Heinz Boberach

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Heinz Boberach (born November 21, 1929 in Cologne ; † August 21, 2008 ) was a German archivist at the Federal Archives in Koblenz and a historian . He was best known as the editor of the 17-volume source edition “ Messages from the Reich ”.

Life

After graduating from high school in 1950, Boberach studied history and Latin at the University of Cologne . He was trained at the Federal Archives in Koblenz and at the Marburg Archive School from 1957 to 1959, and in 1959 he received his doctorate from the University of Cologne. In 1974 he was the representative of the President of the Federal Archives. Boberach played a key role in the expansion of the Federal Archives by taking over numerous files from the Reich and Prussian authorities as well as various bequests. These documents supported the charges in the Auschwitz trials as well as in other proceedings against Nazi criminals. In addition to the form of printed finding aids (instead of online finding aids ), which was still common at the time, Boberach primarily published files from the National Socialist era that were central to research . Most recently, he was chief archive director of the Federal Archives in Koblenz.

Publications (selection)

Monographs

  • Suffrage issues in the pre-March period. The conception of voting rights in the Rhineland 1815–1849 and the emergence of three-class voting rights , Droste, Düsseldorf 1959 (dissertation).
  • Youth under Hitler , Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, Gondrom Verlag, 1993.
  • Reich Security Main Office, inventory R 58 [Findbuch], Federal Archives, Koblenz 2000.
  • Contributions to the history of the Rhineland and contemporary history , Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2001.
  • Archivist between files and current affairs , Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2004.

Source editions

  • Judges' letters. Documents to influence German case law 1942–1944 , Harald Boldt, Boppard 1975 (= writings of the Federal Archives , 21).
  • Messages from the Reich. The secret situation reports of the security service of the SS 1938–1945. 17 volumes and 1 register volume, Pawlak, Herrsching 1984/85.
  • with Horst Zimmermann: Journalistic sources on the history of the revolution of 1848 and its consequences , Federal Archives, Koblenz 1996.
  • with Werner Röder, Patrik von zur Mühlen , Ingrid Schulze-Bidlingmaier: Sources on German political emigration 1933–1945 , KG Saur, Munich 1997.
  • with Joseph Hansen: Rhenish letters and files on the history of the political movement 1830–1850 , Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1998.

Editorships

  • with Eckhart G. Franz : In the community of peoples. Documents from German archives about the relations between Germans and other nations in 11 centuries. Federal Archives, Koblenz 1984.
  • Inventory of archival sources from the Nazi state I: Part 1, KG Saur, Munich 1991.
  • with Oldrich Sladek a. a .: Inventory of archival sources of the Nazi state. The tradition of authorities and institutions of the Reich, the Länder and the NSDAP , KG Saur, Munich 1994.
  • with Rolf Thommes, Hermann Weiß : offices, abbreviations, actions of the Nazi state , KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11271-8 .
  • with Christiana Abele u. a .: Inventory of state files on the relationship between the state and the churches 1933–1945 , Volume 1–3, Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn 1999.
  • with Christian Schädlich, Klaus Weinhauer , Otto Wiehmann: Inventory on the history of the German labor movement in the state archives of the Federal Republic of Germany. Vol. 2/2: Hamburg State Archives , KG Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-23257-8 .
  • with Carsten Nicolaisen , Ruth Papst: Handbook of the German Protestant Churches 1918 to 1949. Organs - Offices - Associations - Persons. Volume 1: Nationwide institutions , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-525-55784-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Boberach, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 2008