Helga Josephine Zinnbauer, also known as Helga Freund-Zinnbauer, (24 February 1909 – 16 December 1980) was an Australian community worker and librarian. Zinnbauer was born in Orsova,

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(now Orșova,

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) to Otto Alscher, a journalist, and his wife Else Leopoldine, née Amon. She worked as a librarian in the

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from 1943 until her retirement in 1974. She died in

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. Her funeral was conducted by Johannes Biar, a Lutheran pastor and supporter of the work of the Zinnbauers. Her husband was Alfred Freund-Zinnbauer, a Lutheran pastor.

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