Josef Benzing

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Josef Benzing (born February 4, 1904 in Neuses ; † May 18, 1981 ) was a German librarian and Luther bibliographer and researcher of book printing . During the Second World War he worked in occupied Ukraine.

Life

Josef (also Joseph) Benzing's parents were the farmer Konrad Benzing and Anna Maria, née Fleckenstein. After visiting the National Gymnasium in Fulda (1919-1924), he studied one semester economy , but then moved to the Modern Languages with a focus on Romance and left the university in Frankfurt am Main in 1930 after the state examination.

He trained as a librarian at the Frankfurt City Library and in Berlin. After the specialist examination in Berlin , he was in the academic service of the Prussian State Library in Berlin from 1933 to 1945 . As an employee of the incunabula department and co-editor of the publications of the Society for Typenkunde des 15. Century (1931-1939), he acquired the basic knowledge for his scientific life's work.

From 1941 to 1943 he was the head of the library of the Academy of Sciences in Kiev for the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories and employee of the head of the "State Administration of Archives, Libraries and Museums" in the Reich Commissariat of Ukraine , Georg Winter . In Ukraine he coordinated the book robbery of the special libraries staff in the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR). In the winter of 1941–1942, Benzing “secured” the books from “abandoned” or Jewish apartments and from some Kiev cultural institutions and had them loaded into depots of the main Ukraine working group. In addition, Benzing worked until June 1942 as head of the "Central Library Special Staff" of the NSDAP High School . In the winter of 1943 Benzing delivered the last confiscated books to Ratibor and Tanzenberg Castle in front of the approaching front .

After the end of the war, the family of six found together again in Neuses. Benzing received a position at the Mainz University Library . When he retired in 1966, he was senior librarian and deputy director. The note box he left behind formed the basis for the VD 16 . He later lived in Budenheim .

Fonts (selection)

  • Walther H. Ryff and his literary work: A bibliography. Hamburg 1959.
  • Bibliography of the writings of Hieronymus Brunschwig. In: Philobiblion 12, 1968, pp. 113-141.
  • Christian Egenolff and his publishing house production. In: Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel 1973, supplement: Aus dem Antiquariat (1973) , No. 9, pp. A348 – A352.
  • Book printing in the 16th century in the German-speaking area. A literature review. (= Central Journal for Libraries. Supplement 68). Otto Harrassowitz, Leipzig 1936.
  • Jakob Köbel of Oppenheim 1494–1533. Bibliography of his prints and writings. Wiesbaden 1962.
  • The book printers of the 16th and 17th centuries in the German-speaking area. (= Contributions to books and libraries. Volume 12). Harrassowitz publishing house, Wiesbaden 1963.
  • with Jean Muller: Bibliographie Strasbourgeoise (= Bibliotheca bibliographica Aureliana. LXXX, XC, XV). Volume 1 (edited by Benzing) and Volume 2–3. Baden-Baden 1981–1986 (= Répertoire bibliographique des livres imprimés en France au seizième siècle. Volume 148).
  • Luther bibliography: Directory of the printed writings of Martin Luther until his death . Baden-Baden: Koerner, 1989, 1994 (Bibliotheca bibliographica Aureliana), Vol. 2 with appendix: Bible and parts of the Bible in Luther's translation 1522 - 1546

literature

  • Obituary for Josef Benzing. In: Lutherjahrbuch , Volumes 49–51, Luthergesellschaft, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1982; P. 7
  • Elisabeth Geck (Ed.): Festschrift Josef Benzing , Pressler, Wiesbaden 1964
  • Killy, Engelhardt, Vierhaus: German Biographical Encyclopedia (1995); P. 432
  • Christoph Reske: The book printers of the 16th and 17th centuries in the German-speaking area. On the basis of the work of the same name by Josef Benzing (Contributions to the book and library system) , Harrassowitz publishing house; 1st edition May 2007, ISBN 978-3447054508
  • Nina Maloljetova: Dijal'nist 'nimec'koho biblitekarja ta knyhoznavcja Jozefa Bencinha pid čas nacysts'koï okupaciï Ukraïny (1941-1944) . In: Studiï z archivnoï spravy ta dokumentoznavstva. Deržkomarchiv Ukraïny. UNDIASD, Kyïv, 2007, vol. 15, pp. 159-164. [The activities of the German librarian and book connoisseur Joseph Benzing during the Nazi occupation of Ukraine]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wieland Schmied: Josef Benzing in memoriam.
  2. ^ Bavarian State Library, Josef Benzing estate. ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bsb-muenchen.de
  3. ↑ Nazarii Gutsul: The Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce and its activities in Ukraine (1941-1944) , 2013, p 45; P. 158; P. 179
  4. ↑ Nazarii Gutsul: The Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg and his activities in the Ukraine (1941-1944) , 2013, p. 115
  5. ↑ a b Nazarii Gutsul: The Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg and his activities in the Ukraine (1941-1944) , 2013, p. 185
personal data
SURNAME Benzing, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian, Luther bibliographer and researcher of book printing
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH News
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1981