Doubek, F. A

LC control no.	no2002064363
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Doubek, F. A. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Doubek, Franz Anton
Located	Vilnius (Lithuania) Berlin (Germany)
Birth date	1903-03-07
Death date	1969-01-13
Place of birth	Graz (Austria)
Place of death	Graz (Austria)
Field of activity	Cartography History German philology
Affiliation	Universität Graz Vilniaus imperatoriškasis universitetas Preussisches Geheimes Staatsarchiv. Publikationsstelle Germany. Publikationsstelle Berlin-Dahlem
Profession or occupation	Cartographers Historians German philologists
Found in	Die Sprachenverteilung in Westpreussen, 1938: map recto (F.A. Doubek) OCLC, July 19, 2002 (hdgs.: Doubek, F. A.; Doubek, Franz A.; usage: F.A. Doubek, F. Doubek, Franz A. Doubek, Franz Doubek) Doubek, F. A. Die neuen Abgrenzungen der weissruthenischen Sowjetrepublik, 1940: map recto (dargestellt von F. Doubek) German-language Wikipedia page, accessed April 28, 2024 (Doubek, Franz Anton; born March 7, 1903 in Graz, Austria; died January 13, 1969 in Graz, Austria; a German philologist and historian of Eastern Europe; Ph.D. in medieval German philology, University of Graz, 1927; German-language instructor and tutor, University of Vilna, in Poland, from 1927-1934; publications on medieval German-language historical sources that document the history of Germans in Poland; joined the Austrian Nazi party and SA in 1932; dismissed from his position in Vilnius in 1934; Albert Brackmann, head of the Publikationsstelle Berlin-Dahlem; helped Doubek secure employment as a researcher, initially at the Gesellschaft zur Erforschung Polens in Danzig, and subsequently at the Volksbund für das Deutschtum im Ausland (VDA); in 1936 Doubek began working for the Publikationsstelle Berlin-Dahlem, where he was valued for his knowledge of the Polish language and conditions in Poland during the interwar period; from October 1936 to April 1938 his position was described as that of a research archivist; and until 1944 as a full-time consultant for minority issues in Eastern Europe and head of the cartographic department of the Publikationsstelle; in September 1938, he applied for regular membership in the NSDAP; in February 1939, he joined the SS; during Doubek's tenure as chief cartographer, he supervised the publication of a series of detailed administrative and ethnographic maps of parts of Central and Eastern Europe that served different purposes; initially these maps aided German officials who sought to eliminate Slavic place names; later others aided the German military to prepare for war; and ultimately they helped the SS and Gestapo to implement deportations, forced resettlement, ethnic cleansing and genocide; at the end of the war, Doubek also held other positions at the Reich Ministry of the Interior, the SS, and the Publikationsstelle Wien; after 1945 Doubek worked in Graz as a phonetician and speech therapist) <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_A._Doubek>