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Edgar Stengal's album, 1953 A scrapbook album of Edgar Stengel, the German apprentice tool maker who won a second place trophy at the 1953 Madrid Competition. The album features black and white touristic photos of landmarks in France and Spain. Stengel was part of the 22-member German. The apprentices’ expenses were covered. The trip was a major undertaking at the time. Almost none of the competitors had travelled abroad before. The delegation departed from the town hall of their home city of Wuppertal on 15 November and arrived in Spain three days later to a friendly welcome. The Mercedes bus was brand new and only allowed to travel 80 km per hour. The teenaged boys had a grand adventure, but the travel guides were nervous about how they would be received in France so soon after the war and drove non-stop day and night to cross the country -
Karl Heinz Trott's scrapbook Created by Karl Heinz Trott, the leader of the German delegation and team to the 1953 competition in Madrid, it contains newspaper cuttings from the local press in Wuppertal, photographs from the competition, and two typed accounts written by Trott. -
1950-1967 Scrapbook A charming and neatly organized, bound scrapbook about some of the early European competitions 1950 - 1967 with a focus on 1955 onwards. The scrapbook gives a vivid and comprehensive picture of the contests through photographs, hand-written and typed notes, test project drawings, and postcards. The text is mostly German and some English. The author is not known. -
Olympia Der Arbeit (Work Olympics) A book presented to successful competitors in the annual Reichsberufswettkampf, a vocational skills competition for young Germans held between 1934 and 1939. The competition was organised by the state controlled German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront) in conjunction with the Hitler Youth. The author of the book is Artur Axmann, Reichjugendfuhrer of the Hitler Youth and who presided over the competition from 1936. As well as propaganda text extolling the virtues of skills training under National Socialism, it includes a large number of photographs. Some illustrate what was seen as the moral decay of German youth post World War One, while others show positive images of skills, including metal work, baking, engineering, baking and even hairdressing. A label inside the cover shows this copy was present to Walter Mayer of Stuttgart "fur gute Leiftung" (for good learning) in 1937. Also include is a four page pamphlet that includes other recommended political texts and attributed to Günter Kaufman, another Hitler Youth official who was also the author of an authorised biography of Baldur Von Shirach, the former head of the Hitler Youth before Axman and who, as governor of Vienna, was one of the organisers of the first European Youth Association in 1942, whose delegates included Jose Antonio Elola-Osala, head of the Spanish Youth Front and, in the post war era, responsible for the national and later the first international vocational skills competitions held in Madrid. -
Die olympischen Spiele der Arbeit im Wandel Interview with Silvia Felix to mark her Gold medal victory at Bern in 1968, published by Schulblatt Kanton Zürich with the support of Swiss Skills to mark the 50th anniversary of her winning the Gold medal for Cabinetmarking at the Bern Competition in 1968. This is thought to be only the second time women took part in a Competition and the first Gold medal won by a woman in what were considered to be "male" skills. -
Clive Barker's certificate of participation, 1961 Clive Barke's certificate of participation, 1961 -
Leslie Woolley's certificate of participation, 1961 Leslie Woolley's certificate of participation, 1961 -
Mach dir einen Spaß aus deinen Beruf An interview with Edgar Stengel who competed as a tool maker in the 1953 competition in Madrid. The interview was published by WorldSkills Germany in April 2020. -
Edgar Stengal's handwritten diary, 1953 3-page handwritten diary (untranslated). -
Fernando Mayer's certificate of participation, 1961 Fernando Mayer's certificate of participation, 1961 -
Michael Mothersaw's certificate of participation, 1961 Michael Mothersaw's certificate of participation, 1961 -
Closing Ceremony, 25th International Vocational Training Competition, Cork 1979. Program and speeches Closing Ceremony, 25th International Vocational Training Competition, Cork 1979. Program and speeches -
Opening Ceremony, 25th International Vocational Training Competition, Cork 1979. Program and speeches Opening Ceremony, 25th International Vocational Training Competition, Cork 1979. Program and speeches -
M. Hanin préside la clôture du 18 Concours international de formation professionnelle Article in L'Avenir reporting on the Closing Ceremony of the Brussels 1969 competition -
Le concours international de formation professionnelle se déroule à Bruxelles du 7 au 15 juillet Review reporting on the Brussels 1969 competition taking place from July 7 to 15. Le Monde du Travail, 07/07/1969 -
15th International Apprentice Competition, Utrecht 1966, Program 15th International Apprentice Competition, Utrecht 1966, Program -
Formation Professionnelle Technique, First Day Cover, République du Congo, 1964 Formation Professionnelle Technique, First Day Cover, République du Congo, 1964 -
Formation Professionnelle Technique, Stamp, Republique du Congo, 1964 Formation Professionnelle Technique, Stamp, Republique du Congo, 1964 -
Closing Ceremony, 27th International Vocational Training Competition, Linz 1983. Program and speeches Closing Ceremony, 27th International Vocational Training Competition, Linz 1983. Program and speeches -
Opening Ceremony, 27th International Vocational Training Competition, Linz 1983. Program and speeches. Opening Ceremony, 27th International Vocational Training Competition, Linz 1983. Program and speeches -
WorldSkills Competition St Gallen 2003, proposal to potential partners WorldSkills Competition St Gallen 2003, proposal to potential partners -
WorldSkills Competition St Gallen 2003, informative brochure WorldSkills Competition St Gallen 2003, informative brochure -
Concours Internationaux de Formation
Professionnelle Brochure providing an overview on the IVTO and brief notes on the then upcoming Cork 1979 competition. -
Lyon Tourist Map Tourist pamphlet with city guide, maps and adverts for Lyon. Most likely meant to compliment visitors for the 33rd International Vocational Training Competition, Lyon1995 -
Champion certificate Photocopy of the winner certificate presented to Andrés Martínez Jiménez-Balaguer