{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964","next":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026page=2","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026page=4"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":2,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":4,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":37,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":false}},"data":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c24","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Art Against the Division, 1959/1964","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c24#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e179 photographs\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c24#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c24","ref_ssm":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c24"],"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c24","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"Art Against the Division","title_ssm":["Art Against the Division"],"title_tesim":["Art Against the Division"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Art Against the Division, 1959/1964"],"text":["Art Against the Division, 1959/1964","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964","box 7","folder 4-6","179 photographs"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1959/1964"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1959-1964"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":25,"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"containers_ssim":["box 7","folder 4-6"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no access restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"date_range_isim":[1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e179 photographs\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["179 photographs"],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#23","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/GMU/repositories_2_resources_179.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1959-1964"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1959-1964"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"text":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179","Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)","Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs","There are no access restrictions.","Organized by subject.","The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.","Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.","Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"unitid_tesim":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"geogname_ssm":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"geogname_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"places_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"creator_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creators_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased from Thomas Hill in 2009."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographic prints","Photographs"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganized by subject.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organized by subject."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eShortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Custodial History"],"custodhist_tesim":["Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_cdd845b1323ac3a34175a5ada04fd372\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\"."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_coll_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":37,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c24"}},{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c31","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Berlin, 1959/1964","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c31#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e185 photographs\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c31#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c31","ref_ssm":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c31"],"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c31","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"Berlin","title_ssm":["Berlin"],"title_tesim":["Berlin"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Berlin, 1959/1964"],"text":["Berlin, 1959/1964","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964","box 10","folder 4-6","185 photographs"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1959/1964"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1959-1964"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":32,"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"containers_ssim":["box 10","folder 4-6"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no access restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"date_range_isim":[1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e185 photographs\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["185 photographs"],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#30","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/GMU/repositories_2_resources_179.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1959-1964"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1959-1964"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"text":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179","Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)","Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs","There are no access restrictions.","Organized by subject.","The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.","Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.","Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"unitid_tesim":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"geogname_ssm":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"geogname_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"places_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"creator_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creators_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased from Thomas Hill in 2009."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographic prints","Photographs"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganized by subject.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organized by subject."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eShortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Custodial History"],"custodhist_tesim":["Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_cdd845b1323ac3a34175a5ada04fd372\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\"."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_coll_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":37,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c31"}},{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c03","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Building of the Wall, 1959/1964","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c03#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e100 photographs\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c03#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c03","ref_ssm":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c03"],"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c03","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"Building of the Wall","title_ssm":["Building of the Wall"],"title_tesim":["Building of the Wall"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Building of the Wall, 1959/1964"],"text":["Building of the Wall, 1959/1964","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964","box 2","folder 4-6","100 photographs"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1959/1964"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1959-1964"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":4,"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"containers_ssim":["box 2","folder 4-6"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no access restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"date_range_isim":[1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e100 photographs\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["100 photographs"],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#2","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/GMU/repositories_2_resources_179.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1959-1964"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1959-1964"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"text":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179","Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)","Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs","There are no access restrictions.","Organized by subject.","The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.","Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.","Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"unitid_tesim":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"geogname_ssm":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"geogname_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"places_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"creator_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creators_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased from Thomas Hill in 2009."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographic prints","Photographs"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganized by subject.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organized by subject."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eShortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Custodial History"],"custodhist_tesim":["Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_cdd845b1323ac3a34175a5ada04fd372\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\"."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_coll_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":37,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c03"}},{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c04","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Building of the Wall, 1959/1964","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c04#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e83 photographs\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c04#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c04","ref_ssm":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c04"],"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c04","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"Building of the Wall","title_ssm":["Building of the Wall"],"title_tesim":["Building of the Wall"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Building of the Wall, 1959/1964"],"text":["Building of the Wall, 1959/1964","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964","box 3","folder 1-2","83 photographs"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1959/1964"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1959-1964"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":5,"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"containers_ssim":["box 3","folder 1-2"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no access restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"date_range_isim":[1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e83 photographs\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["83 photographs"],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#3","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/GMU/repositories_2_resources_179.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1959-1964"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1959-1964"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"text":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179","Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)","Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs","There are no access restrictions.","Organized by subject.","The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.","Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.","Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"unitid_tesim":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"geogname_ssm":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"geogname_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"places_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"creator_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creators_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased from Thomas Hill in 2009."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographic prints","Photographs"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganized by subject.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organized by subject."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eShortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Custodial History"],"custodhist_tesim":["Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_cdd845b1323ac3a34175a5ada04fd372\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\"."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_coll_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":37,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c04"}},{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c09","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Campaign: \"Children's Airlift, \", 1959/1964","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c09#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e6 photographs\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c09#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c09","ref_ssm":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c09"],"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c09","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"Campaign: \"Children's Airlift,\"","title_ssm":["Campaign: \"Children's Airlift, \""],"title_tesim":["Campaign: \"Children's Airlift, \""],"normalized_title_ssm":["Campaign: \"Children's Airlift, \", 1959/1964"],"text":["Campaign: \"Children's Airlift, \", 1959/1964","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964","box 4","folder 3","6 photographs"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1959/1964"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1959-1964"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":10,"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"containers_ssim":["box 4","folder 3"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no access restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"date_range_isim":[1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e6 photographs\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["6 photographs"],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#8","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/GMU/repositories_2_resources_179.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1959-1964"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1959-1964"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"text":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179","Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)","Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs","There are no access restrictions.","Organized by subject.","The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.","Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.","Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"unitid_tesim":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"geogname_ssm":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"geogname_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"places_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"creator_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creators_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased from Thomas Hill in 2009."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographic prints","Photographs"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganized by subject.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organized by subject."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eShortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Custodial History"],"custodhist_tesim":["Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_cdd845b1323ac3a34175a5ada04fd372\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\"."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_coll_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":37,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c09"}},{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c26","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Campaign: \"Christmas Trees for Berlin, \", 1959/1964","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c26#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e268 photographs\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c26#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c26","ref_ssm":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c26"],"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c26","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"Campaign: \"Christmas Trees for Berlin,\"","title_ssm":["Campaign: \"Christmas Trees for Berlin, \""],"title_tesim":["Campaign: \"Christmas Trees for Berlin, \""],"normalized_title_ssm":["Campaign: \"Christmas Trees for Berlin, \", 1959/1964"],"text":["Campaign: \"Christmas Trees for Berlin, \", 1959/1964","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964","box 8","folder 2-6","268 photographs"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1959/1964"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1959-1964"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":27,"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"containers_ssim":["box 8","folder 2-6"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no access restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"date_range_isim":[1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e268 photographs\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["268 photographs"],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#25","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/GMU/repositories_2_resources_179.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1959-1964"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1959-1964"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"text":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179","Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)","Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs","There are no access restrictions.","Organized by subject.","The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.","Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.","Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"unitid_tesim":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"geogname_ssm":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"geogname_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"places_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"creator_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creators_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased from Thomas Hill in 2009."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographic prints","Photographs"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganized by subject.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organized by subject."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eShortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Custodial History"],"custodhist_tesim":["Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_cdd845b1323ac3a34175a5ada04fd372\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\"."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_coll_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":37,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c26"}},{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c10","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Campaign: \"Open the Gate\" (The Brandenburg Gate), 1959/1964","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c10#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e111 photographs\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c10#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c10","ref_ssm":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c10"],"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c10","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"Campaign: \"Open the Gate\" (The Brandenburg Gate)","title_ssm":["Campaign: \"Open the Gate\" (The Brandenburg Gate)"],"title_tesim":["Campaign: \"Open the Gate\" (The Brandenburg Gate)"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Campaign: \"Open the Gate\" (The Brandenburg Gate), 1959/1964"],"text":["Campaign: \"Open the Gate\" (The Brandenburg Gate), 1959/1964","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964","box 4","folder 4-5","111 photographs"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1959/1964"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1959-1964"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":11,"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"containers_ssim":["box 4","folder 4-5"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no access restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"date_range_isim":[1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e111 photographs\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["111 photographs"],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#9","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/GMU/repositories_2_resources_179.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1959-1964"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1959-1964"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"text":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179","Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)","Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs","There are no access restrictions.","Organized by subject.","The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.","Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.","Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"unitid_tesim":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"geogname_ssm":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"geogname_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"places_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"creator_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creators_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased from Thomas Hill in 2009."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographic prints","Photographs"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganized by subject.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organized by subject."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eShortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Custodial History"],"custodhist_tesim":["Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_cdd845b1323ac3a34175a5ada04fd372\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\"."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_coll_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":37,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c10"}},{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c08","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Campaign: \"Youth Speaks for Germany, \", 1959/1964","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c08#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e16 photographs\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c08#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c08","ref_ssm":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c08"],"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c08","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"Campaign: \"Youth Speaks for Germany,\"","title_ssm":["Campaign: \"Youth Speaks for Germany, \""],"title_tesim":["Campaign: \"Youth Speaks for Germany, \""],"normalized_title_ssm":["Campaign: \"Youth Speaks for Germany, \", 1959/1964"],"text":["Campaign: \"Youth Speaks for Germany, \", 1959/1964","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964","box 4","folder 2","16 photographs"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1959/1964"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1959-1964"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":9,"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"containers_ssim":["box 4","folder 2"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no access restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"date_range_isim":[1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e16 photographs\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["16 photographs"],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#7","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/GMU/repositories_2_resources_179.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1959-1964"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1959-1964"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"text":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179","Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)","Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs","There are no access restrictions.","Organized by subject.","The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.","Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.","Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"unitid_tesim":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"geogname_ssm":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"geogname_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"places_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"creator_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creators_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased from Thomas Hill in 2009."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographic prints","Photographs"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganized by subject.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organized by subject."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eShortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Custodial History"],"custodhist_tesim":["Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_cdd845b1323ac3a34175a5ada04fd372\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\"."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_coll_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":37,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c08"}},{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c35","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Clippings, Ephemera, and Other Images, 1959/1964","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c35#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c35","ref_ssm":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c35"],"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c35","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"Clippings, Ephemera, and Other Images","title_ssm":["Clippings, Ephemera, and Other Images"],"title_tesim":["Clippings, Ephemera, and Other Images"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Clippings, Ephemera, and Other Images, 1959/1964"],"text":["Clippings, Ephemera, and Other Images, 1959/1964","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964","box 11","folder 4"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1959/1964"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1959-1964"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":36,"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"containers_ssim":["box 11","folder 4"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no access restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"date_range_isim":[1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents note"],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#34","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/GMU/repositories_2_resources_179.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1959-1964"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1959-1964"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"text":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179","Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)","Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs","There are no access restrictions.","Organized by subject.","The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.","Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.","Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"unitid_tesim":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"geogname_ssm":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"geogname_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"places_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"creator_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creators_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased from Thomas Hill in 2009."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographic prints","Photographs"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganized by subject.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organized by subject."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eShortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Custodial History"],"custodhist_tesim":["Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_cdd845b1323ac3a34175a5ada04fd372\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\"."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_coll_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":37,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c35"}},{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c30","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Conferences and Conventions, 1959/1964","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c30#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e181 photographs\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c30#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c30","ref_ssm":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c30"],"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c30","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01","parent_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"Conferences and Conventions","title_ssm":["Conferences and Conventions"],"title_tesim":["Conferences and Conventions"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Conferences and Conventions, 1959/1964"],"text":["Conferences and Conventions, 1959/1964","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964","box 10","folder 2-3","181 photographs"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","Series 1: KUD Photograph Archive, 1959/1964"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1959/1964"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1959-1964"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":31,"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"containers_ssim":["box 10","folder 2-3"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no access restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"date_range_isim":[1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e181 photographs\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["181 photographs"],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#29","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/GMU/repositories_2_resources_179.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1959-1964"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1959-1964"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"text":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179","Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)","Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs","There are no access restrictions.","Organized by subject.","The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.","Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.","Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)","The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"collection_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"unitid_tesim":["C0061","/repositories/2/resources/179"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"geogname_ssm":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"geogname_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"places_ssim":["Berlin (Germany : West)","Berlin (Germany : East)"],"creator_ssm":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_ssim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"creators_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased from Thomas Hill in 2009."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Portraits","Protest movements","Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["5.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographic prints","Photographs"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganized by subject.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organized by subject."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The KUD was organized on a national, state, and local level and cooperated with all institutions concerned with the \"German Question\": schools, universities, unions, industry, youth organizations, and the media in Germany and internationally. It functioned as an above party lines platform to discuss perspectives of reunification and to organize various campaigns to express the collective desire for unification. Leading members included important ministers of successive governments from all of the main political parties. The work of the KUD focused particularly on Berlin because the organization wanted the West German capital to move from Bonn to Berlin in order to more directly confront the Soviet sphere of influence. The KUD's influence diminished with the advent of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik in which the two-state status quo was accepted as a fact and basis for a policy of detente in the late 1960s. In 1991 the KUD ceased to exist."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eShortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Custodial History"],"custodhist_tesim":["Shortly after the KUD ceased to exist in 1991, Thomas Hill acquired the photograph archives from a former KUD member."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection, C0061, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Jordan Patty in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in 2010."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center also holds a large collection of posters that document the history of East Germany from the 1940s through the first elections in the 1990s."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaings, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".","Some of the most spectacular and dramatic images are found in the first three boxes that contain photographs of the Wall's construction and subsequent events that took place during the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Approximately half of the photographs are from professional news agencies, including the Associated Press, the Deutche Presse-Agentus, Aktueller Bilderdienst, and Telegraf/Bankhardt. The KUD members are responsible for the most of the remaining photographs that document their various activities and events. Each subject category represents a textbook illustration of the existence and activities of this important organization from the late 1950s through the early 1960s."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_cdd845b1323ac3a34175a5ada04fd372\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\".\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (KUD) photograph collection consists of approximately 3,400 photographic prints that document the activities of the KUD, a West German organization that campaigned for reunification. Many of the photographs document the construction of the Berlin Wall and the response of West German citizens, including campaigns, memorials, and exhibitions. There are also photographs of KUD leaders and visits by foreign political leaders. The photographs are almost all black and white prints and range in size from 3 x 4\" to 11 x 17\" with most measuring approximately 5 x 7\"."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland"],"persname_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_coll_ssim":["Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland","Lübke, Heinrich, 1894-1972","Mende, Erich, 1916-","Schütz, Wilhelm Wolfgang, 1911-","Wehner, Herbert, 1906-1990","Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967","Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992","Löbe, Paul, 1875-1967"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":37,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:20:22.040Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_179_c01_c30"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"George Mason University","value":"George Mason University","hits":37},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=George+Mason+University"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/repository_ssim.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964"}},{"type":"facet","id":"collection_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Collection","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","value":"Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland photograph collection","hits":37},"links":{"remove":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/collection_ssim.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964"}},{"type":"facet","id":"date_range_isim","attributes":{"label":"Date range","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"1959","value":"1959","hits":37},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1959"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1960","value":"1960","hits":37},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1960"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1961","value":"1961","hits":37},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1961"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1962","value":"1962","hits":37},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1962"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1963","value":"1963","hits":37},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1963"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1964","value":"1964","hits":37},"links":{"remove":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/date_range_isim.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964"}},{"type":"facet","id":"level_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Level","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"File","value":"File","hits":36},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=File"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Series","value":"Series","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Series"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/level_ssim.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"all_fields","attributes":{"label":"All Fields"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026search_field=all_fields"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"keyword","attributes":{"label":"Keyword"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026search_field=keyword"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"name","attributes":{"label":"Name"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026search_field=name"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"place","attributes":{"label":"Place"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026search_field=place"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"subject","attributes":{"label":"Subject"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026search_field=subject"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"title","attributes":{"label":"Title"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026search_field=title"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"container","attributes":{"label":"Container"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026search_field=container"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"identifier","attributes":{"label":"Identifier"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026search_field=identifier"}},{"type":"sort","id":"score desc, title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"relevance"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026sort=score+desc%2C+title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"date (ascending)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026sort=date_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"date (descending)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026sort=date_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"creator (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026sort=creator_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"creator (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026sort=creator_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"title (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026sort=title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"title (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Kuratorium+Unteilbares+Deutschland+photograph+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1964\u0026sort=title_sort+desc"}}]}