Ekkehard Huebschmann

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Ekkehard Hübschmann (* 1957) is a German ethnologist , historian and genealogist .

Life

After a school career in Sparneck , Münchberg , Gefrees , Nuremberg and Hamburg , Hübschmann studied ethnology and philosophy at the University of Bayreuth . In his master's thesis, he asked what, from today's perspective, can be understood by megalithism in Southeast Asia ? As part of this work he visited Asia for the first time.

His professional activity at the University of Bayreuth in two research projects deepened his scientific thinking. Heinrich Zschokke's (1771–1848) project, The Correspondence , familiarized him with the science of editing and the authentic and annotated transmission of handwritten letters from the 19th century. In the linguistic project Sprachatlas für Nordost-Bayern , for which he worked as an explorer for several years , he got to know German dialectology . He recognized the need to document the professional terms and work processes of the hand weavers in northeast Upper Franconia, western Bohemia and in the Saxon Vogtland, as long as contemporary witnesses could still report on them. He dedicated his doctoral thesis to this task, which initially followed the methods of language atlases and oral history . With the supervision of his doctoral supervisor Gerd Spittler , his research area ethnology was added to the work as a central approach. All work processes as well as the organization of the work in the families are described from the perspective of the hand weavers as acting persons in the sense of Max Weber . The dissertation submitted in 2004 in the field of ethnology at the University of Bayreuth combines the ethnology of work with German dialectology (linguistic linguistics) in an interdisciplinary manner.

Since 1990 - initially as part of the Bayreuth history workshop and the history of the Jewish Bayreuthers from 1759–1945 - Hübschmann has devoted himself to a second major research project, the study of Franconian-Jewish history in modern times . Central topics are emancipation in the early 19th century, emigration , Nazi persecution of Jews , deportation , commemoration of the victims, reparations and compensation and family history.

In June 2007, Hübschmann started his own business as a freelance researcher in the fields of genealogy , family history, transcription of texts in old German script ( Kurrent ) and historical research. Since then he has carried out numerous genealogical and historical projects, mainly in Germany, Poland and Bohemia. Since 2008 he has been on conference and research trips to Poland, France and Israel, but above all to the USA. Since 2012 he has lectured at the conferences of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies . He is a member of the International German Genealogy Partnership.

As with his dissertation, Hübschmann is also guided in the research projects by the conviction that the focus must be on people. He considers genealogical research for the purpose of determining biographical data to be essential, but family history goes beyond that. It is important to find out and present as much as possible about the lives of individuals.

Bibliography (selection)

  • Hand weavers in the 20th century - About the work and the dialect technical language of the hand weavers in NE Upper Franconia, West Bohemia and in the Saxon Vogtland . ( online )
  • Archive experiences using the example: companies of Jewish citizens in Bayreuth . History across 5 (1997): 43-46.
  • The Deportation from Nuremberg on November 29, 1941 . In: Wolfgang Scheffler and Diana Schulle (comps.). Book of Remembrance. The German, Austrian and Czechoslovakian Jews deported to the Baltic States . Edited by “Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge eV” and “Riga Committee of German Cities” in cooperation with the “New Synagogue Berlin Foundation - Centrum Judaicum” and the memorial “House of the Wannsee Conference”. 2 vols. Munich 2003, pp. 541-544.
  • Names of victims . In: Irene Hamel (Ed.): Setting Thinking Stones - On Recovering the Memory of the Murdered Jews of Bayreuth . Bayreuth 2003, pp. 90-94.
  • The deportation of Jews from Franconia to Riga . In: Frankenland - magazine for Franconian regional studies and cultural maintenance 56 (2004): 344-369.
  • The archives of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Bayreuth 1759-1938 from the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People in Jerusalem . Published by the Geschichtswerkstatt Bayreuth eV Unpublished manuscript. 2005.
  • The Helmbrechts subcamp and the death march to Wallern and Prachatitz. An unusual example of research and memorial work . History across 13 (2006): 35–39.
  • The memorial and memorial “ Langer Gang ” in Schwarzenbach / Saale . History across 13 (2006): 63–64.
  • Integration versus assimilation. On the history of the Jews in Bavaria . History across 14 (2009): 2–5.
  • Restitution and Compensation Files and their Genealogical Significance . In: Avotaynu, The International Review of Jewish Genealogy , Volume XXX, Number 1, Spring 2014: 45-53.
  • From Germany to North America in the 19th Century: The Bavarian Example. Avotaynu, The International Review of Jewish Genealogy , Volume XXXII, Number 2, Summer 2016: 25-32.
  • Jewish Families in Hof an der Saale - Fate and Persecution under National Socialism . With a contribution by Heide Inhetveen. Transit, Berlin 2019. ISBN 978-3-88747-370-9
  • Jewish residents of Oberkotzau and Schwarzenbach an der Saale - their fate and persecution under National Socialism . Oberkotzau Alliance for Tolerance and Democracy, Oberkotzau 2019. ISBN 978-3-00-061900-7

Lectures (selection)

  • "Evacuated to the East" - The eight deportations of Jewish citizens from Franconia , held in the Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds , Nuremberg on June 29, 2010.
  • The Emigration from Franconia to the Free States of North America in the 19th Century . Indianapolis, USA, September 8, 2011, Max Kade German-American Center in collaboration with the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis .
  • Jewish citizens of the city of Selb before and during the Nazi era . Selb, Rosenthal-Theater, February 4, 2012 as part of the anniversary of the Vishay Intertechnology , Inc. group, 50 years in Germany and 25 years in Selb.
  • The Genealogical Significance of Old Photos and Postcards (L'importance généalogique des vieilles photos et des cartes postales) . Paris, 32nd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, July 18, 2012.
  • Restitution and Compensation Files and their Genealogical Significance . Boston, 33rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Aug. 8, 2013.
  • From Germany to North America in the 19th Century - The Bavarian Example . Salt Lake City, 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, July 31, 2014.
  • World War I: Photos, Field Post, War Diaries, Military Records in Archives . Jerusalem, 35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, July 6, 2015.
  • Life Under the Restrictive Laws for Jews in 19th Century Germany . Jerusalem, 35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, July 7, 2015.
  • Buried Treasures: Hardly Known Files of Genealogical Significance in German Archives - 19th Century . Seattle, 36th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, August 10, 2016 and Warsaw, 38th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, August 9, 2018.
  • Buried Treasures: Hardly Known Files of Genealogical Significance in German Archives - 20th Century . Warsaw, 38th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, August 9, 2018.
  • Photos of a funeral service and a mass burial in autumn 1946 . To the death marches in the Münchberg area, to the new Jewish community after 1945 and the Jewish farms in the district. Münchberg, January 29, 2020.

Projectography

  • 1990 to (continuously) The Jewish Bayreuthers 1759–1945.
  • 1999 to (continuously) Ottemberg-Isaak-Fleischmann, the family history and genealogy of a Jewish family from Upper Franconia in the 19th and 20th centuries (long-term project).
  • 2000–2006 microfilming and digitization of the archive of the former Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Bayreuth 1787–1938 . Participation as head of the project of the Geschichtswerkstatt Bayreuth eV
  • 2001–2003 memorial stones in memory of the Jewish Bayreuthers who were victims of National Socialism . Participation of students from the five Bayreuth grammar schools, the municipal business school and members of the 2nd battalion of the Air Force Training Regiment 3 of the Bundeswehr in Bayreuth. Participation as a major participant in the project of the Geschichtswerkstatt Bayreuth eV
  • September 2003 gesture of remembrance . One-week invitation project for former Bayreuth Jews from Great Britain, Canada, Israel and the USA. Participation as a significant participant in the project of the Geschichtswerkstatt Bayreuth eV on the occasion of the official handover of the exhibition and the memorial stones to the city of Bayreuth on September 15, 2003.
  • February 2005 Initiation of the Franconian-Jewish History Working Group (AGfjG), a loose association of private researchers who have been dealing with the Jewish history of their city or region for years with the aim of preparing the project to research the deportations of Jews from Franconia in 1941 -1944 .
  • May 2007 to June 2010 research project The Jewish Ansbachers of the 1930s , funded from private sources to kick-start a more comprehensive project on the same topic.
  • September 2009 to January 2010 research assignment on the Jewish victims of National Socialism in the city of Selb. On behalf of the city of Selb, the Jewish Holocaust victims from Selb were identified and their lives and forms of persecution were researched. The results were announced in two public lectures and based on research, stumbling blocks were laid (see list of stumbling blocks in Selb ).
  • Since November 2014 research and publication assignment Die Judenischen Hofer 1933–1945 financed by the Hermann and Bertl Müller Foundation . The fates of the Jewish citizens of Hof ad Saale, Upper Franconia, under the Nazi persecution of the Jews are researched and presented.
  • 2015-2016 The Baum Family of Kansas City (family history research in archives in southern Germany on behalf of Kenneth Baum).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.iajgs.org/blog/
  2. ↑ https://iggpartner.org/index.php
  3. ↑ http://www.buendnis-oberkotzau.de/
  4. ↑ http://www.geschichtswerkstatt-bayreuth.de/archiv.html
  5. ↑ http://www.geschichtswerkstatt-bayreuth.de/denksteine.html
  6. ↑ http://www.geschichtswerkstatt-bayreuth.de/geste.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.agfjg.de/
  8. ↑ http://www.agfjg.de/ansbach.html
  9. ↑ http://www.geepeetee.de/AN/start.htm
  10. ↑ Hermann and Bertl Müller Foundation Hof - Another WordPress website. Retrieved on August 9, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Hübschmann, Ekkehard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, genealogist, ethnologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1957