page_title: Ernst Posner
section_title: Career in Germany
hierarchical_section_title: Ernst Posner / Career in Germany
caption_attribution_description: Preussisches Geheimes Staatsarchiv (Prussian Privy State Archives)
context_page_description: Ernst Maximilian Posner was a Prussian state archivist who fled to the United States during World War II where he served as the history department chairman, dean of the graduate school, and director of the School of Social Science and Public Affairs at American University. Additionally, he was a frequent archival consultant to the United States government.
context_section_description: Posner began his professional career working for the Prussian State Privy Archive in 1921. He first began with a proto-archivist position and then became a journeymen archivist. At the Archive he helped alter the arrangement and description for all government records that were newly retired. He also rearranged older archival material dating back to the Prussian monarchy. Eventually he became an administrator charged with the responsibility of the Hausreferent. Concurrently, he was heavily involved in the Prussian Academy of Sciences. He published numerous articles and often lectured at the Institute for Archival Science and Advanced Historical Studies of the Privy Archives.
caption: Prussian Privy State Archives
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