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Publication Date
January 2000
Abstract
The sudden collapse of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany or the GDR) and the resulting reunification of Germany-what the Germans call die Wende (the turning)-changed many German institutions forever. The German economy, for example, experienced a downturn, the result of which was double-digit unemployment for the first time since the Weimar Republic. Governmental institutions, most notably in education, experienced a dramatic metamorphosis in the neue Länder (new states). Among the most important but largely unnoticed changes taking place, however, are those in the federal archives system. These modifications have had a significant effect on scholars.
Recommended Citation
Lemmons, Russel,
"Archives in the New Germany: Research Reflections on a System in Transition,"
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
18
no.
1
(2000)
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https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/provenance/vol18/iss1/6