German election material

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 1405
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: German election material
Date(s)	: 1896-1933
Level of description	: Collection level
Extent	: 5 files
Name of creator(s)	: Roedner | Helmut | fl 2002

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

These political flyers were purchased from an antiquarian bookseller in Haarlem, Netherlands. It was the collection of a German Jewish communist, who flew to Palestine around 1936. The antiquarian bought it from his son.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The German election material collection consists of election propaganda covering the era of the Weimar Republic, especially the final years. There are many flyers from the NSDAP, but also other parties, like the Zentrum, the SPD and the KPD.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
German

System of arrangement:

The flyers are arranged chronologically by election. There are varying numbers of flyers per election. The dates in the description signify the election dates.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Finding aids:

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Helmut Roedner

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
March 2008