises approximately 20 km of files. 

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