Repository details
Archiv "Deutsches Gedächtnis"
Name of repository
Archiv "Deutsches Gedächtnis"
Additional name(s)
- Archiv "Deutsches Gedächtnis". Forschungsdatenzentrum des Instituts für Geschichte und Biographie
- ‘German Memory’ Archive. Research Data Centre of the Institute for History and Biography
Repository URL
Subject(s)
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Humanities
- History
- Modern and Contemporary History
- Social and Cultural Anthropology, Non-European Cultures, Jewish Studies and Religious Studies
- Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology
- Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Educational Research
- Educational Research on Socialisation, Welfare and Professionalism
- Social Sciences
- Empirical Social Research
Description
The ‘Deutsches Gedächtnis’ archive is the research data centre of the Institute for History and Biography at the FernUniversität in Hagen. It archives all interviews conducted since the early 1980s as part of contemporary history research and documentation projects at the Institute for History and Biography. In addition, collections of interviews from third-party research are incorporated. The archive is constantly growing through the Institute’s own projects, the incorporation of older collections from third parties, and support for ongoing external projects.
The interviews are life-history, narrative interviews in the style of oral history. They were conducted as part of contemporary history research projects as well as projects in qualitative sociological biographical research. They relate to socio-political events in Germany or to German history. The interviews originate predominantly from within Germany, but also from abroad, and are mainly in German; one in five interviews is in another language.
The interviews are made available for research, teaching and education in the form of audio or video recordings, transcripts, minutes/memos and short biographies, as well as information on the context of the research. A large proportion of the interviews are accessible online following registration and login. Researchers can search using full-text search and filter options.
Contact(s)
- administrative: https://deutsches-gedaechtnis.fernuni-hagen.de/en/contact
- administrative: deutsches-gedaechtnis@fernuni-hagen.de
- support: mail@oral-history.digital
Certificate(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
150 collections comprising 4,000 interviews (growing)
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- German
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
Dates
Started
1993
Institutions (2)
Additional name(s)
- FernUniversität in Hagen, Institute for History and Biography
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1993
Additional name(s)
- Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (3)
Policy name
Policy name
Policy name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Database licenses (1)
Database license
Data access (1)
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
- registration
Data licenses (1)
Data license
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
closed
Persistent identifier system(s)
- none
Versioning
no
Data citation guideline
Enhanced publication
no
Remarks
Entry date
2026-07-03
Last update
2026-07-06
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