Wolfgang Wippermann
Wolfgang Wippermann | |
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| Born | January 29, 1945 |
| Died | March 1, 2021 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | German |
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| Institutions | Free University of Berlin Berlin University of the Arts |
Wolfgang Wippermann (29 January 1945 – 3 January 2021) was a German historian. He served as supernumerary professor of modern history at the of the Free University of Berlin,[1] and also taught at the Berlin University of the Arts and the Fachhochschule Potsdam.
As professor at the Friedrich Meinecke Institute, his main research interests were ideologies, especially fascism, antiziganism, communism, and antisemitism. His positions as an historian were controversial: he saw himself as the only historian defending Daniel Goldhagen in the debate surrounding his book Hitler's Willing Executioners.[2]
References[]
- ^ Hacke, Daniela (11 January 2021). "Das Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut trauert um Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wippermann". Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Böhmer, Jochen (3 October 2008). "„Hitlers willige Vollstrecker" und die Goldhagen-Debatte in Deutschland". Zukunft braucht Erinnerung. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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