Volker Ullrich

Volker Ullrich
Born 1943
Nationality German
Occupation historian, journalist, author

Volker Ullrich (born 1943) is a German historian, journalist and author.

Career

Volker Ullrich was born in Celle.[1] He studied history, literature, philosophy and education at the University of Hamburg. From 1966 to 1969 he was assistant to the Hamburg’s Egmont Zechlin Chair. He graduated in 1975 after a dissertation on the Hamburg labour movement of the early 20th Century, after which he worked as a Hamburg school teacher. 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] Since 1990 Ullrich has been 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]

Publications (selection)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Expert and historian Dr. Volker Ullrich receives honorary doctorate at the University of Jena" (PDF; 124 kB), University of Jena, 8 December 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Volker Ullrich, 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).

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