SPD Archives

Period (1879-) 1933-1940
Total size  3 microfilms
Consultation Not restricted

History

After the Nazi take-over in 1933 the leadership of the outlawed SPD established its office in Prague, calling itself SOPADE (which acronym was used for the SPD in exile); the SOPADE moved to Paris in 1938 and was dissolved there in 1940.

Content

Minutes of meetings of the executive committee and reports on illegal activities in Germany 1933-1939; some other documents and clippings from USA newspapers 1879-1927.

Location of originals

Originals at the Bundesarchiv, Berlin and at the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin