Elfriede Schirrmacher

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Elfriede Schirrmacher (born October 30, 1894 in Kiel ; † November 15, 1978 ) was a German archivist and author. Her greatest achievement was the rebuilding of the city archive in Frankfurt (Oder) after the Second World War .

Elfriede Schirrmacher, daughter of an imperial naval officer, came to Frankfurt (Oder) as early as 1903. In 1916 she started working as an unskilled worker and a year later as a volunteer in the city library. She continued to educate herself, supervised a. a. also the library of the Kleist Society and from 1940 built a special scientific and local history department in the city library. This resulted in a special collection of almost 20,000 volumes relating to the history of the city and the university.

She had to leave the city before the front approached, but returned from Neuruppin to Frankfurt (Oder) in October 1945 . The city administration commissioned her to collect the files, which were massively endangered by the chaos of the post-war period, and to save them from destruction. In order to be able to cope with the complicated conservation tasks, Elfriede Schirrmacher did an internship in the Prussian Secret State Archives in Berlin-Dahlem in 1948 . In October 1951 she underwent the examination for diploma archivists at the German Central Archives in Potsdam and graduated with the overall rating “Very Good”.

Elfriede Schirrmacher also played a leading role in the reconstruction of the Kleist memorial in Frankfurt .

When further historical Frankfurt files came back from Poland in January 1962, she examined and re-cataloged them. She published the complete overview of the archive holdings and in 1966 was given the title of “City Archives Director” by the City Council. In 1976 Elfriede Schirrmacher retired during the festive event for the opening of the newly restored archive building.

Works

  • History of the Frankfurt (Oder) City Archives . Frankfurt (O.) 1968
  • The Frankfurt (Oder) city archive and its holdings . Frankfurt (O.) 1972
  • Frankfurt (Oder). From seven centuries of city history . Frankfurt (O.) 1974
  • The Frankfurt (Oder) city archive. Past - present - future . Frankfurt (O.) 1977

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SURNAME Schirrmacher, Elfriede
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1978