Metadata: Personal estate of Bertha Ramsauer
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- State Archives of Lower Saxony – Oldenburg branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Oldenburg
- Postal address:
- Damm 43, 26135 Oldenburg
- Phone number:
- +49 441 9244 100
- Reference number:
- Erw 119
- Title:
- Personal estate of Bertha Ramsauer
- Title (official language):
- Nachlass Bertha Ramsauer
- Creator/accumulator:
- Ramsauer, Bertha
- Date(s):
- 1911/2000
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 4.3 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- This collection comprises the personal estate of Bertha Ramsauer and documents collected by the VHS-Freundeskreis ("Friends of the VHS [a network of adult education centres]”) and the Bertha-Ramsauer-Stiftung, which document the work of the foundation. Ramsauer’s personal estate includes newspaper articles and excerpts on the subjects such as the First Landtag, Hitler's seizure of power, persecution of Jews.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Bertha Ramsauer (1884-1947) was one of the early activists of popular adult education in Lower Saxony. In 1926, she founded the Edewecht/Husbäke Volkshochschule (adult education centre).
- Access points: persons/families:
- Ramsauer, Bertha, 1884-1947
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Education
- Nazism
- Newspaper clippings
- Personal records
- System of arrangement:
- There is no system of arrangement. The material is in order of accession.
- 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
