In 2017, on behalf of the Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten (NGG), BiblioCopy digitised nine annual volumes, from 1925 to 1933, of the historic newspaper ‘Einigkeit. Zentralorgan der Industriegewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuß-Gaststätten’.
Project period
2017
Collections
Nine annual volumes, 1925–1933
Cooperation
Facts & Files, Berlin
Trade-union history through primary sources
The newspaper documents working conditions, collective-bargaining disputes, political debate and everyday trade-union life in the Weimar Republic up to the suppression of the free trade unions in 1933.
- Digitisation of complete historic runs
- Consistent capture of page order and issues
- Quality control for long-term archiving
- Project delivered in collaboration with Facts & Files, a Berlin-based historical research institute
Preserving the historic press digitally
Digital preservation supports research and education while protecting the delicate original newspapers. The unbroken run of nine annual volumes also enables longitudinal historical analysis.