Johann Böhm (historian)

Johann Böhm (born September 25, 1929 in Batoș (Botsch), Mureș County, Romania)

Johann Böhm is a historian and the author of many books about the ethnic Germans in the areas of Hungary, Romania, and the former Yugoslavia in the 20th century around the period of WWII. He was born in 1929, studied History and German literature at Cluj University in the Transylvania area of Romania from 1960 until 1965; and obtained his Doctorate in Philosophy at the University of Cologne in 1984. For his many rich accomplishments he was awarded the Order of Merit of Germany in 2006. Since 1989 he is editor of the "Halbjahreschrift fur Sudosteuropaische Geschichte".

His works bring a critical perspective to the rise of National Socialism among the ethnic Germans of south eastern Europe and the Balkans. His works are replete with detailed scholarship from primary sources.

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