Josef rest

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Josef Rest (born December 19, 1884 in Münchweier near Ettenheim , † April 9, 1961 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German librarian .

Life

Josef Rest attended grammar school in Ettenheim, where he graduated from high school in 1904. From 1905 to 1908 he studied history and geography at the University of Freiburg and in Paris and received his doctorate in 1908 under the historian Heinrich Finke . In 1909 he passed the state examination for higher teaching post. At the beginning of 1909 he began his work as a volunteer at the Freiburg University Library , where he became a scientific assistant in 1909, curator in 1917 and librarian in 1919; its activity was interrupted from 1915 to 1918 by military service in the First World War. From 1929 until his retirement in 1953 he was director of the Freiburg University Library.

During the Second World War , Rest caused large parts of the holdings of the university library to be relocated without major restrictions on use. As a result, almost the entire inventory of the library remained intact, although the building suffered considerable damage. In 1945 he was appointed honorary professor for book and library history at the University of Freiburg in gratitude for his services to the library.

In 1949 Josef Rest became an honorary citizen of his home community Münchweier, in 1952 he received the Federal Cross of Merit , in 1954 he became a corresponding member of the Commission for historical regional studies in Baden-Württemberg .

literature

  • Ruthardt Oehme : Prof. Dr. Josef Rest. Obituary . In: Zeitschrift für Geschichte des Oberrheins 110, 1962, pp. 207-209.
  • Josef rest . In: Badische Biographien NF Vol. 1, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007118-1 , pp. 226-228.
  • Ingo Toussaint: The Freiburg University Library in the Third Reich . 2nd edition, Saur, Munich a. a. 1984, ISBN 3-598-10547-9 ( digitized version ).
  • Alexandra Habermann, Rainer Klemmt, Frauke Siefkes: Lexicon of German Scientific Librarians 1925–1980 . Klostermann, Frankfurt 1985, ISBN 3-465-01664-5 , pp. 271-272.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Dissertation Cardinal Fillastre up to the deposition of John XXIII. at the Council of Constance . Freiburg 1908.
personal data
SURNAME Rest, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Münchweier near Ettenheim
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1961
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau