Gerd R. Ueberschär - Wikipedia Gerd R. Ueberschär From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Gerd R. Ueberschär Born (1943-08-18) 18 August 1943 (age 77) Offenbach am Main, Germany Occupation Historian, author, editor Academic background Academic work Era 20th century Institutions University of Freiburg German Federal Military Archive [de] Main interests Modern European history, military history, historiography Notable works Germany and the Second World War Hitler's War in the East 1941−1945: A Critical Assessment Gerd R. Ueberschär (born 18 August 1943) is a German military historian who specialises in the history of Nazi Germany and World War II. He is one of the leading contributors to the series Germany and the Second World War and, together with Rolf-Dieter Müller, is the author of Hitler's War in the East 1941−1945: A Critical Assessment. Both works have been published in English translations. Contents 1 Education and career 2 Historian of Nazi Germany 3 Works 3.1 In English 3.2 In German 4 References Education and career[edit] Ueberschär obtained his doctorate in history from the Goethe University Frankfurt, where he subsequently worked as an assistant professor. Starting with 1986, Ueberschär was a lecturer at the University of Freiburg. From 1996 to 2008, he worked as a historian and archivist at the German Federal Military Archive [de] in Freiburg.[1] Historian of Nazi Germany[edit] Ueberschär is an author and editor of numerous books on the history of National Socialism in Germany and the Second World War. He is one of the lead researchers on the seminal work Germany and the Second World War. Ueberschär edited the German-language volume containing 68 biographies of leading military men of Nazi Germany, Hitlers militärischer Elite [Hitler's Military Elite] published in 1998 and reissued in 2011.[2] Ueberschär also covered the topic of the German resistance to Nazism in his 2004 work on Claus von Stauffenberg, Stauffenberg. Der 20 Juli 1944 and the 2006 work Für ein anderes Deutschland. Der deutsche Widerstand gegen den NS-Staat 1933–1945 [For Better Germany. German Resistance to Nazism 1933–1945]. He concluded that conspirators' plans for the post-Hitler society were incompatible with today's understanding of democracy; the plotters were hoping for a "genuine national community": "They propagated the constitutional plans were very far from an open democratic society".[3] He also edited the 2002 collected volume Der deutsche Widerstand gegen Hitler [German Resistance to Hitler].[4] Works[edit] In English[edit] Germany and the Second World War (contributor) With Rolf-Dieter Müller: Hitler's War in the East 1941−1945: A Critical Assessment (1997) ISBN 978-1-57181-068-7 In German[edit] With Wolfram Wette: Bomben und Legenden. Rombach, Freiburg i. Br. 1981, ISBN 3-7930-0292-6. With Rolf-Dieter Müller and Wolfram Wette: Wer zurückweicht wird erschossen! Dreisam, Freiburg i. Br. 1985, ISBN 3-89125-219-6. With Thomas Schnabel: Endlich Frieden! Das Kriegsende in Freiburg 1945. Schillinger, Freiburg i. Br. 1985, ISBN 3-89155-009-X. With Rolf-Dieter Müller: Deutschland am Abgrund. Verlag des Südkurier, Konstanz 1986, ISBN 3-87799-073-8. Freiburg im Luftkrieg. Mit einer Photodokumentation zur Zerstörung der Altstadt am 27. November 1944 von Hans Schadek. Ploetz, Freiburg i. Br. 1990, ISBN 3-87640-332-4. Generaloberst Franz Halder. Muster-Schmidt, Göttingen 1991, ISBN 3-7881-0138-5. With Rolf-Dieter Müller: Kriegsende 1945. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-596-10837-3. La fine del Terzo Reich. Translated by Marisa Margara. Mulino, Bologna 1995, ISBN 88-15-04853-7. With Rolf-Dieter Müller: Hitlers Krieg im Osten 1941–1945. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2000, ISBN 3-534-14768-5. Hitler's war in the East 1941–1945. Translated by Bruce D. Little. Berghahn Books, New York, Oxford 2002, ISBN 1-57181-293-8. With Winfried Vogel [de]: Dienen und Verdienen. Hitlers Geschenke an seine Eliten. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-10-086002-0. Stauffenberg. Der 20. Juli 1944. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-10-086003-9. With Rolf-Dieter Müller: 1945. Das Ende des Krieges. Primus, Darmstadt 2005, ISBN 3-89678-266-5. Für ein anderes Deutschland. Der deutsche Widerstand gegen den NS-Staat 1933–1945. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-596-13934-1. References[edit] ^ Profile at the Fischer Verlag web site ^ Vom Versagen einer Elite: In „68 Lebensläufen“ analysiert der von Gerd R. Ueberschär herausgegebene Sammelband „Hitlers militärische Elite“ ["The Failure of an Elite: In 68 lives, the Portrait of the "Hitler's Military Elite", edited by Gerd R. Ueberschär] Literaturkritik.de ^ "AfD und Neue Rechte Wie sich Rechtspopulisten zu Widerstandskämpfern stilisieren" Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ^ "Der 20. Juli 1944", Die Zeit, 15 July 2004 v t e Authors of Germany and the Second World War History book about Nazi Germany Vol. I: Build-up of German Aggression Wilhelm Deist Manfred Messerschmidt Hans-Erich Volkmann Wolfram Wette Vol. II: Initial Conquests in Europe Klaus A. Maier Horst Rohde Bernd Stegemann Hans Umbreit Vol. III: The Mediterranean 1939–1942 Gerhard Schreiber Bernd Stegemann Detlef Vogel Vol. IV: Attack on the Soviet Union Horst Boog Jürgen Förster Joachim Hoffmann Ernst Klink Rolf-Dieter Müller Gerd R. Ueberschär Vol. V: Wartime Economy 1939–1945 Bernhard R. Kroener Rolf-Dieter Müller Hans Umbreit Vol. VI: The Global War Horst Boog Werner Rahn Reinhard Stumpf Bernd Wegner Vol. VII: Strategic Air War 1943–1944/5 Horst Boog Gerhard Krebs Detlef Vogel Vol. VIII: War in the East 1943/44 Karl-Heinz Frieser Klaus Schmider Klaus Schönherr Gerhard Schreiber Krisztián Ungváry Bernd Wegner Vol. IX: Wartime Society 1939–1945 Ralf Blank Bernhard Chiari Jörg Echternkamp Karola Fings Jürgen Förster Winfried Heinemann Tobias Jersak [de] Armin Nolzen Christoph Rass Vol. X: Collapse 1945 Werner Rahn John Zimmermann Richard Lakowski Manfred Zeidler Horst Boog Andreas Horst Boog Rolf-Dieter Müller Wilfried Loth Michael Schwartz Rüdiger Overmans Jörg Echternkamp Authority control BIBSYS: 90134368 BNF: cb12036742c (data) GND: 120118890 ISNI: 0000 0001 1084 5136 LCCN: n78061944 LNB: 000028662 NDL: 01220210 NKC: jn19990008669 NTA: 070611750 PLWABN: 9810551053705606 SUDOC: 028554892 VIAF: 113803482 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n78061944 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerd_R._Ueberschär&oldid=970901340" Categories: 1943 births Living people German historians German male non-fiction writers Hidden categories: Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with LNB identifiers Wikipedia articles with NDL identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages Deutsch Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 3 August 2020, at 01:53 (UTC). 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