Collection GB 0366 GER - German Educational Reconstruction

c 40 boxes

GB 0366 GER 1943-1958 collection c 40 boxes German Educational Reconstruction

German Educational Reconstruction (GER) was a voluntary organisation founded in London in 1943 with the aim of helping German refugee educationists to prepare for their post-war return to Germany. The main consideration was the restructuring of the German school system on 'democratic principles'. After World War Two the emphasis shifted toward promoting Anglo-German relations by acting as an information bureau and means of communication and exchange between British and German educationists. GER undertook a wide variety of activities, including organising conferences, lectures, and study groups; co-operating with other voluntary bodies; arranging visits and youth work; publishing and distributing memoranda, pamphlets and textbooks. Several prominent figures were associated with GER, including Eleanor Rathbone, Sir Ernest Barker, Karl Mannheim, Fritz Borinski, S.H. Wood, Erich Hirsch and Fritz Burchardt. It was wound up in 1958.

Records of German Educational Reconstruction, 1943-1958, including minutes; correspondence, administrative and policy files; bulletins, reports and memoranda; files on conferences, meetings and group visits; material relating to a wide range of other organisations; and press cuttings and collected publications.

In 1973 the SSRC awarded a grant to Dr Arthur Hearnden of the Department of Comparative Education at the Institute of Education to catalogue and undertake research into the collection. The reorganisation of the collection was carried out by Miss L.J. Anderson, Research Assistant in the Department of Comparative Education. The work was completed in 1977.

Open.

The entire collection was micofilmed as part of the cataloguing/research project. In 1981 the Institute signed an agreement with a German firm for the publication and sale of this for a period of three years. The Library retains copyright.
English

Microfilm copies available.

Publications of GER are held by the Institute of Education Library in a Special Collection entitled 'The German Collection'.

 Created 10/29/1999, modified  12/5/2000 Barker , Sir , Ernest , 1874-1960 , Knight , historian and political thinker Borinski , Fritz , fl 1943-1958 , member of GER Burchardt , Fritz Adolf Fritz , 1902-1958 , statistician Educational development Educational programmes Educational reform Europe Exchange programmes German Educational Reconstruction Germany Germany FR Hirsch , Eric , fl 1943-1958 , member of GER International conflicts International cooperation International politics Mannheim , Karl , 1893-1947 , sociologist Migrants Rathbone , Eleanor Florence , 1872-1946 , independent MP and social reformer Refugees War devastated countries Western Europe Wood , S H , fl 1943-1958 , member of GER

Records of German Educational Reconstruction, 1943-1958, including minutes; correspondence, administrative and policy files; bulletins, reports and memoranda; files on conferences, meetings and group visits; material relating to a wide range of other organisations; and press cuttings and collected publications.

In 1973 the SSRC awarded a grant to Dr Arthur Hearnden of the Department of Comparative Education at the Institute of Education to catalogue and undertake research into the collection. The reorganisation of the collection was carried out by Miss L.J. Anderson, Research Assistant in the Department of Comparative Education. The work was completed in 1977.

Open.

The entire collection was micofilmed as part of the cataloguing/research project. In 1981 the Institute signed an agreement with a German firm for the publication and sale of this for a period of three years. The Library retains copyright.

• English

• Latin

English

Publications of GER are held by the Institute of Education Library in a Special Collection entitled 'The German Collection'.

Microfilm copies available.

• English