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Hermann Gerhardt Karl Oncken (16 November 1869 in Oldenburg,

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

– 28 December 1945 in

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) was a German historian and political writer. He was one of the most notable historians of pre-Nazi Germany. He lectured at the universities of Chicago (1905), Giessen (1906), Heidelberg (1907–1923), Munich (1923–1928), and Berlin (1928–1935). In 1935 he was forced to retire by the

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

regime, which he opposed. He specialized in the 19th century, history of historical thought, history of political thought. Notable students: * Franz Schnabel (1887–1966), Ph.D. 1910 *

Gerhard Ritter Gerhard Georg Bernhard Ritter (6 April 1888, in Bad Sooden-Allendorf – 1 July 1967, in Freiburg) was a nationalist-conservative German historian, who served as a professor of history at the University of Freiburg from 1925 to 1956. He studied u ...

(1888–1967), Ph.D. in 1912 *

Ernst Simon Ernst Akiba/Akiva Simon ( he, עקיבא ארְנְסְט סימון; March 15, 1900 in Berlin – August 18, 1988 in Jerusalem) was a German-Jewish educator and religious philosopher. Biography In the 1920s, Ernst Simon co-founded Brit Shalom a ...

(1899–1988), Ph.D. in 1923 * George W. F. Hallgarten (1901–1975), Ph.D. 1925 *

Walter Frank Walter Frank, also known by the pseudonym Werner Fiedler (12 February 1905 in Fürth – 9 May 1945 in Gross Brunsrode near Braunschweig) was a Nazi historian, notable for his leading role in anti-Semitic research. Judson, Pieter M. and Rosenblit ...

(1905–1945), Ph.D. 1927 * Michael Freund (1902–1972), Ph.D. 1928 * Paul Kluke (1908–1990), Ph.D. 1931 * Margret Boveri (1900–1975), Ph.D. 1932 *

Felix Hirsch Felix Eduard Hirsch (Berlin, 7 February 1902 – 12 December 1982 Newtown, Pennsylvania) was a journalist for the ''Berliner Tageblatt'' and latterly; historian, librarian and professor at Bard College in New York. As a journalist in Berlin, Hir ...

(1902–1982), Ph.D 1924

Selected works

* '' Lasalle. Zwischen

Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...

und Bismarck (Lassalle. Between Marx and Bismarck)'', 1904 * '' Rudolf von Bennigsen. Ein deutscher liberaler Politiker (Rudolf von Bennigsen. A German liberal politician)'', 1910 * ''Historisch-politische Aufsätze (Historical-political Essays)'', 1914 * ''Das alte und das neue Mitteleuropa'', 1917 * ''Die Utopia des Thomas Morus und das Machtproblem in der Staatslehre'', 1922 * ''Die Rheinpolitik Kaiser Napoleons III von 1863 bis 1870 (The Rhine policy of Emperor Napoleon III from 1863 until 1870)'', 3 vol., 1926 * ''

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...

. und der Rhein. Der Ursprung des Krieges von 1870/71 (Napoleon III. and the Rhine. The Origin of the War of 1870/71)'', 1926 (= separately published Introduction of ''Die Rheinpolitik Kaiser Napoleons III (The Rhine policy of Emperor Napoleon III)'') * ''Über das Motiv der "Sicherheit" in der europäischen Geschichte'', 1926 * ''Großherzog Friedrich I. von Baden und die deutsche Politik von 1854–1871 (Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden and the German policy of 1854–1871'', 1927 * ''Das

Deutsche Reich German ''Reich'' (lit. German Realm, German Empire, from german: Deutsches Reich, ) was the constitutional name for the German nation state that existed from 1871 to 1945. The ''Reich'' became understood as deriving its authority and sovereignty ...

und die Vorgeschichte des Weltkrieges (The German Reich and the Origin of the Great War)'', 2 vol., 1927 * ''

Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three Ki ...

. Vier Essays über die Führung einer Nation'', 1935 * ''Nation und Geschichte. Reden und Aufsätze 1919–1935 (Nation and History. Speeches and Essays 1919–1935)'', 1935

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* 1869 births 1945 deaths 20th-century German historians Members of the First Chamber of the Diet of the Grand Duchy of Baden German male non-fiction writers Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities {{Germany-historian-stub

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