Common Historians for Weimar Republic

Question 1

Richard Overy

Answer 1

. Military history, especially WW2
. Taught history at Cambridge
. Works of WW2 have been highly praised as “highly effective in the ruthless dispelling of myths”

Question 2

Ian Kershaw

Answer 2

. Learned German just to interpret original texts
. Taught a module called “Germans against Hitler”
. Met a man in Bavaria that said Britain should have supported Germany to eradicate Bolshevism
. Joined Bavaria project - found most Bavarians did not approve of Night of Broken Glass

Question 3

Stephen J Lee

Answer 3

. Publications about Nazi Germany
. Former head of history at school
. Doctorate at Man Uni

Question 4

DJ. Peukert

Answer 4

. Expert on Holocaust and Weimar
. Taught modern history
. Director of research institute for history of Nazi period
. Joined SDP

Question 5

G.Mann

Answer 5

.Doctorate in philosophy
. Joined an SDP student group in university
. Students critical of leadership in Berlin
. More right wing

Question 6

G. Layton

Answer 6

. Retired teacher and head of sixth form
. Written in German history
. Oxford
. Textbooks

Question 7

AJ Nichols

Answer 7

. Oxford
. Specialised on pre nazi period
. Professor and teacher

Question 8

Edgar Feuchtwanger

Answer 8

. Jewish - own experiences
. Expertise in German history and Holocaust
. Taught in various institutions

Question 9

Jonathan Wright

Answer 9

. Middle East specialist
. Taught at Oxford
. Explored Nazism and effects on Middle East

Question 10

Mary Fullbrook

Answer 10

. Professor of German history at UCL
. Written multiple books

Question 11

AJP Taylor

Answer 11

. Oxford
. Book - “origins of Second World War”
. Thought war was not part of Hitler’s plan, equal to Stresseman, drew in criticism