Claudia Schoppmann (born 17 February 1958, in Stuttgart) is a German historian and author. Schoppmann studied history, communication studies and the German language, first at

University of Münster The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of stud ...

and later at university in West Berlin. In 1990, Schoppmann finished her university studies with work on ''Nationalsozialistische Sexualpolitik und weibliche Homosexualität'' ("The position of lesbian women in the nazi period"). Schoppmann has written several books on

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topics.

Awards

* "Rosa Courage"-prize;

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...

(1997)

Works (in German)

* ''Nationalsozialistische Sexualpolitik und weibliche Homosexualität''. (1991/1997) * ''Im Fluchtgepäck die Sprache - Deutschsprachige Schriftstellerinnen im Exil''. (1991/1995) * ''Zeit der Maskierung - Lebensgeschichten lesbischer Frauen im "Dritten Reich"''. (1993/1998) * ''Nach der Shoa geboren. Jüdische Frauen in Deutschland''. (2001) * ''Verbotene Verhältnisse''. (1999) * ''Der Skorpion. Frauenliebe in der Weimarer Republik''. * ''Der homosexuellen NS-Opfer gedenken''. (1999) * ''Ich fürchte die Menschen mehr als die Bomben. Aus den Tagebüchern von drei Berliner Frauen 1938-1946''. (1996) * ''1930-1950 Zeitzeugen aus Demokratie und Diktatur. Leben zwischen Anpassung und Widerstand''. (2002)

External links

Claudia Schoppmann
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Lespress: article on Schoppmann

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