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From: Klaus Graf <klausgraf(a)googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:54 PM
News Summary in English:
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/5568458/
COLOGNE HISTORICAL ARCHIVE - POSSIBILITIES TO HELP
In respect to the human and cultural catastrophe, relating to the
Cologne Historical Archive's building collapse on March 3rd 2009
(Multilingual information available on International Council on
Archives), Salon Jewish Studies extends its usual information supply
to help persons affected and to rescue as much as archival material as
possible. The text below is based on the reporting by Klaus Graf in
Archivalia.
Possbilities of aid (The system for effective rescue of material is in
a developing state: This means ‘patience’ for all the supporters)
I. Aid in person, logistics, material
Archivists please contact:
Archival consultations of LVR Rheinland
Phone 0049-(0)2234-9854-255
Email afz.archivberatung(a)lvr.de
This is the place where the aid is developed and coordinated and
forwarded to the local crisis team in Cologne. (Contact to the LVR in
English is possible.)
Conservators please contact:
Dr. Doris Oltrogge
Email doris.oltrogge(a)fh-koeln.de
Phone 0049-(0)221- 82753186
Please leave your phone number and Email. They will be collected and
coordinated. When your support is needed, you will be informed.
(Archivalia 07.03.2009 16:05)
Owners of cold-storage rooms (in Cologne area):
Some of the documents were wet when rescued, they were frozen. The
crisis team is now looking for cold-storage rooms around Cologne.
Available companies please contact:
kuehlraeume(a)wir-retten-unser-stadtarchiv.de (Archivalia 05.03.2009 22:51)
Citizens can register for three possible dates to help, on:
http://www.koelner-stadtarchiv.de/melden.html
II. Financial Support
Donations for the families of the victims:
Recipient: Stadt Köln
Account Number: 190 319 0419
Heading: Severin
Bank Name: Stadtsparkasse Köln-Bonn
Bank Code: 370 501 98
Donations for the Historical Archive to rescue the archival inventory:
Recipient: Freunde des historischen Archivs der Stadt Köln e.V.
[Society of friends of the Historical Archive City Cologne e.V.]
Account Number: 1900458959
Heading: Rettung Archiv
Bank Name: Sparkasse Köln Bonn
Bank Code: 370 501 98
(The society issues receipts for the donations.)
OR:
Recipient: Verein der Freunde des Stadtarchivs Mannheim e.V. [Society
of friends oft he City Archive Mannheim e.V.]
Account Number: 663 636 600
Heading: Spende für Köln
Bank Name: Dresdner Bank AG Mannheim
Bank Code: BLZ 670 800 50
(The society issues receipts for the donations.)
III. Virtual Reconstruction of the Archival Material
The Digitized Historical Archive Cologne is collecting any kind of
scans that have ever made of the inventory. If you hold any of this,
please contact:
http://www.historischesarchivkoeln.de/index.php?lang=en
Source:
http://board-js.blogspot.com/2009/03/cologne-historical-archive.html
Klaus Graf