Fritz Klein (historian)
Fritz Klein, Jr. (July 11, 1924 in Berlin – May 26, 2011 in Berlin) was a German historian specializing in East Germany. He was an official East German historian prior to German reunification in 1990.[1]
Life and career
His father was journalist Fritz Klein, Sr., editor of the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung from 1924 to 1933. The younger Klein served as a soldier in World War II. After 1945, he opted for communism and the GDR. After the war, he enrolled at Humboldt University in Berlin, and graduated in 1952. His dissertation was on Germany's diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1932.
For 50 years he was chief editor of the Journal of Historical Studies. He then served as the director of the Institute of General History at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR.
Selected publications
- Germany in World War I in 3 volumes by a team of authors led by Fritz Klein. Reissue: Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-937209-84-0
- Deutschland im Ersten Weltkrieg, Bd. 1. (Germany in World War, Vol. 1: Preparation, initiation and progression of the war until end of 1914.)
- Deutschland im Ersten Weltkrieg, Bd. 2. (Germany in World War, Vol. 2: January 1915 to October 1917.)
- Deutschland im Ersten Weltkrieg, Bd. 3. (Germany in World War, Vol. 3: November 1917 to November 1918.)
- Drinnen und Draußen: Ein Historiker in der DDR. (Inside and outside. A historian of the GDR.) S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 2000th ISBN 978-3-596-15179-0
References
- ^ Borejsza, Jerzy W. (2006). Totalitarian and authoritarian regimes in Europe: legacies and lessons from the twentieth century. Berghahn Books, ISBN 9781571816412
| Persondata |
| Name |
Klein, Fritz |
| Alternative names |
Klein, Fritz Jr. |
| Short description |
German historian |
| Date of birth |
July 11, 1924 |
| Place of birth |
Berlin |
| Date of death |
May 26, 2011 |
| Place of death |
Berlin, Germany |