Bernhard Vollmer

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Bernhard Karl Paul Vollmer (born March 12, 1886 in Braunschweig , † March 1, 1958 in Düsseldorf ) was a German historian and archivist . From 1929 to 1952 he was in charge of the Düsseldorf State Archives .

Life

From 1906 to 1912 Vollmer studied history, art history, German and law in Münster and Munich . During his studies he became a member of the KStV Rheno-Bavaria Munich and the KStV Germania Münster . He obtained his doctorate in Münster in 1912. In 1914 he passed the archivist examination at the Secret State Archives in Berlin and after his military service (1915–1919) moved to the State Archives in Düsseldorf; In 1929 he became the State Archives Director.

Since the 1920s, Vollmer has been organizing the Prussian-Dutch archival exchange and lending between the state archives on the German side. On this occasion he met numerous Dutch archivists with whom he remained in close contact from then on. From 1940 to 1944 he headed the archives office at the Reich Commissioner for the Occupied Dutch Territories , but did not discredit himself.

In 1946 he founded the Association of German Archivists , which he headed until 1952. In 1947 he founded the specialist journal Der Archivar , which he also managed until 1952. From 1950 until his retirement in 1952, he was also a consultant for archives in the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Culture. Vollmer headed the Düsseldorfer Geschichtsverein (1934–1958) and published the Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch .

In 1952 he received the Great Cross of Merit . His daughter Gisela Vollmer also became an archivist.

Works (selection)

  • Constitution and inner life of the linen makers and dressmakers in the city of Braunschweig until 1671. Diss. Phil. Münster 1912, Wolfenbüttel 1913
  • Document book of the city and the Bielefeld Abbey. Bielefeld 1937
  • Inventories of sources on German history in Dutch archives. Munich 1957
  • Popular opposition in the police state. Gestapo and government reports 1934-1936. Stuttgart 1957

literature

  • Wilhelm Classen: Festgabe Bernhard Vollmer. Düsseldorf 1956 (= Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch , Volume 48)
  • Wilhelm Classen: Necrology on Bernhard Vollmer. In: The archivist. Volume 11, 1958, pp. 99-102
  • Gerhard Menk, Sierk FM Plantinga: "To preserve the honor of the German state archivists and historians." Bernhard Vollmer and his work in the Netherlands. In: Robert Kretzschmar, Astrid M. Eckert (editor): The German archival system and National Socialism. 75th German Archives Day 2005 in Stuttgart. Essen 2007, pp. 217-273
  • Stephan Laux: Between traditionalism and "business cycle science". The Düsseldorf History Association and the Rhenish History Associations in National Socialism. In: Blätter für deutsche Landesgeschichte 141/142 (2005/2006) [published spring 2008], pp. 108–157
  • Wolfgang Leesch : The German archivists 1500–1945. Volume 2: Biographical Lexicon. Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-10605-X , sv

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yearbook of the Cartel Association of Catholic Student Associations in Germany (KV). 29th year Berlin 1931, pp. 110, 517.
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Leesch: The German archivists 1500-1945. Volume 2, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, sv - who is who? Berlin 1955, sv - Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar. 7th edition 1950, sv - Handbuch der deutschen Wissenschaft. Volume 2: Biographical Directory. Berlin 1949, sv
  3. ↑ Torsten Musial: State Archives in the Third Reich. On the history of the state archives in Germany 1933–1945. Potsdam 1996, p. 156. - Gerhard Menk, Sierk FM Plantinga: "To preserve the honor of the German state archivists and historians." Bernhard Vollmer and his work in the Netherlands. In: Robert Kretzschmar, Astrid M. Eckert (editor): The German archival system and National Socialism. 75th German Archives Day 2005 in Stuttgart. Klartext Verlag, Essen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89861-703-1 , pp. 217-273
personal data
SURNAME Vollmer, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vollmer, Bernhard Karl Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1958
Place of death Dusseldorf