Dr. Eugen Fischer (

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: A. Helm), (3 March 1899,

Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden () is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, south of Salzburg and southeast of Munich. It lies in the Berchtesgaden Alps, south of Berchtesgaden; the ...

– 19 March 1973, Berchtesgaden) was a German

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and

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. His pseudonym was created from the name of his wife Helma.

Literary works

* ''Das Berchtesgadener Land im Wandel der Zeit'' 1929 * ''Die Literatur über das Berchtesgadener Land und seine Alpen'' 1930 * ''Moritz Mayer – ein Lebensbild der Heldin Judith Platter des Romans 'Zwei Menschen' von Richard Voss'' 1930, (with Magdalene Ziemke, second edition 1959) * ''Hallthurm'' 1959

References

* ''Berchtesgaden im Wandel der Zeit - Ergänzungsband I'', 1982, published by Hellmut Schöner on the basis of the 1929 book by A. Helm 1899 births 1973 deaths German librarians People from the Kingdom of Bavaria German male non-fiction writers 20th-century German historians {{germany-historian-stub