This article analyses archival sources from the environment of the Zionist German Youth Movement. In the 1920s, the group „Cherut“ had prepared to found a kibbutz in British Palestine – a history still remembered by those who were involved as a successful youth movement. The explorative study upon which this contribution is based investigates the development of gender-differentiated, transnational and intergenerational networks by analysing private photographs and a selection of letters of ‚Cherut‘-members. Employing methods of image and text analysis, this contribution investigates the potential and limitations of visual und textual sources.