Gerhard Hirschfeld
Gerhard Hirschfeld | |
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Gerhard Hirschfeld | |
| Born | September 19, 1946 Plettenberg, Germany |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Modern History History of Germany World War I World War II Social History |
| Institutions | University College Dublin German Historical Institute London Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte University of Stuttgart |
| Thesis | Fremdherrschaft und Kollaboration. Die Niederlande unter deutscher Besatzung (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Wolfgang Mommsen |
| Website | University of Stuttgart Faculty of History page |
Gerhard Hirschfeld (born 19 September 1946 in Plettenberg, Germany) is a German historian and author. From 1989 to 2011, he was director of the Stuttgart-based Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte / Library of Contemporary History, and has been a professor at the Institute of History of the University of Stuttgart since 1997. In 2016 he also became a visiting professor at the Institute for International Studies, University of Wuhan (China).