Archive for Christian Democratic Policy

The Archive for Christian Democratic Policy (ACDP) at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, established in 1976 on the initiative of Heinrich Krone, Bruno Heck and Helmut Kohl, is the central archive of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Germany in Sankt Augustin.

The records of the international Christian democratic parties, especially the European confederations, are also collected as they arise.

[1] At present the archive collection runs to 18,000 metres of files, as well as extensive stocks of photographs, posters and audio-visual material.

[1] In addition to the historical archive a documentation which collects news and commentaries from the print media and television as well as publications by state institutions, political parties, organisations and the churches is at the user’s disposal.

This intermeshing of the domains of archive, documentation and library makes the ACDP both a source of knowledge and a research institution.