Fritz Schachermeyr (1895 – 1987, also ''Schachermeyer'') was an

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historian, professor at the

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from 1952 until retirement. Schachermeyr was born in

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, and studied in

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and

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. At Innsbruck, he was a reader in ancient history from 1928 to 1931. He acted as professor in

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(1931),

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(1936) and Graz (1940). In 1952, he was called to Vienna University as professor of Greek history, ancient history and epigraphy. Schachermeyr was a fervent supporter of Nazism during the

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, advocating a "racial-biological view of world history" or a "biology of history". He disowned his racist screeds only after 1945 when they had gone completely out of public favor.

Publications

* ''Etruskische Frühgeschichte'', Berlin, Leipzig 1929 * ''Zur Rasse und Kultur im minoischen Kreta'', Carl Winter, Heidelberg 1939 * ''Lebensgesetzlichkeit in der Geschichte. Versuch einer Einführung in das geschichtsbiologische Denken'', Klostermann, Frankfurt/M. 1940 * ''Indogermanen und Orient. Ihre kulturelle und machpolitische Auseinandersetzung im Altertum'', Stuttgart 1944 * ''Alexander, der Grosse. Ingenium und Macht'', Pustet, Graz–Salzburg–Wien 1949 * ''Alexander der Grosse. Das Problem seiner Persönlichkeit und seines Wirkens'', Wien 1973 * ''Griechische Geschichte. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der geistesgeschichtlichen und kulturmorphologischen Zusammenhänge'',

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, Stuttgart 1960 * ''Perikles'', Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart–Berlin–Köln–Mainz 1969 * ''Geistesgeschichte der Perikleischen Zeit'', Stuttgart–Berlin–Köln–Mainz 1971 * ''Die Tragik der Voll-Endung. Stirb und Werde in der Vergangenheit. Europa im Würgegriff der Gegenwart'', Koska, Wien–Berlin 1981 * ''Ein Leben zwischen Wissenschaft und Kunst'', edd. Gerhard Dobesch, Hilde Schachermeyr, Wien, Köln, Graz 1984

Decorations and awards

* 1957: Full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences * Corresponding member of the

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* Honorary doctorates from the Universities of

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(1961) and

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(1984) *

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* Honorary Medal of Vienna in gold * Medal for Merit for science from

* 1963: he was awarded the Wilhelm Hartel Prize

References

*Martina Pesditschek, "Die Karriere des Althistorikers Fritz Schachermayr im Dritten Reich und in der Zweiten Republik". in: ''Mensch · Wissenschaft · Magie'', Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsgeschichte 25 (2005), 41-72. *Ursula Minder, Werner Sauer, 'Akademischer Rassismus in Graz - Materialien zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Grazer Universität', in: ''NS-Wissenschaft als Vernichtungsinstrument : Rassenhygiene, Zwangssterilisation, Menschenversuche und NS-Euthanasie in der Steiermark'', Wolfgang Freidl, Werner Sauer (eds.), Vienna, Facultas (2004), pp. 113 –138. *Hans-Christian Harten, Uwe Neirich, Matthias Schwerendt, ''Rassenhygiene als Erziehungsideologie des Dritten Reichs: Bio-bibliographisches Handbuch'', Akademie Verlag (2006), , , p. 77.

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*http://www.wien.gv.at/rk/historisch/1965/jaenner.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Schachermeyr, Fritz 1895 births 1987 deaths Writers from Linz 20th-century Austrian historians Proponents of scientific racism Nazi eugenics Austrian Nazis Academic staff of the University of Vienna Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art Recipients of the Grand Decoration with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria

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