Hans Rothfels
Academic
1891 – 1976
Who was Hans Rothfels?
Hans Rothfels was a nationalist conservative German historian. He supported an idea of authoritarian German state, dominance of Germany over Europe and was hostile to Germany's eastern neighbours. After his applications for honorary Aryan status were rejected, due to his Jewish ancestry and increased persecution of Jewish people by Nazis, he was forced to emigrate to Great Britain and later to United States during the Second World War, after which he became opposed to the Nazi regime. Rothfels returned to West Germany after 1945 where he continued to influence history teaching and became an influential figure among West German scholars.
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- Born
- Apr 12, 1891
Kassel - Also known as
- Ротфельс, Ханс
- Religion
- Christianity
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- United States of America
- Education
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Employment
- University of Chicago
- Brown University
- Died
- Jun 22, 1976
Tübingen
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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