Detlev Vogel (born 1942) is a German historian who specialises in the history of

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and

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. He has been a long-time employee of the German Military History Research Office (MGFA)."Sieg um jeden Preis"
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'' Vogel was a contributor to two volumes of the seminal work ''

Germany and the Second World War ''Germany and the Second World War'' (german: Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg) is a 12,000-page, 13-volume work published by the Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt (DVA), that has taken academics from the military history centre of the German ...

'' from the MGFA.

Historian of Nazi Germany

Vogel's research into

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in Nazi Germany, in partnership with

Wolfram Wette Wolfram Wette (born 11 November 1940) is a German military historian and peace researcher. He is an author or editor of over 40 books on the history of Nazi Germany, including the seminal ''Germany and the Second World War'' series from the Ge ...

, was the first such project undertaken in Germany. Their resulting book ''The Last Taboo'' (2007) showed that, based on the documents examined so far, the soldiers acted mostly out of ethical motives and none of their actions caused harm to civilians or military personnel. It played a role in bringing about the legislative change in 2009 Germany, when the

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passed legislation officially rehabilitating military personnel judged "traitors" by the military justice system during World War II.

Selected works

In English

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'' **Vol. III: ''The Mediterranean, South-East Europe, and North Africa 1939–1942, with

Gerhard Schreiber Gerhard Schreiber (26 July 1940 – 17 May 2017) was a German military historian who specialised in the German-Italian relations during the Nazi era. He was a widely published author on the history of World War II and Nazi Germany. Schreiber was ...

and Bernd Stegemann **Vol. VII: ''The Strategic Air War in Europe and the War in the West and East Asia 1943–1944/5'', with

Horst Boog Horst Boog (5 January 1928 – 8 January 2016) was a German historian who specialised in the history of Nazi Germany and World War II. He was the research director at the Military History Research Office (MGFA). Boog was a contributor to ...

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References

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External links

Online learning site for ''The Last Taboo''
via the ' web site (In German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vogel, Detlef 1942 births Living people German military historians Historians of World War II German male non-fiction writers Military History Research Office (Germany) personnel 20th-century German historians