Arno Schmidt (historian)

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Arno Schmidt

Arno Schmidt (born October 2, 1879 in the Forsthaus Balster , Dramburg district , † May 23, 1967 in Greifswald ) was a German historian and folklorist . He worked in Danzig until his expulsion in 1945 . He was then head of the Folklore Department at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald until 1956 .

Life

Schmidt was born in 1879 in the forester's house in Balster in the Dramburg district in Pomerania . He attended high school in Greifswald and studied at the University of Greifswald , where he in 1904 to Dr. phil. received his doctorate. He chose the profession of high school teacher and in 1905 passed the state examination for higher education . After stints at the teachers ' college in Pyritz and as a senior teacher in Stargard in Pomerania , he became a teacher at the Victoria School in Gdansk in 1908. He later worked as a senior student adviser to the cultural department of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig . In 1934 he was retired as a specialist advisor and forced to retire in 1935 because he did not conform to the prevailing political ideas of the time, especially in folklore.

In Danzig he was involved in the board of the Danzig Heimatbund and the Reichsbund der Danzig . In addition, he was the last chairman of the Peace Society in Danzig , which did not submit to the Führer principle and existed until 1945. He published various works, in particular on the history of the city of Gdansk . He also devoted himself to folklore, especially puzzles. In addition, he dealt with the People's Book of the Eternal Jew . He lived in Gdansk until he was expelled in August 1945.

Schmidt came to Greifswald in September 1945, where he was department head for folklore at the Institute for German Philology until 1956 and did a lot for rebuilding the university and the institute after the war.

Fonts (selection)

  • Hundreds of old and new puzzles from West Prussia. AW Kafemann, Danzig 1924.
  • A hike through the West Prussian proverb. Danzig Publishing Company, Danzig 1924.
  • Gdansk folk games. AW Kafemann, Danzig 1925.
  • The Volksbuch vom Ewigen Juden , Heimatblätter des Deutschen Heimatbund Danzig, Vol. 4, H. 3, Danzig 1927.
  • Outline of a history of the Free City of Danzig (using a sketch by Dr. Paul Simson). Danzig Publishing Company, Danzig 1931.
  • From the Greifswald student life around 1812. In: Festschrift for the 500th anniversary of the University of Greifswald. Volume 1. Greifswald 1956, pp. 283–292 (= once and now volume 4 (1959), pp. 42–57.)

literature

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  1. ↑ Golden anniversary of the doctorate: Arno Schmidt as a special print from "Deutsches Jahrbuch für Volkskunde", vol. 1, year 1955

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personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Arno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Forsthaus Balster , district of Dramburg
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1967
Place of death Greifswald