Richard Berger (local history researcher)

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Richard Berger (born August 3, 1900 in Leipzig ; † June 30, 1948 in special camp No. 1 Mühlberg ) was a German homeland researcher for the Erzgebirge village of Breitenbrunn .

Life

Berger studied at the Royal Teachers' College in Borna near Leipzig. After successfully completing his studies, he was employed as a teacher at the Breitenbrunn elementary school in 1924 . Berger was the first chairman of the Erzgebirgszweigverein Breitenbrunn from 1925 to 1933. In 1921 he founded the ski division in the Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association "Vorwärts" Breitenbrunn. From 1925 to 1939 he headed the ski department within the civil German gymnastics club Breitenbrunn, which was founded in 1923 and which became part of the German Reich Association for physical exercise in 1934 . In 1933 Berger was appointed Gauschneelaufwart (a leading position in the ski association).

Second of the 32 panels with the names of the victims of the special camp Mühlberg . Richard Berger in the 5th row, field 8.

Berger wrote local history articles about Breitenbrunn and the surrounding area. In his research he worked with Hans Siegert , Siegfried Sieber and Walter Fröbe . His contributions to local history were received in the specialist press even after his death. Berger's history of the former Breitenbrunn paper mill was included in the 2003 International Bibliography on Paper History at the German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig.

During World War II , Richard Berger wrote home letters to Wehrmacht soldiers at the front. After the war he was arrested without giving a reason on September 12, 1945 and taken from Schwarzenberg Castle to special camp No. 4 in Bautzen and from there on October 9, 1945 to special camp No. 1 in Mühlberg . After three years in a camp, Richard Berger died on June 30, 1948 at the age of 47 of pulmonary tuberculosis . In 1995 he was declared dead and innocent by the Moscow Military Prosecutor's Office.

Fonts (selection)

  • The history of the former Breitenbrunn paper mill , in: Our home , Schwarzenberg, vol. 3, 1926, no. 1/2: pp. 1–5 OCLC 723986551
  • Erzgebirge hammer mills. (IV. Breitenbach-Wittigsthal) . in: Heimatblätter. Supplement of the Erzgebirge People's Friend Vol. 2, v. May 2, 1926
  • Vanishing and vanishing forest place names of the state forests around Breitenbrunn: a contribution to field name research , supplement of the Erzgebirgischer Volksfreund. Vol. 3, 1927, No. 9. OCLC 315742841
  • Charges and services of the localities Breitenbrunn and Bockau around the year 1550 , in: Auf des Erzgebirgs heights. Sheets for local history research, 1927
  • Memories from the mountain forest village of Breitenbrunn , collected a. edit Richard Berger, Erzgebirgische Heimatkunde, Heft 14, Schwarzenberg 1930, 46 S. OCLC 72424047
  • With Horst Henschel : The great flood in the Steinbachtal and at Breitenhof in the Schwarzwassertal on July 6, 1931 , ed. from Erzgebirgszweigverein Breitenbrunn, Erzgebirgische Heimatkunde H. 18, Breitenbrunn 1931, 18 p., with ill. OCLC 72424048
  • History from the municipality of Breitenhof , in: Heimatblätter. Supplement by the Erzgebirgischer Volksfreundes , Aue, No. 4/1935
  • Godfather's death in the mountain forest community of Breitenbrunn , supplement by the Erzgebirgischer Volksfreundes, 1935

literature

  • Annerose Berger: On the 100th birthday of local history researcher teacher Richard Berger. In: Glückauf! Journal of the Erzgebirgsverein 111 (2000), 9, pp. 204-205. ISSN  0342-5150

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Soviet Special Camp 1: List of selected individuals. In: Mühlberg camp 1939–1948. Retrieved December 11, 2013 .
  2. ^ Initiative group Lager Mühlberg e. V. (Ed.): Book of the Dead - Special Camp No. 1 of the Soviet NKVD, Mühlberg / Elbe. Mühlberg / Elbe 2008, p. 48, ISBN 978-3-00-026999-8 . Richard Berger's identity was confirmed by the Camp Mühlberg eV initiative group using the Soviet lists (email dated November 15, 2012).
  3. ↑ Chronicle of the Sportgemeinschaft Breitenbrunn , accessed on January 4, 2014
  4. ↑ a b c Annerose Berger: For the 100th birthday of home researcher teacher Richard Berger. In: Glückauf! Journal of the Erzgebirgsverein 111 (2000), 9, p. 205. ISSN  0342-5150
  5. ^ Siegfried Sieber : Zinnseifner in the Ore Mountains . In: Yearbook for Economic History , Akademie-Verlag, Berlin. 1975, part III, here: p. 117
  6. ^ Siegfried Sieber: Around Aue, Schwarzenberg and Johanngeorgenstadt: Results of the local history inventory in the areas of Aue and Johanngeorgenstadt , Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1972
  7. ^ Heiko Fiedler: The paper mill in Breitenbrunn and its owner . Self-published, Breitenbrunn, 2011
  8. ↑ International Bibliography on Paper History (IBP) . Volume 1, The German Library: German Museum of Books and Writing of the Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig, 2003, p. 348
  9. ^ Soviet transport lists in the archive of the Initiativgruppe Lager Mühlberg eV, Mühlberg / Elbe, viewed on November 15, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German homeland researcher
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1948
Place of death Mühlberg / Elbe