Französisches Gymnasium Berlin

After the school files were lost in May 1945, the historical archive of Dr. Velder was rebuilt on the basis of copies from the central and regional Prussian archives (Secret Prussian State Archive, at the time Merseburg, today Berlin, and Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv Potsdam). The result of his work is a collection of photocopies, the content of which is often transcribed. A central place in the archive is the collection of the grammar school's annual reports, which have been published in print under different titles and which are also accessible at other locations, such as the State Library of Prussian Cultural Heritage. These volumes contain the names of the teachers and high school graduates as well as statistical and other information that was compiled in the material volume for the 300th anniversary of the French grammar school. This source should be consulted first for biographical research. The archive also contains the commemorative publications for the school's anniversaries. The main holdings of the archive can thus be summarized in the following short bibliography (further bibliographical information can be found after the historical overview and in the sources for the 1989 Festschrift Dr. Velders)