Johannes Agnoli Papers 1942-1943, 1956-2003 (-2008)1942-1943 International Institute of Social History Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam The Netherlands hdl:10622/ARCH03440 © IISH Amsterdam 2021 Johannes Agnoli Papers 1942-1943, 1956-2003 (-2008)1942-1943 Table of contents Johannes Agnoli Papers....................................................................................................................3 Context............................................................................................................................................... 3 Content and Structure........................................................................................................................3 Access and Use.................................................................................................................................4 Inventar...............................................................................................................................................5 Korrespondenz..............................................................................................................................5 Persönliche Dokumente............................................................................................................. 27 Politische Tätigkeit......................................................................................................................27 Akademischer Laufbahn.............................................................................................................29 Vorlesungen................................................................................................................................ 29 Gutachten................................................................................................................................... 30 Manuskripten.............................................................................................................................. 31 Aktivität als Verfasser.................................................................................................................32 Vorträge im Ausland...................................................................................................................33 Vorträge, Rundfunksendungen...................................................................................................34 Interviews....................................................................................................................................34 Sonstige Publikationen, Übersetzungen und Dokumente bezüglich desÇa ira Verlags............ 34 Materialien betreffend Johannes Agnoli.....................................................................................35 Materialien betreffend Arbeitsmigranten.................................................................................... 36 Zeitungsausschnitte, Photokopien und Ausdrucke.................................................................... 37 Bücher, Broschüren, Zeitschriften und Flugblätter..................................................................... 37 Diplomarbeiten und Dissertationen............................................................................................ 38 Bildmaterial................................................................................................................................. 38 Tonträger.....................................................................................................................................38 Tonbänder / Nastri sonori...................................................................................................38 Kompaktkassetten.............................................................................................................. 39 Bänder und Kassetten für Diktiergeräte............................................................................ 40 Sonstiges.................................................................................................................................... 40 International Institute of Social History 2 Johannes Agnoli Papers 1942-1943, 1956-2003 (-2008)1942-1943 Johannes Agnoli Papers Collection ID ARCH03440 Creator Agnoli, Johannes Period 1942-1943, 1956-2003 (-2008)1942-1943 Period (bulk) 1942-1943 Extent 6.75 m., 52 Audio tapes and cassettes, 79.42 GB, 30764 files Language list English Language of Material German, Italian Abstract Born in Italy and growing up in the Mussolini era as a soldier in the German Wehrmacht he became after a decade of silent life as a political scientist a symbol of the left-wing student movement in Berlin, Germany, but returned after his retirement to Italy. Context Biographical Note Born Giovanni Agnoli in Valle di Cadore, Eastern Dolomites, Italy 1925, died in San Quirico di Moriano near Lucca, Italy 2003; admirer of Benito Mussolini’s fascists, and during his school years a member of the fascist youth organization; volunteered for the Wehrmacht, the German army, in 1943 and was sent to Yugoslavia to combat the Partisans; captured by the British army near Trieste, May 1945 and prisoner of war in Egypt; released 1948 and moved to Urach, Baden- Württemberg, Germany and worked for years in a sawmill; received a veteran’s scholarship to study at the University of Tübingen; naturalized as German 1955; wrote his dissertation on Giambattista Vico’s philosophy of law 1957; joined the SPD, the German Social Democratic Party 1957; expelled from the SPD for being also a member of the SDS, the Socialist German Student Union; worked as assistant of Ferdinand Hermens, political scientist at the University of Cologne; came into conflict with Hermens on the recognition of the GDR; recommended by Wolfgang Abendroth, he worked as assistant of Ossip Flechtheim of the Otto Suhr Institute at the Free University of Berlin from 1962 until becoming a professor in his own right in 1972; wrote together with the social psychologist Peter Brückner but published under his name only Die Transformation der Demokratie / The Transformation of Democracy 1967, this book was called the Bible of the German Student Movement; retired 1990; moved to his vacation home in Lucca; his German born wife Barbara Görres published Johannes Agnoli. Eine biografische Skizze (Hamburg, 2004). A list of Agnoli's publications is published as 'Bibliographie der Schriften von Johannes Agnoli' in Geduld und Ironie. Johannes Agnoli zum 70. Geburtstag (Freiburg, 1995). Custodial History The papers of Agnoli were after his death kept by his son and his widow and were transferred to the IISH in 2012. Acquisition Papers donated to the IISH by Niccolò Agnoli in 2012; contract 2 Augustus 2012. Content and Structure Content Correspondence 1957-2000, with Wolfgang Abendroth 1968, ça ira Verlag Freiburg 1990-1998; Peter Chotjewitz 2000, Klaus Croissant 1976, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli 1961-1962, Michael Fuug 1986, Uli Hellweg 1973, Hopfer Verlag Tübingen 1957; Ekkehart Krippendorff 1967-1973, Reinhard Kühnl 1984, Horst Mahler 1979-1989, Klaus Meschkat 1969-1971, Klaus Naumann 1989-1990, Antonio Ponsetto 1981; Ulrich Preuß 1986, Ulrike Ramming 1985, Rowohlt Verlag 1968-1969, International Institute of Social History 3 Johannes Agnoli Papers 1942-1943, 1956-2003 (-2008)1942-1943 Hermann Schuster 1960-1962, and others; file with diplomas 1943-1990; file on his relation to SDS, SPD and Sozialistischer Bund 1961-1963; file on the Republikanische Clubgesellschaft Berlin 1966-1971; file on the Mescalero declaration ‘Buback – Ein Nachruf’1977; some articles by Agnoli in Italian periodicals 1942-1943; articles by Agnoli in newspapers and periodicals 1956-2008; files on conferences and seminars including lectures and papers by Agnoli 1964-1997; texts of interviews in periodicals and on radio with Agnoli and articles on him 1968-2004; files with correspondence with and typescripts by master and Ph.D. students 1964-1989. Processing Information Inventory made by Lex Wouterloot in 2015. Subjects Geographic Names Germany Italy Persons Abendroth, Wolfgang Görres, Barbara Krippendorff, Ekkehart Meschkat, Klaus Organizations Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund (SDS) Sozialistische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) Sozialistischer Bund Rowohlt Verlag Themes Socialist and social democrat parties/Socialist International Youth and students movements Occupation/ Resistance movements Material Type Archival material Photos Sound documents Access and Use Access Not restricted Restrictions on Use Direct access to digital material is currently not possible, please contact the reading room of the IISH: [email protected] Preferred Citation Johannes Agnoli Papers, inventory number ..., International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam International Institute of Social History 4 Johannes Agnoli Papers 1942-1943, 1956-2003 (-2008)1942-1943 Inventar Korrespondenz 1-755 Allgemeine Korrespondenz. 1959-2001. 591 Umschläge, 164 Mappen 1 Abendroth, Wolfgang. 1968, 1977. 2 Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin, Wissenschaftlicher Parlamentsdienst. 1986. (Umschlag) 3 Accademia Teatina per le Scienze. 1974. (Umschlag) 4 Accarino, Bruno. 1977. (Umschlag) 5 ACPOL. 1969. 6 Adass Jisroel Berlin. 1990. (Umschlag) 7 Agartz, Viktor. 1962. (Umschlag) 8 Agnoli, Daniele. 1989. (Umschlag) 9 Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR. 1978. (Umschlag) 10 AKAZ. o.J. (Umschlag) 11 D'Albergo, Salvatore. 1988. (Umschlag) 12 Von Alemann, Ulrich. 1979-1980. 13 ADAC. 1967, 1979. (Umschlag) 14 Alternative Liste. 1988. (Umschlag) 15 Amaduzzi, Segretaria del PSI. 1960. (Umschlag) 16 Ambasciata d'Italia. 1986-1987.