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Title: Berlin Fellowship Collection
Dates: 1952-2015
Collection Number: CFT00180
Creator/Collector:
Berlin Fellowship
Extent: 10 Boxes, 3.88 linear feet
Repository:
Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Pasadena, California 91182
Abstract: The Berlin Fellowship Collection, 1952-2015 consists of physical and digital materials received from the Berlin Fellowship
U.S.A. and Berlin Fellowship, Germany. The records document the activities of an informal group of Presbyterian laypeople
and pastors who maintained an ecumenical visitation ministry with Christians in the German Democratic Republic, 1961-1996.
Formats include subject files, correspondence, photographs, reports, minutes, financial records, clippings, scrapbooks, publications,
audio cassettes, and digital files. Materials were created from 1952-1996.
Language of Material: deu
Supervised use only.
Scholarly use of United States documents within parameters of United States copyright law. Digital copies of German archive
are subject to Federal Republic of Germany ‘protection of information’ regulations.
Berlin Fellowship Collection. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Gift, c. May 15, 2015, from Mrs. Ursula Unterumsberger from Berlin, Germany. Frau Bärbel Eccardt, from whom these files
originated, was a church worker at the Zinzendorf Parish, the West Berlin home of Berlin Fellowship. Hard drive of digital
files.
Transfer, 2014, from the Presbyterian Historical Society (originally deposited by Bradley Baur and Reverend Jane Holslag).
Papers including the California-based Berlin Fellowship meeting minutes and team reports from the 1970s-1996.
Biography/Administrative History
The “Berlin Fellowship” program ran from as early as 1961 until 1996 within the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The program
had its roots in an American Christian ministry of reconciliation in the years immediately after the Second World War (World
Deputation, 1st Presbyterian Church of Hollywood). The ministry initially focused on work in German youth and reconstruction
camps. During the early years of the Cold War and in the 50’s, during the so-called “Kirchenkampf” (church-state struggle
in the GDR), contact between American and German Christians continued. Reciprocal visits ensued and retreats for church workers,
including those from the GDR, were held in West Berlin.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Berlin Fellowship Collection, 1952-2015 consists of physical and digital materials received from the Berlin Fellowship
U.S.A. and Berlin Fellowship, Germany. The records document the activities of an informal group of Presbyterian laypeople
and pastors who maintained an ecumenical visitation ministry with Christians in the German Democratic Republic, 1961-1996.
Formats include subject files, correspondence, photographs, reports, minutes, financial records, clippings, scrapbooks, publications,
audio cassettes, and digital files. Materials were created from 1952-1996.
Cold War -- Religious aspects
Ecumenical movement
Missions
Presbyterian Church--history
Berlin Fellowship
German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Hollywood, Calif)
Berlin (Germany) -- Religion -- 20th century