Erich Sielaff
Erich Sielaff (born November 22, 1889 in Stettin ; † February 18, 1960 in Rostock ) was a German literary scholar and folklorist.
Life
Erich Sielaff grew up in Stettin. From 1906 to 1909 he attended the teachers' college in Pyritz . In the First World War he served at the front, was wounded and then from 1915 came as a teacher at a Szczecin elementary school. He trained as a middle school teacher and became a middle school teacher in 1924.
In his hometown of Stettin, Sielaff was involved in educational work during the second half of the Weimar Republic: he worked in the Stettin theater community, became a lecturer at the Stettin Adult Education Center founded by Erwin Ackerknecht in 1927, and taught for one semester at the State Library School founded in Stettin in 1932.
After the National Socialists came to power, Sielaff was relieved of his posts in Stettin and transferred to Pyritz.
After the Second World War, Sielaff was a professor at the University of Greifswald and the University of Rostock . At the latter he worked from 1949 to 1951 as director of the workers and peasants faculty and in 1951 took over a professorship at the pedagogical faculty until his retirement.
He died in Rostock on February 18, 1960.
Works (selection)
- Kurd Schulz , Erich Sielaff: The student library in the elementary school. Publishing house library and educational maintenance, Stettin 1930.
- Erich Sielaff: Pomeranian legends. Dürr's Collection of German Legends, Vol. 27. Hegel & Schade, Leipzig 1935.
- Erich Sielaff (arr.): Till Eulenspiegel. 1st edition: Rütten & Loening, Potsdam 1944. 2nd edition: Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, 1955. Licensed edition: Gerig Verlag, Königstein / Taunus 1995, ISBN 3-928275-32-1 .
- Erich Sielaff (arrangement): Maria Schweidler, the amber witch. The most interesting of all previously known witch trials. Petermänken-Verlag, Schwerin 1953.
- Erich Sielaff (arrangement): The shield citizens. Edited for young people from the 1st edition from 1598 and the fool's book from 1811. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1958. (numerous new editions)
- Erich Sielaff: Karl May - His life and his books. A critical consideration. Ministry of Culture GDR: Berlin 1955/6, 42 pages (was not in bookshops)
literature
- Erich Sielaff - Education needs care. In: Die Pommersche Zeitung , No. 4/2008, p. 4.
Web links
- Literature by and about Erich Sielaff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Erich Sielaff in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sielaff, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar and folklorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1960 |
| Place of death | Rostock |