Metadata: Press Photo Archive of the Berner Zeitung in Audiovisual Archives in D Special Archives
Collection
- Country:
- Switzerland
- Holding institution:
- State Archive of Bern
- Holding institution (official language):
- Staatsarchiv Bern
- Postal address:
- Falkenplatz 4, CH-3001 Bern
- Phone number:
- +41 31 633 51 01
- Email:
- info.stab@sta.be.ch
- Reference number:
- PBA BZ
- Title:
- Press Photo Archive of the Berner Zeitung in Audiovisual Archives in D Special Archives
- Title (official language):
- Pressebildarchiv der Berner Zeitung in Audiovisuelle Archive in D Spezialarchive
- Creator/accumulator:
- Berner Zeitung
- Date(s):
- 1958/1997
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 42 shelf metres
- Type of material:
- Photographic images
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
This collection of issues of the “Berner Zeitung“ contains a number of photos relating to Jews, which can be found mainly in the Personal Archives (A and B) and in the Special Archives (D). Among others, there are photos from 1997 showing the President of the Jewish Community of Bern, Robert Heymann, and Gerhard M Riegner, the Vice-President of the Jewish World Congress, as well as Israel Singer, the Secretary General of the Jewish World Congress. There are also photos of the writer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, as well as photos on specific topics. These include Jewish assets in Switzerland, Swiss mobilisation in the Second World War, Switzerland's connection to the Holocaust, and racism and anti-Semitism.
[PBA BZ A 591; PBA BZ B 5530; PBA BZ B 6949; PBA BZ B 8584; PBA BZ D 633; PBA BZ D 2051; PBA BZ D 2398; PBA BZ D 2403; PBA BZ D 2480; PBA BZ D 2501]
- Archival history:
- The collection came into the possession of the State Archive during the second half of the 20th century.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The State Archive of Bern is the repository of all state archival holdings worthy of preservation. Since the 15th century, the Bernese archives have been housed in the vaults of the town hall. In 1713 a permanent archive commission was set up. The archives of the perished city and Republic of Bern went to the newly created Canton of Bern in 1803, and partly to the Cantons of Aargau and Vaud. Until 1891, the administration of the National Archive was the responsibility of the respective state scribe.
- Access points: locations:
- Bern
- Switzerland
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Holocaust
- World Jewish Congress
- World War II
- Finding aids:
- An online finding aid is available, although the information is often rudimentary.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.query.sta.be.ch/suchinfo.aspx
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Severin Holzknecht; Jewish Museum of Hohenems; 2020