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'''Norbert Frei''' is a German | '''Norbert Frei''' is a German academic historian working in German and European history, with a special interest in the continuation of Nazi influence. He is Chair for Modern History at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität in Jena, Germany, and director of the Jena Center for 20th Century History. He has taught at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and was a Research Member of the Institut für Zeitgeschichte in Munich. For the 2010-2011 academic year, he is Theodor Heuss Professor at the New School in New York.<ref>{{citation | ||
| url = http://www.newschool.edu/lang/faculty.aspx?id=58139 | | url = http://www.newschool.edu/lang/faculty.aspx?id=58139 | ||
| publisher = The New School, Eugene Lang College | | publisher = The New School, Eugene Lang College | ||
| title = Frei, Norbert}}</ref> | | title = Frei, Norbert}}</ref> | ||
He was a member of an Independent Historical Commission on the History of the German Foreign Office during the Third Reich and in the early Federal Republic, formed in 2005 by then Foreign Minister [[Joschka Fischer]].<ref name=IrT>{{citation | He was a member of an Independent Historical Commission on the History of the [[Reich Foreign Office|German Foreign Office during the Third Reich]] and in the early Federal Republic, formed in 2005 by then Foreign Minister [[Joschka Fischer]].<ref name=IrT>{{citation | ||
| url = http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/1025/1224281952030.html | | url = http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/1025/1224281952030.html | ||
| journal = Irish Times | | journal = Irish Times | ||
| author = Derek Scally | | author = Derek Scally | ||
| date = 25 October 2010 | | date = 25 October 2010 | ||
| title = German diplomats 'complicit in Holocaust'}}</ref> The report was published in the fall of 2010, as the book, ''Das Amt und die Vergangenheit (The Foreign Office and the Nazi Past)'', and he lectured on it at the [[University of California | | title = German diplomats 'complicit in Holocaust'}}</ref> The report was published in the fall of 2010, as the book, ''Das Amt und die Vergangenheit (The Foreign Office and the Nazi Past)'', and he lectured on it at the [[University of California, San Diego]].<ref>{{citation | ||
| url = http://iicas.ucsd.edu/speaker-series/european-studies.html | | url = http://iicas.ucsd.edu/speaker-series/european-studies.html | ||
| title = The German Foreign Office, the Holocaust, and the Nazi Past | | title = The German Foreign Office, the Holocaust, and the Nazi Past | ||
| date = 14 April 2011 | | date = 14 April 2011 | ||
| publisher = [[University of California at San Diego]] | | publisher = [[University of California at San Diego]] | ||
}}</ref> Among other topics, it explored the role, in the [[Holocaust]], of diplomats including [[Ernst von Weizsaecker]]. | }} Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/5xwuLjJ5p </ref> Among other topics, it explored the role, in the [[Holocaust]], of diplomats including [[Ernst von Weizsaecker]]. | ||
In his book, ''Adenauer's Germany and the Nazi Past: The Politics of Amnesty and Integration'', Frei also wrote on the Nazi involvement of the postwar [[Wikipedia:Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor of Germany]], [[Konrad Adenauer]].<ref>{{citation | |||
| title =Amnesty and Amnesia | |||
| author = Jeffrey Herf | |||
| date = 10 March 2003 | |||
| journal = [[The New Republic]] | |||
| url = http://www.tnr.com/print/article/amnesty-and-amnesia}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|2}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
Latest revision as of 11:11, 23 May 2023
Norbert Frei is a German academic historian working in German and European history, with a special interest in the continuation of Nazi influence. He is Chair for Modern History at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität in Jena, Germany, and director of the Jena Center for 20th Century History. He has taught at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and was a Research Member of the Institut für Zeitgeschichte in Munich. For the 2010-2011 academic year, he is Theodor Heuss Professor at the New School in New York.[1]
He was a member of an Independent Historical Commission on the History of the German Foreign Office during the Third Reich and in the early Federal Republic, formed in 2005 by then Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer.[2] The report was published in the fall of 2010, as the book, Das Amt und die Vergangenheit (The Foreign Office and the Nazi Past), and he lectured on it at the University of California, San Diego.[3] Among other topics, it explored the role, in the Holocaust, of diplomats including Ernst von Weizsaecker.
In his book, Adenauer's Germany and the Nazi Past: The Politics of Amnesty and Integration, Frei also wrote on the Nazi involvement of the postwar Chancellor of Germany, Konrad Adenauer.[4]
References
- ↑ Frei, Norbert, The New School, Eugene Lang College
- ↑ Derek Scally (25 October 2010), "German diplomats 'complicit in Holocaust'", Irish Times
- ↑ The German Foreign Office, the Holocaust, and the Nazi Past, University of California at San Diego, 14 April 2011 Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/5xwuLjJ5p
- ↑ Jeffrey Herf (10 March 2003), "Amnesty and Amnesia", The New Republic