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Nikolaus Wachsmann

German historian (born )

Nikolaus Daniel Wachsmann (born ) is a professor of modern European history in the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Academic career

Wachsmann was born in Munich. He graduated from the London School of Economics with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree, from the University of Cambridge with a taught Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree, and from the University of London with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.[1] His doctoral thesis, which he completed in , was titled "Reform and Repression: Prisons and Penal Policy in Germany, –".[2]

In October , Wachsmann began his academic career as a research fellow at Downing College, Cambridge.[3] He was then a lecturer at the University of Sheffield. In , he joined the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology of Birkbeck, University of London.[1]

He is the author of the book, Hitler's Prisons: Legal Terror in Nazi Germany and the book KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps.[4]

He is currently writing a new history of Auschwitz. [5]

Personal life

Wachsmann resides in Liverpool.[6]

Awards and honours

Selected publications

  • KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps (New York, London, )
  • Die Linke im Visier. Zur Errichtung der Konzentrationslager (Göttingen, ), co-edited with Professor Sybille Steinbacher
  • The Nazi Concentration Camps, A Documentary History (Lincoln, ), co-edited with Dr. Christian Goeschel
  • Concentration Camps in Nazi Germany: The New Histories (London, ), co-edited with Professor Jane Caplan
  • "Before the Holocaust: New Approaches to the Nazi Concentration Camps, ", special issue of Journal of Contemporary History 45 (), Nr. 3, co-edited with Dr. Christian Goeschel
  • Hitler's Prisons: Legal Terror in Nazi Germany (New Haven: Yale University Press, ).

References

  1. ^ ab"Professor Nikolaus Wachsmann". Department of History, Classics and Archaeology. Birkbeck, University of London. 3 May Retrieved 14 May
  2. ^Nikolaus Daniel, Wachsmann (). "Reform and repression: prisons and penal policy in Germany, ". E-Thesis Online Service. The British Library Board. Retrieved 14 May
  3. ^"College Notices: Downing College". Cambridge University Reporter. CXXVIII (23). 30 April Retrieved 14 May
  4. ^Kahn-Harris, Keith (9 April ). "KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps by Nikolaus Wachsmann". The Independent. Archived from the original on Retrieved 18 January
  5. ^"UKHMF Academic Advisory Board".
  6. ^ ab"Latest Prize Winners - The Wolfson Foundation". Archived from the original on Retrieved
  7. ^Professor Nikolaus Wachsmann. Birkbeck College. Retrieved 14 May
  8. ^Fisher, Ben (March 14, ). "Nikolaus Wachsmann Wins Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize". Jewish Quarterly. Archived from the original on March 16, Retrieved March 15,
  9. ^"Susan Southard, Nikolaus Wachsmann and Steve Luxenberg Named Winners of the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards". . Retrieved

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