on Germanentum. He sent a paper to Thomas Mann advocating a Germanic religion based on 'kinship and law'. Neighbours complained about his entertaining large numbers of young Germans at his home who were not all students, flying the swastika, and driving an ostentatious red and orange car paid for by the German embassy. In 1944 he was awarded the War Merit Cross, apparently for his services racially vetting Germans invited to speak in Switzerland. A file containing his reports on the politics of his university colleagues was found in the furnace room at the embassy in 1945. In December 1945, effective early the following year, he was expelled from Switzerland despite protests from students, colleagues, and acquaintances. Personal life In 1920 de Boor married Ellen von Unwerth, widowed daughter of Theodor Siebs. Selected publications Die färöischen Lieder des Nibelungenzyklus. (dissertation, 1914, published 1918) Die färöischen Dvörgamoylieder. (Habilitationsschrift, 1919) Schwedische Literatur. Breslau 1924. "Die religiöse Sprache der Vǫluspá und verwandter Denkmäler". (1930) Das Attilabild in Geschichte, Legende und heroischer Dichtung. Bern 1932. "Zum Althochdeutschen Wortschatz auf dem Gebiet der Weissagung". (1944) "Die nordischen, englischen und deutschen Darstellungen des Afpelschussmotivs". (1947) (with Roswitha Wisniewski) Mittelhochdeutsche Grammatik. Berlin 1956. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Volumes 1–3. Munich 1949–1962. (Ed.) Das Nibelungenlied. Ed. Karl Bartsch. 10th and 11th revised editions, 1940, 1949. References External links Works by Helmut de Boor at the German National Library 1891 births 1976 deaths German medievalists Leipzig University alumni University of Breslau alumni Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg Academic staff of the University of Greifswald Academic staff of Leipzig University Academic staff of the University of Bern Academic staff of the University of Marburg Academic staff of the Free University of Berlin Nazi Party members German male non-fiction writers Recipients of the War Merit Cross