Arnold Paul Krammer () was an American historian who specialized in
German and
United States
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history
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and a
professor
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at
Texas A&M University
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in
College Station, Texas
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. He was twice a
Fulbright scholar: in 1992–1993, he studied at the
University of Tübingen
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and, in 2002–2003, he studied at the
University of Jena
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The un ...
.
He was born in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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to David and Eva Vas Krammer.
Principal works
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Awards
* 1975: ''National Jewish Book Award'' in the Israel category for ''The Forgotten Friendship: Israel and the Soviet Bloc, 1947-1953''
References
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1941 births
2018 deaths
20th-century American historians
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
American male non-fiction writers
Historians from Illinois
Historians of Europe
Historians of Germany
Historians of the United States
Rockford University faculty
Texas A&M University faculty
University of Vienna alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni
Writers from Chicago