German Refugee Historians and Friedrich Meinecke

Letters and Documents, 1910-1977
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-18404-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 49, 554 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 989 g

Reihe: Studies in Central European Histories

The book deals with the relationship between Friedrich Meinecke, who is often considered to be the leading German historian of the first half of the twentieth century, and several of his students who, after the Nazi seizure of power, were forced to emigrate because of their Jewish descent or their political views. The letters published here to Meinecke from Hans Rothfels, Dietrich Gerhard, Hajo Holborn, Felix Gilbert, Hans Rosenberg, and others show these scholars' deep respect for their old teacher, but also their growing distance from his historical interests and methods. In a period of struggle between democracy and Nazi dictatorship, the letters address the problems of emigration and remigration, German-Jewish and German-American identity, and historiography in both Germany and the United States. [^]

Zielgruppe

All who are interested in German and American historiography, the history of Germany's Jews, problems of emigration and remigration, and the rebuilding of German intellectual life after 1945.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ritter, Gerhard A

Weitere Mitwirkende

Skinner, Alex

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Introduction: Friedrich Meinecke and his émigré students
I. Meinecke as historian and political contemporary
II. Meinecke as academic teacher
III. Meinecke’s émigré students
1. Hans Rothfels
2. Dietrich Gerhard
3. Gerhard Masur
4. Hajo Holborn
5. Felix Gilbert
6. Hans Baron
7. Helene Wieruszowski
8. Hans Rosenberg
9. Hedwig Hintze
10. Eckart Kehr
11. Hanns Günther Reissner
12. Gustav Mayer
IV. Meinecke, his émigré students and relations between the discipline of history in Germany and the United States

Documents
List of documents
I. Hans Rothfels
II. Dietrich Gerhard
III. Gerhard Masur
IV. Hajo Holborn
V. Felix Gilbert
VI. Hans Baron
VII. Helene Wieruszowski
VIII. Hans Rosenberg
IX. Hedwig Hintze
X. Eckart Kehr
XI. Hanns Günther Reissner
XII. Gustav Mayer

Illustrations
Sources and bibliography
Index of names

Über Autor(innen)

Gerhard A. Ritter, emeritus professor of Modern History at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. His most recent books deal with the social history of Germany, the comparative history of the welfare state, the reunification of Germany in 1989/90, and problems of historiography.