Amendment to the Bavarian Archives Act

"The German Reparation"

How did the Federal Republic of Germany compensate for the victims of unprecedented NS crimes? How was robbed property returned? And are committed crimes even “make good again”? These and other questions are discussed in the new, three-part podcast “The German Reparation”, which is now available online. In three episodes, central aspects of restitution such as restitution and compensation are at the heart of NS persecuters, as well as dealing with the so-called “forgotten victims” using the example of Sinti and Roma. Experts from science and society, along with podcast host Nora Hespers, also on the basis of historical documents from the Federal Archives, illuminate the backgrounds of reparation. The podcast appears in a German and English version. “The German Reparation” was created on behalf of the Federal Archive for the online theme portal “Reparation of National Socialist Unright”. Since 2022, the thematic portal initiated by the Federal Ministry of Finance and designed by the Federal Archives has been providing central access to millions of files of the German reparation policy and is continually being developed into a comprehensive search and information site which, in addition to archive contents, also offers background information, podcasts and research aids. The theme portal is implemented together with the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, the Leibniz-Institut FIZ Karlsruhe and the portal Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. The new podcast will be published on the 18th anniversary of the ratification of the Luxembourg Agreement on the so-called ‘Reparation of National Socialist Unright’. March 1953. In this agreement, the Federal Republic took responsibility to the State of Israel for the crimes committed in Nazism, especially to Jews. In the first podcast sequence “A question of property – between robbery and law” the refund of stolen property is at the centre of attention. Historian Jürgen Lillteicher (Director of the Allied Museum Berlin) talks about the start of reparation. Jurist Benjamin Lahusen (University of Frankfurt an der Oder) takes a look at the court halls at that time, and the provenance researchers Susanne Kiel and Kathrin Kleibl (LostLift database) report on the handling of the moved goods persecuted who had been confiscated in ports during war outbreak. The second sequence “A question of the territory – the view to the west” looks at the compensation of Nazis in Western Europe. Historian Tim Geiger (Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin) reports on the foreign policy history of reparation, and Nicole Immler (University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht) explains how reparation was carried out abroad. Britta Weizenegger (Landesamts für Finanz Rheinland-Pfalz) also reports how a reparation office works today. In the third episode “Camp for Recognition” is about the reparation for the Sinti and Roma persecuted in the NS period. They are representative of the so-called “forgotten victims” (such as homosexuals, so-called “Asocial”, “vocational criminals”), whose suffering was not recognized and compensated for decades after the Nazi terror. “The German Reparation” hosted the president of the Central Council of the Germans Sinti and Roma, Romani Rose, the President of the Federal Court of Justice, Bettina Limperg, and Markus Metz from the Bavarian National Association of Sinti and Roma. Link the podcast Topics "Reparation of National Socialist Unrightness" Posted on 14.03.2025

National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) complete

The NFDI represents an innovation in the German science landscape and aims to build a digital, regionally distributed and networked knowledge storage. It is intended to systematically develop valuable research data, which are often stored decentralized, project-like and temporary, as well as to make it readable, available and usable in the long term. It is composed of consortia in which different institutions of the respective research field cooperate, including infrastructure facilities such as the Bavarian State Archives. A knowledge store like the NFDI is the basis for attracting the world's best scientists. For the development and promotion of NFDI, the federal government and countries from 2019 to 2028 annually represent up to 90 million. Euro ready for final expansion, of which the federal government bears 90 percent, 10 percent bear the countries. Since 2020, the state archives of Bavaria are partners of the NFDI4Earth and the NFDI4Biodiversity. In November 2022, the Joint Science Conference (GWK) has incorporated eight other consortia into the federal state funding of the NFDI. The decision was based on a recommendation from the German Research Foundation (DFG). The following consortia will be funded from March 2023: • NFDI4Memory - Consortium for historically working humanities, • NFDI4Objects - research data infrastructure for the material legacy of human history, • NFDI4BIOIMAGE - National Research Data Infrastructure for Microscopy and Image Analysis, • NFDI4Energy - National Research Data Infrastructure for Interdisciplinary Energy System Research, • NFDI4Immuno - National Research Data Infrastructure for Immunology, • FAIRagro - FAIRe data infrastructure for agrosystem research, • NFDIxCS - National Research Data Infrastructure for and with Computer Science, • Base4NFDI - basic services for the NFDI. The Federal Government and the Länder are convinced that the eight consortia of the third and thus the last round of funding will complement the 19 consortia selected in the previous rounds in a very good way. Further information www.nfdi.de and project and cooperation/running projects

Photo stock in Bavarian archives - an archive guide

The now available archive leader for photo stock in Bavarian archives has a long history of origin. About 15 years ago, in view of the continued growing interest in the photographic tradition, the idea had emerged to create a separate handbook of photo stock in these archives in a similar way to the "Handbuch der Bayerischen Archives", which was published in 2001. The image archive guide is now available for download as pdf. We wish you an exciting and fruitful research in the diverse photo stock of the Bavarian archives!

10.03.2020: ‘Handwritten!? Messages in the pre-electronic age” - Tag der Archive im Staatsarchiv Landshut am 9. und 10. March 2020

Guided tour of the State Archive Landshut with archival presentation On the first weekend of March the 10th will be German. Tag Archives organized. This year he is entitled “Communication: From the Depesche to the Tweet”. Several hundred archives in Germany open their doors and provide insights into their work with historical documents. The State Archive Landshut participates in the following working days. On Monday, 9th and Tuesday, 10th will be held in two “Feierabend tours”. March at 16.00 a.m. in the Landshut State Archive presented the diverse tasks of the Landshut State Archive. Following this, there is the possibility to visit the distinctive new building of the state archive at the Schlachthofstraße, which was only purchased in 2016. To this end, visitors can also use the small exhibition “Handwritten!? Messages in the pre-electronic age” admire some selected originals on the subject of “communication”. One focus is on the correspondence of and with Edmund Jörg, who was born in 19th. Century as an archival on the castle Trausnitz and its 200th. Birthday was celebrated a few months ago. In addition, private letters from persons from all social classes, from young nobles to prison occupants in Straubing, who are handed over to the state archives. Location: State Archive Landshut, Schlachthofstraße 10, 84034 Landshut Time: Monday, 9. March 2020, 4 pm Tuesday, 10. March 2020. 16.00 am Meeting point: Main entrance of the State Archive Landshut, Entrance Hall Special exhibition: “Handwritten? Messages in the pre-electronic age” of 2.-13. March 2020 opens at the opening hours of the State Archive for visitors (Mo, Di, Do 8.00-16.00, Mi 8.00-18.00, Fr 8.00-13.30 h). Free admission. Guided tours for groups can be agreed by phone or e-mail. Contact person: Dr Martin Rüth, Telephone: 0871/ 92328-0 or 0871/92328-21, E-mail: poststelle@stala.bayern.de Submitted at: 06.02.2020

08.09.2022: Change at the top of the Bavarian State Archives

The Directorate-General of the Bavarian State Archives is the State Department for all questions of archives. You are following the Bayerische Hauptstaatsarchiv (Munich) and the Staatsarchive Amberg, Augsburg, Bamberg, Coburg, Landshut, Munich, Nuremberg and Würzburg. Dr. Margit Ksoll-Marcon has been at the forefront of the Bavarian archive management since 1 March 2008, so over 14 years was responsible for their skill. During this period she also led the Bavarian Archive School. Their active service period ends on 31 August 2022. Dr. Bernhard Grau worked in various functions in the Bavarian Archive Administration after his lecture on the scientific archivist at the Bavarian Archive School, and since 1 February 2018 he was head of the Bavarian Main State Archives. On 1 September 2022, the Directorate-General will be headed. Press release of the State Ministry for Science and Art>> Posted on 02.09.2022, last updated 19.09.2022

14.3.-4.4.2023: Cannon bells. Bell seizure and restoration in Bavaria 1917–1922

The 14th. March 2023 became the small exhibition “Glocken zu Kanonen. Bell seizure and restoration in Bavaria 1917–1922” opened in the Bavarian Main State Archive. The exhibition was developed as part of the current archiving training for the 3rd level of qualifications at the University of Applied Sciences in Bavaria (HföD). Bells have shaped our everyday life as a clock generator for centuries. In their ornamental and sound art, they testify not only to the worship of God and the saints, but also to the craftsmen of their founders. In the First World War, about one third of the Bavarian bells were crushed and melted to cover the metal requirements of the armaments industry. Despite these massive losses, the “Glockenland Bayern” succeeded better than other countries of the German Reich to preserve its bell stock as far as possible and in particular to preserve historical bells from destruction. The exhibition is dedicated to the processes and actors of bell events during the First World War in Bavaria. Finally, the question of state compensation or restoration of bells after the end of the war. The exhibits originate mainly from the collections of the Bavarian Main State Archives, the city archives Augsburg and Rosenheim have provided digitalisate. accompanying exhibition is a leaflet available on this page under 'Family files' and under https://www.gda.bayern.de/publikationen/lehrausstellungen-der-bayerischen-archivschule/ available for download. The exhibition can be visited from 14 March to 4 April 2023 in the Bavarian Main State Archives (Treppenhaus, 1st OG), Schönfeldstraße 5, 80539 Munich. Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 8.30 – 18.00, Friday 8.30 – 13.30. Guided tours for groups can be found under oeffentigkeitsarbeit@gda.bayern.de to be agreed. Posted on 13. March 2023

15.4.2024: New construction for the state archive Würzburg in Kitzingen

Bavaria’s building minister Christian Bernreiter, represented locally by Ministerial Director Ingrid Simet, expressed his congratulations: “Modern archival work requires modern spaces, because despite digitization, the storage of archived goods is indispensable. I am therefore pleased that the work is on the cost and timetable. ‘ Director-General of the State Archives, Dr. Bernhard Grau, expressed great joy in his greeting that the State Archive for Lower Franconia in Kitzingen receives an architecturally impressive service building that fully meets the high demands of modern archive construction. He stressed the importance of the new building for the historical tradition of Unterfranken and pointed out that the oldest document in state ownership will be preserved here in Kitzingen in future. Spatial engraving for the construction project was in May 2023, the completion of the building is planned for the end of 2025, the state archive is expected to commence its operation at the new site at the end of 2026. Press release of the Bavarian State Ministry for Housing, Construction and Transport >>> Created on 17.4.2024    

15.09.2022: Digitization program NEUSTART CULTURE - Alpenkorps

With its own digitalization project, the Bavarian State Archives participate in NEUSTART CULTURE>>, in which the German Digital Library is also supported. The collection “Alpenkorps” of the department IV (war archive) of the Bavarian Main State Archive was selected. Not only because the “Kommando des Alpenkorps” briefly resided in the premises used today by the departments III and V of the Bavarian Main State Archive in 1915, this inventory is of particular importance for the Bavarian military history. In the spring of 2015, the Alpine Corps was the subject of a teaching exhibition by the Bavarian State Archives. The exhibition catalogue is ANNEX free of charge. When it was set up on the occasion of the war in Italy in 1915, the Alpine Corps was a new special military unit, since until that time the German Empire had no troops for the mountain struggle. The unit belonged to several elite troops of the Empire, including the Bavarian Infantry Legacy Regiment. More than half of the units of the Alpine Corps consisted of Bavarian troops.Some later officers of the Wehrmacht, but also leading National Socialists sometimes belonged to the alpine corps. Examples are only Erwin Rommel, Heinz Guderian, Ferdinand Schörner or Franz Ritter von Epp. The unit, contrary to its name, was not only used on the “Alpenfront” but was also used on the western and eastern fronts, e.g. in the “Schacht bei Hermannstadt” in Romania in September 1916. With the exception of a small number of documents that had to be reset by digitalization for conservation reasons, the entire inventory was digitized. It includes over 1840 files (about 42 running meters). A total of 307,655 images were produced. All areas of the corps are covered over the entire period of its existence. The following are mentioned by way of example: war diaries, chief shares, documents from departments Ia (Operative and Tactical) and Id (news officer), department III (field officer), the medical field (Korps doctor, Corps veterinarian) or also the area of postponement, stage and settlement. Digitization was made possible by the German Digital Library within the framework of the "Restart Culture" programme funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM). BKM: www.kulturstaatsministerin.de NK: https://neustartkultur.de DDB: https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/ You can find the digitized inventory of Alpenkorps in the online database of the Bavarian State Archives ANNEX Link to the publication of the data at the DDB/Archivportal D: Bayerischer Hauptstaatsarchiv, Alpenkorps>> Published on 15.09.2022, supplemented on 19.12.2022

27.2.-26.5.2023: Vaccines in Bavaria at the beginning of 20. Century

The small teaching exhibition "Impfgegner in Bavaria at the beginning of the 20th century from 27 February to 26 May in the State Archive Munich. Kevin Beesk's exhibition was launched as part of the current preparation service 2021/2024 for the start in the 3rd. Qualification level of the field of education and science, specialized focus on archives at the University of Applied Sciences in Bavaria, was developed from the 7th January to 7 Feburar in the Bavarian Main State Archive. Vaccinary scepticism and vaccination are not phenomena of the corona pandemic and associated discussions about vaccines or a general vaccination obligation. There have been reservations and resistance to vaccinations since the end of the 19th century. Century. The impfgegneric movement in the German Reich experienced a spy supply, especially since the introduction of a general vaccination obligation against the Pocken 1874. The small exhibition takes a look at the impfgegneric movement, its activity in Bavaria and main actors at the beginning of the 20th century. The nearly 30 exhibits originate mainly from the collections of the Bavarian State Archives. The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and the German Medical History Museum in Ingolstadt have provided digitalisate. accompanying the exhibition is a booklet available on this page under 'Family' files and under Publications available for download. Digitalized archives for exhibition: Exhibition 23: BayHStA, MK 16653: Dr. Heinrich Molenaar, Personalakt (412 Digitalisate) >> Opening hours: Monday to Thursday: 8:30 am to 4 pm Posted on 17.01.2023