Dr. phil. Ekkehard Hübschmann An der Kirche 7 FON 0049+ 09203 / 688 086 D-95499 Harsdorf FAKS 0049+ 01212/ 512 384 710 info@ gee pee tee .de Curriculum Vitae www. gee pee tee .de Education 1989 Master of Arts, in socio-anthropology, philosophy und sociology, University of Bayreuth, Germany 2004 Dr. phil. (PhD) in socio-anthropology, University of Bayreuth Academic Employment 1989–2000 research associate at the Universities of Bayreuth, Augsburg and Passau 1990– independent scholar / researcher for Jewish history of Bayreuth 2002– independent scholar / researcher for Jewish history of Franconia (Northern Bavaria) 2004– freelancer in the branches of Jewish genealogy, historical research, counseling of publications, and transcribing and translation of old German documents Activities in Non-Profit Organizations 1990– active member of the Historical Workshop of Bayreuth (Geschichtswerkstatt Bayreuth) 2000– executive board member and project manager of the Historical Workshop of Bayreuth 2004– board chairman of the Historical Workshop of Bayreuth 2005 initiator of a research project on the eight deportations from Franconia (Northern Bavaria) 2006 initiator of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft fränkisch-jüdische Geschichte [Project Group for the Franconian Jewish History] (see below) Projects on Jewish History In 1990 I started with research on the Jewish history of Bayreuth, Germany, 1759–1945 and in 2004 on the Jewish history of various places in Northern Bavaria such as Ansbach, Fürth, Kronach, Münchberg, Marktredwitz, Oberlangenstadt, Selb and Hollfeld. I have been compiling data and information from publications, have been conducting research in several German state archives, the Federal Archive in Berlin, the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People in Jerusalem, the Archive of Yad Vashem, the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen, the Center for Jewish History in New York and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. My research results have been published (see below). I provided guided tours and lectures as well. These results served as basis for serveral projects of the Historical Workshop of Bayreuth with significant contribution by me. Projects of the Association Historical Workshop of Bayreuth 2000– Micro Filming and Digitalization of the Archive ot the Former Jewish Community of Bayreuth 1787–1938 . Sponsered by private individuals, companies, non-profit associations and Dr. Ekkehard Hübschmann An der Kirche 7 D-95499 Harsdorf www.geepeetee.de churches the association ordered micro films of the complete archive at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People in Jerusalem. After the digitalization of the films by a company in Berlin we produced a digital edition of the archive. See the German site at www.geschichtswerkstatt-bayreuth.de/archiv.html . 2001–2003 Memorial Stone Project in Memory of the Jews of Bayreuth, who became victims of the National Socialism . Students of all five high schools in Bayreuth, the Bayreuth Municipal School for Economics and members of the 2nd Bataillon of the Air Force Educational Regiment 3 of the Bundeswehr [Ferderal German Forces] in Bayreuth participated. Their results committed to paper were put together for a traveling exhibit. Each participant took a close look at the life and fate of a victim and dedicated a stone with the name of the victim written on it. The stones were lied into a tower made of wire mash. This tower and a list of the victims are now a memorial in the City Hall. See the German site at www.geschichtswerkstatt-bayreuth.de/denksteine.html. September 2003 Geste der Erinnerung . / Gesture of Memory . On the occasion of the official handing over of the exhibit and the Memorial Stone Tower to the City of Bayreuth in September 2003 the Historical Workship invited all former Jewish citizens of Bayreuth to come to their home town. The guests from Great Britain, Canada, Israel and the USA brought children and grandchildren with them at their own expense. See the German site at www.geschichtswerkstatt-bayreuth.de/geste.htm . Further Projects AGfjG In 2005 I initiated the Arbeitsgemeinschaft fränkisch-jüdische Geschichte / Association for Franconian- Jewish History , an organization consisting of more then twelve private researchers who have been producing outstanding work for many years in the field of Jewish history including detailed discussions and analyses of the persecution during the Nazi period. One project is dedicated to the research of the eight deportations of Jews from Franconia 1941–44. The results of the scientific research are to go into a publication and a traveling exhibit, aimed primarily at young people. The exhibit will have to speak to their emotions to encourage reflection and to heighten their awareness for injustice, social marginalization, the propensity for violence and the genesis of persecution. The goal is to cultivate civil courage and to foster sensitivity towards those marginalized and persecuted, both in the past and the present. See the German site at www.agfjg.de . Research Project on the Jews of Ansbach 2007–2010 I conducted research on “the Ansbach Jews of the 1930s”. I compiled the names, the biographical data and the fate of the Jewish inhabitants of Ansbach. See the German site at www.agfjg.de/ansbach.html . The poject was sponsered mainly by a private individual. It is planned to corporated the results in a larger project “The Jewish Inhabitants of Ansbach of the 1930s”, which is supported by the Lutheran Educational Institute of Ansbach, the Franconian Association and the Citizien Movement for Human Dignity in Middle Franconia. The aim is an internet edition, which can be expanded by citizens and students. A draft can be seen at http://www.geepeetee.de/AN/start.htm . In 2010 I conducted consolidated research on behalf of the Lutheran Educational Institute of Ansbach for the project “The History of Southern Ansbach”. A publication is scheduled for 2012. 2 Dr. Ekkehard Hübschmann An der Kirche 7 D-95499 Harsdorf www.geepeetee.de Research Contract for the Jewish Victims of the Naziism in the City of Selb In 2009 the City of Selb commissioned me to determine the Jewish Holocaust victims who either were born in Selb and/or had lived a significant part of their life in that city. In two lectures on 25 Jan 2010 at the Gropius High School and at the Lutherheim in Selb I presented the results to the public––including details of the victims’ lives and of their persecution. Research Contract for the Academic Project »Life and Fate of the Jews of Hof/Saale 1933–1945« In 2014 I was commissioned by the Nordoberfränkischer Verein für Natur-, Geschichts- und Landeskunde e.V. in Hof [North Upper Franconian Association for Natural, Historical and Regional Studies] to conduct research on the Jews of Hof, Bavaria, of 1933–1945 with the aim of a publication about their experiences during the Nazi period and their fate. The project is financed by the Hermann and Bertl Müller Foundation in Hof. On behalf of my clients I have been conducting research on family history, genealogy and Jewish history since 2007 in the following places (among others): – Bad Kissingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria – Berlin – Dormitz, Forchheim County, Upper Franconia, Bavaria – Flatow, Westpreußen (Zlatów, Województwo wielkopolskie, Polska) – Forth, Erlangen County, Middle Franconia, Bavaria – Frensdorf, Bamberg County, Upper Franconia, Bavaria – Fürth, Bavaria – Homburg am Main, Lower Franconia, Bavaria – Kirchlein, Lichtenfels County, Upper Franconia, Bavaria – Lauen, Böhmen (Louny, Ústecký kraj, Česko) – Leutershausen, Ansbach County, Middle Franconia, Bavaria – Lyck, Ostpreußen (Elk, Województwo warmin'sko-mazurskie, Polska) – Mühlfeld and Mellrichstadt, Lower Franconia, Bavaria – Nordheim v.d. Rhön, Lower Franconia, Bavaria – Nordrach, Black Forest – Oberlangenstadt, Kronach County, Upper Franconia, Bavaria – Oberwaldbehrungen County, Lower Franconia, Bavaria – Schnaittach, Middle Franconia, Bavaria – Tüchersfeld, Franconian Switzerland, Bavaria – Wronke, Westpreußen (Wronki, Województwo wielkopolskie, Polska) – Wüstensachsen, Rhön, Hessen Research and Conference Journeys Since 2008 I attended the following conferences: 2008 28th International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Conference, Chicago 2008 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, Philadelphia 2009 29th International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Conference, Philadelphia 2011 31th International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Conference, Washington D.C. 2012 32nd International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Conference, Paris, 15-18 July, (see the lectures below) 3 Dr. Ekkehard Hübschmann An der Kirche 7 D-95499 Harsdorf www.geepeetee.de 2013 33rd International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Conference, Boston, 04-09 August, (see the lectures below) 2014 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Salt Lake City, 27 Jul – 01 Aug, (see the lectures below) 2015 35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Jerusalem, Israel, 6–10 July, (see the lectures below) 2016 36th Annual IAJGS Conference on Jewish Genealogy, August 7-12, 2016, at the Sheraton Downtown in Seattle iajgs2016.org and Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference 2016 August 31 - September 3, Springfield, IL In addition I conducted research at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C., at the Center for Jewish Studies in New York, les Archives départemantales in Paris, at the Central