Mosque Archives in Germany:
The Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore (AAL) mosque archive
in Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Covering a time period of almost 80 years (1928-2004), this archive has proven to be an important crossroads in the interaction between Germany and India during the twentieth century and a valuable source of knowledge, not only of the functioning of this mosque over time but also of our understanding of global history in the early twentieth century.
Discovered in 2017, the archive was handed over to the National Archive of Berlin in 2019 and has been made available for research. The finding aid LAB D Rep. 920-16, with its approx. 70.000 documents, 5.000 photographs and 331 religious pamphlets, serves as a lode star for further research.
Preliminary research addressed collections of letters and correspondences in this archive in the interwar and postwar period while tracing them to a number of other archives, thus connecting sender to receiver. This has resulted in the discovery of communicative patterns, which neither the AAL mosque archive nor the receiving / sending archives disclose when viewed on their own. The findings serve as a platform for further research, both in this archive and in ethnographic surveys in other mosque archives (see: Administrative Cultures and Red Threads).
The following publications inform about the AAL mosque archive:
The Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore (AAL) mosque archive
in Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Covering a time period of almost 80 years (1928-2004), this archive has proven to be an important crossroads in the interaction between Germany and India during the twentieth century and a valuable source of knowledge, not only of the functioning of this mosque over time but also of our understanding of global history in the early twentieth century.
Discovered in 2017, the archive was handed over to the National Archive of Berlin in 2019 and has been made available for research. The finding aid LAB D Rep. 920-16, with its approx. 70.000 documents, 5.000 photographs and 331 religious pamphlets, serves as a lode star for further research.
Preliminary research addressed collections of letters and correspondences in this archive in the interwar and postwar period while tracing them to a number of other archives, thus connecting sender to receiver. This has resulted in the discovery of communicative patterns, which neither the AAL mosque archive nor the receiving / sending archives disclose when viewed on their own. The findings serve as a platform for further research, both in this archive and in ethnographic surveys in other mosque archives (see: Administrative Cultures and Red Threads).
The following publications inform about the AAL mosque archive:
Gerdien Jonker
Das Moscheearchiv in Berlin-Wilmersdorf: Zwischen muslimischer Moderne
und deutscher Lebensreform (April 2019): projekt-mida.de/reflexicon/das-moscheearchiv-in-berlin-wilmersdorf_zwischen-muslimischer-moderne-und-deutscher-lebensreform/2019
Photograph: The mosque archive in the cellar of the house of the imam in 2017
Das Moscheearchiv in Berlin-Wilmersdorf: Zwischen muslimischer Moderne
und deutscher Lebensreform (April 2019): projekt-mida.de/reflexicon/das-moscheearchiv-in-berlin-wilmersdorf_zwischen-muslimischer-moderne-und-deutscher-lebensreform/2019
Photograph: The mosque archive in the cellar of the house of the imam in 2017
Gerdien Jonker
Das buddhistische Haus in Berlin-Frohnau. Die Archivierung des
Buddhismus aus protestantischer Sicht (2020): https://www.projekt-mida.de/reflexicon/das-archiv-des-buddhistischen-hauses-in-berlin-frohnau/
Photograph: Dr. Paul Dahlke's filing system in the attic of the Buddhist House in 2019
Das buddhistische Haus in Berlin-Frohnau. Die Archivierung des
Buddhismus aus protestantischer Sicht (2020): https://www.projekt-mida.de/reflexicon/das-archiv-des-buddhistischen-hauses-in-berlin-frohnau/
Photograph: Dr. Paul Dahlke's filing system in the attic of the Buddhist House in 2019
Gerdien Jonker, "Juden und Muslime im Berlin der Zwischenkriegszeit - Eine Nachbarschaftsgeschichte." In: Münchener Beiträge zur jüdischen Geschichte und Kultur, Jg. 14 / Heft 2 (2020), S. 7 - 16.
Photograph: Frontpage of Münchener Beiträge zur jüdischen Geschichte und Kultur, 2020
Gerdien Jonker, „Ein Beben im religiösen Feld. Juden und Muslime im christlichen Berlin der Zwischen- und Nachkriegszeit.“ In: Medaon. Magazin für jüdisches Leben in Forschung und Bildung (2021)
Photograph: The first print of What Do the Others Believe? 26 Self-Descriptions.
Berlin: AG Kirchen und Religionsgemeinschaften in Berlin, 1954
Photograph: The first print of What Do the Others Believe? 26 Self-Descriptions.
Berlin: AG Kirchen und Religionsgemeinschaften in Berlin, 1954
