Demokratische Sozialisten (BRD) Archives

Period  (1981) 1982-1991
Total size   3.8 m.
Consultation Not restricted.

History

Founded in 1982 in Recklinghausen as Forum Demokratische Sozialisten after the expulsion of Karl-Heinz Hansen and the resignation of Manfred Coppik from the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD); the founding conference of the party Demokratische Sozialisten (DS) took place in Münster, autumn 1982; the DS participated in the elections in Hessen in 1983 and joined the Friedensliste for the elections in Nordrhein-Westfalen in 1985; in 1985 Coppik resigned from the DS and Hansen withdrew in 1987; the DS lost its party status in 1990 and was dissolved in June 1991; see also inv.no.69.

Content

Documents relating to the founding of the DS; minutes of and other documents relating to its conferences; minutes of and other documents relating to meetings of the Executive Committee of the party 1982-1991; records of working groups on business and trade unions, on oppression and emancipation of women, on peace and disarmament, on various Third World themes and on collaboration with other left radical groups 1982-1989; financial documents 1982-1991; documents from party branches in Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen and other states of the Federal Republic of Germany 1981-1991; several archives of party branches, gathered after the dissolution of the DS, 1982-1991.

Arrangement

Books, periodicals and pamphlets moved the libarary; cassettes, phonotapes, posters moved to the Sound and Vision Department.

Processing information

List made by Tiny de Boer in 1993