Wilhelm Frels

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Wilhelm Gustav Adolf Frels (born June 12, 1886 in Schwerin , † March 11, 1942 in Leipzig ) was a German specialist in German studies and a librarian .

Life

The son of the Schwerin bank director Adolf Frels from Hahnermoor , born in 1845, and Johanna Frels, born in 1853. Steinfeldt, studied German, history and philosophy at the University of Munich , the University of Berlin and the University of Rostock from 1906 to 1910 . In 1912 Wilhelm Frels received his doctorate as Dr. phil. (See dissertation below under works ) and then worked as a volunteer at the Schwerin State Library . In 1914 the Deutsche Bücherei was his appropriate field of activity until his death. Wilhelm Fels was initially employed there in Leipzig as an assistant librarian, appointed librarian in 1916 and finally headed the Bibliographies Department from 1938–1942 . Under his direction, the lists Sexualliteratur, Schöne Literatur, Politische Literatur and Jugendschriften were created for indexing in 1933. In April 1940 Frels was appointed company air raid warden.

The bibliographer published the Literarisches Centralblatt für Deutschland from 1924–1926 and enriched it with the annual reports . Wilhelm Frels provided bibliographical contributions for the Goethe yearbook .

The autographs are in alphabetical order in his directory “German poet manuscripts from 1400 to 1900” , published in 1934 . In 1936, after years of effort, Wilhelm Frels pushed through the transfer of booksellers' title prints to library catalogs. Thus, the effort to ensure the existence of a uniform catalog for libraries and bookshops in the German-speaking area remains to his credit.

Elisabeth, b. Spencker (* 1895) and Wilhelm Frels married in 1917. The marriage produced three daughters and one son. Wilhelm Frels died in 1942 of complications from pneumonia.

Publications (selection)

  • Bettina von Arnim's Book of Kings. A contribution to the history of her life and her time. Inaugural dissertation to obtain a doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Rostock presented by Wilhelm Frels, Schwerin: Buchdruckerei W. Sengebusch 1912 Table of contents .
  • The title of the bookselling bibliography . In: Central Journal for Libraries . Vol. 33 (1916), pp. 233–248, digitized from DigiZeitschriften
  • Will Peer Gynt be pardoned? Leipzig: Poeschel & Trepte 1919.
  • The library title recording in Germany , Leipzig: Harrassowitz 1919.
  • Bookseller and library bibliography. Three essays , Leipzig: Ramm & Seemann 1920.
  • The German drama 1913–1920. Statistical information from the German library. In: Alere flammam [Keep the flame]. Society of Friends of the German Library, Leipzig 1921, pp. 38–50, table of contents
  • Standard cataloging, standard bibliography and German library. Five essays , Leipzig: Verlag des Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhandels 1922.
  • The book lover's catalog. Its establishment and continuation An instruction for book owners of all kinds and all sizes , Leipzig: Poeschel & Trepte 1924 (also Haessel 1925).
  • Goethe literature of the Goethe year. German-language books and essays from 1932, Weimar: Duncker 1934.
  • German poets' manuscripts from 1400 to 1900. Complete catalog of the handwritten manuscripts of German poets in the libraries and archives of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the ČSR . Reprint of the 1934 edition, Stuttgart: Hiersemann 1970.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Wilhelm Frels  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Sören Flachowsky: " Armory for the swords of the spirit". The Deutsche Bücherei during the Nazi era . Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2018, ISBN 978-3-8353-3196-9 .
personal data
SURNAME Frels, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frels, Wilhelm Gustav Adolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Germanist and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1942
Place of death Leipzig