Thematic:

• Student movement and New Left (including Maoist, Trotskyist, communist and socialist groups)
• Anti-authoritarian and alternative movements (including spontaneist, hedonist, autonomous, anarchist and anti-fascist movements)
• Peace movement
• Women's, lesbian and gay movements
• Ecology movement
• One world / internationalism / globalization
• Music (especially fanzines), literature, culture and art in the independent scene
• Left-wing alternative groups at selected universities (mainly in North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Green-alternative parties and groups (mainly from North Rhine-Westphalia)

Document types:

• Archive material (internal documents such as minutes, correspondence, working and discussion papers, board documents, manuscripts, etc.)
• Gray literature (newspapers, magazines, leaflets, brochures, documentation, posters, flyers, etc.)
• Photos, audio and video cassettes
• Museum material (buttons, campaign material, banners, display boards, T-shirts, etc.)

The afas collection comprises over 2,500 meters of shelving. Brochures, magazines, posters and objects can be researched online: www.afas-archiv.de/bestande/katalog/