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Documentation on educational politics of the SPD parliamentary group, Lower Saxony
This collection comprises approximately 200 files with contemporary historical documents and archive materials of the Lower Saxon SPD parliamentary group during its opposition time from 1976 until 1990.

It was bequeathed by Prof. Rolf Wernstedt as a permanent loan in the Specialized Library of Social Sciences. Letters, records, printed minutes and newspaper cuttings give evidence of the programmatic debates on education in school-, university- and educational politics in Lower Saxony at that time. They verify developments and methods of opposition work, the way in which public relations work was done for example, by town touring, and open new sources for biographic research. The files are arranged by keywords like educational politics such as school- and university politics, vocational work and adult education and can be used by means of tables of contents. An electronic search for key words is also possible.
In the database SPD educational politics, the folders are referenced and thus an electronic catchword search enabled.

Erich Gerlach Bequest

Erich Gerlach (1910-1972), member of the SPD in the Lower Saxon “Landtag” (i.e. Regional Assembly) 1947-1972, editor of the journal "Sozialistische Politik" (1954-1963), publisher of the writings of Karl Korsch, contract lecturer at Hannover University 1969-1972.
- The bequest comprises a comprehensive collection of studies on syndicalism, anarcho syndicalism (Spanish Civil War, Brazil, Argentina), worker's self-management (Yugoslavia), Marxist economy, and studies on the theories of Karl Korsch. In addition, there is a comprehensive collection of correspondence connected to the "Sozialistische Politik" journal, syndicalism and Trotskyism and professional contact with politicians and scientists. Extensive collection of materials and excerpts relating to the history of the international worker's movement, socialism, Marxism, anarchism, the trade union movement, and criticism of the political economy.
- In addition, a selected working library has been handed down containing rare journal stocks concerning the early years of the German Federal Republic and the French, Spanish and Latin American worker's movements.

Rudolf Sinz Bequest

The economist and sociologist Rudolf Sinz (1940-1976) lectured at Hannover University from 1972-1976. The bequest consists of manuscripts and excerpts relating to his unfinished thesis on the subject of "Die Kritik der Politischen Ökonomie als Theorie der gesellschaftlichen Produktion" ("Criticism of the Political Economy as a Theory of Social Production").