Arnold Paucker

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Arnold Paucker
Born(1921-01-06)6 January 1921
DiedOctober 13, 2016(2016-10-13) (aged 95)
NationalityGerman
OccupationHistorian

Arnold Paucker, OBE (Berlin, January 6, 1921 - London, October 13, 2016) [1] was a Jewish German-English historian. He was the long-time editor of the Leo Baeck Institute Year Book, published by the Leo Baeck Institute London. [2]

The primary subjects of his work were Jewish self-defense in Wilhelmine and Weimar Germany as well as Jewish resistance against the national socialist regime after 1933. An important theme of his was the rebuttal of the stereotype of "Jewish passivity." A particular research interest was the Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith.

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References

  1. Von Berlin-Charlottenburg an die Oval Road in Camden Archived 15 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine , by Raphael Gross in tachles, Vol. 43/2016, October 28, 2016
  2. Pulzer, Peter (22 November 2016). "Arnold Paucker obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2017.