Metadata: Graphic material collection
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- State Archives of Lower Saxony – Hannover branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Hannover
- Postal address:
- Am Archiv 1, 30169 Hannover
- Phone number:
- + 49 511 1206601
- Reference number:
- BigS
- Title:
- Graphic material collection
- Title (official language):
- Bildgutsammlung
- Creator/accumulator:
- State Archives of Lower Saxony – Hannover branch
- Date(s):
- 1790/2004
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 25 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Graphic material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
This collection comprises photographic prints, negatives and slides relating to local areas and buildings, politics, economy, industry, technology, energy, transport, administration, health care, culture, churches, justice, military, sport, archives, coats of arms and caricatures.
It contains material regarding the persecution of Jews in Hannover as well as the November Pogrom (1938). It also includes photographs of the exteriors and interiors of the partly destroyed synagogues in Hannover, Braunschweig, Berlin, Chemnitz and Harburg (1857-1943). The collection contains material on Jewish cemeteries in Nienburg/Weser and Hannoversch Münden, on the Jewish memorial in central Hannover and the Jewish community house in Berlin in as well as a photo series about Israel, the country and its people.
- Archival history:
- This collection has existed as a separate fonds since 1990. It contains both individual and files of photos, previously housed in the map department. For storage reasons, the collection was connected to the map department and given the designation of a graphic material collection. The pre-provenance or file call number from which the records were taken are also specified.
- Access points: locations:
- Berlin
- Braunschweig
- Chemnitz
- Hannover
- Hannoversch Münden
- Israel
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is ordered by thematic index. Keyword search is possible on the database.
- Finding aids:
- An online catalogue (Arcinsys) is available.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.arcinsys.niedersachsen.de/arcinsys/start.action?oldNodeid=
- Yerusha Network member:
- Institute for the History of German Jews
- Author of the description:
- Meike Buck