Volker Ullrich

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Volker Ullrich
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Ullrich (left) in 2008
Born (1943-06-21) 21 June 1943 (age 82)
Celle, Lower Saxony, Nazi Germany
OccupationHistorian · journalist · author
NationalityGerman
Alma mater University of Hamburg

Volker Ullrich (born 21 June 1943) is a German historian and journalist.

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Career

Volker Ullrich was born in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany. [1] He studied history, literature, philosophy and education at the University of Hamburg. From 1966 to 1969 he was assistant to the Egmont Zechlin Professor. He graduated in 1975 after a dissertation on the Hamburg labour movement of the early 20th century, after which he worked as a school teacher in Hamburg. He was, for a time, a lecturer in politics at the Lüneburg University, and in 1988 he became a research fellow at Hamburg's Foundation for 20th-Century Social History. [1] In 1990 Ullrich became the head of the political section of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit . [2]

Ullrich has published articles and books on 19th- and 20th-century history. In 1996 he reviewed the thesis postulated in Daniel Goldhagen's book Hitler's Willing Executioners that provoked fresh debate among historians. [3] [4]

In 1992 he was awarded the Alfred Kerr Prize for literary criticism, [2] and, in 2008, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Jena. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Expert and historian Dr. Volker Ullrich receives honorary doctorate at the University of Jena" Archived 1 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine (PDF; 124 kB), University of Jena, 8 December 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Volker Ullrich Archived 4 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Zeit Online . Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. Ullrich, Volker: Hitler's Willing Executioners – a book that provokes new historical dispute. Die Zeit, 12 April 1996.
  4. Schneider, Michael: The Goldhagen Debate – an historical dispute in the media. Discussion group history vol. 17, Bonn, 1997. ISBN   3-86077-669-X (German text online Archived 18 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine ).