![In the aftermath of the Second World War, the LWF supported thousands of displaced people in Europe. The young boy wearing an LWF pin on his coat lapel represents those pushed to leave their homes and find refuge elsewhere. Photo: LWF Archives](/sites/default/files/styles/image_cover/public/2023-01/Archives.png?itok=1N5SfAdv)
Archive
Preserving and promoting the Lutheran communion’s institutional memory
The LWF Archives, housed at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, preserve the records of the Lutheran World Convention, the Lutheran World Federation, and the Christian World Communions. The collection contains paper documents, photographs, sound tapes, films and videos, and publications representing some 1,000 running meters, the institutional and historical memory of the Lutheran Communion. Their digitalization process ensures long-term access, for future generations, to this unique and invaluable heritage consisting of milestone moments of the Lutheran World Federation.
""History is our future" [ Aus Gegenwart wird Zunkunft ]"
— Bishop Christian Krause, former President of the LWF
LWF Digital Archives, Library, and Museum
![Opening of the Welcoming the Stranger conference](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_crop_image_style/public/2022-08/WtS-Opening.jpg?itok=i1Hn6K2W)
100
Years' Heritage
Almost 100 years history since Lutheran World Convention
1000
Meters
Of archive materials: paper collection, multimedia and photo collection
100
Yearly Requests
From LWF staff, member churches, universities, researchers, authors, other
Photo: LWF Archives