Corporate German Educational Reconstruction 1943-1958 GB/366/192 German Educational Reconstruction (GER) was a voluntary organisation founded in London in 1943 with the aim of helping German refugee educationists to prepare for their post-war return to Germany. The main consideration was the restructuring of the German school system on 'democratic principles'. After the War the emphasis shifted toward promoting Anglo-German relations by acting as an information bureau and means of communication and exchange between British and German educationists. GER undertook a wide variety of activities, including organising conferences, lectures, and study groups; co-operating with other voluntary bodies; arranging visits and youth work; publishing and distributing memoranda, pamphlets and textbooks. Several prominent figures were associated with GER, including Eleanor Rathbone, Sir Ernest Barker, Karl Mannheim, Fritz Borinski, S.H. Wood, Erich Hirsch and Fritz Burchardt. It was wound up in 1958. GER Corporate Deposited/Corporate/GER 04/11/1999 Hjralmp 25/06/2008 Mkklibyz German Educational Reconstruction; 1943-1958 German Educational Reconstruction 16d688c0-3337-45bd-ab49-309e2972e8dc