Horst Möller (born 12 January 1943 in Breslau) is a German contemporary historian. He is Professor of Modern History at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and, from 1992 to 2011, Director of the

Institut für Zeitgeschichte The Institute of Contemporary History (''Institut für Zeitgeschichte'') in Munich was conceived in 1947 under the name ''Deutsches Institut für Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Zeit'' ("German Institute of the History of the National Sociali ...

Education and career

Möller was a student of history, philosophy and German studies at the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...

and the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

, and earned his doctorate in 1972. He was deputy director of the

Institute of Contemporary History (Munich) The Institute of Contemporary History (''Institut für Zeitgeschichte'') in Munich was conceived in 1947 under the name ''Deutsches Institut für Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Zeit'' ("German Institute of the History of the National Sociali ...

from 1979 to 1982, and from 1982 to 1989 he was professor at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. He was director of the German Historical Institute Paris from 1989 to 1992. He has been a visiting fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford (1986) and

Sorbonne University Sorbonne University (french: Sorbonne Université; la Sorbonne: 'the Sorbonne') is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sor ...

(1988), visiting professor at Sciences Po in Paris (2002–2003). He is a member of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.

Honours

* 1987: Federal Cross of Merit * 1994: Prix France-Allemagne * 1995: Officer of the

Ordre des Palmes Académiques A suite, in Western classical music and jazz, is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral/ concert band pieces. It originated in the late 14th century as a pairing of dance tunes and grew in scope to comprise up to five dances, sometimes with ...

* 1996: Prix Lémonon of the

Académie des sciences morales et politiques An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...

, Paris (

Institut de France The (; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the Académie Française. It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute ...

) * 1998: Honorary doctorate at the

University of Bordeaux The University of Bordeaux (French: ''Université de Bordeaux'') is a Lists of universities in France, public university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in Southern France, southwestern France. It has several campuses in the cities and towns of Bor ...

* 2006: ''Prix Gay-Lussac - Humboldt'', awarded by the French Ministry of Research * 2006: Honorary doctorate at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Fondation nationale des sciences politiques) * 2006: Honorary doctorate at the University of Orléans * 2007:

Bavarian Order of Merit The Bavarian Order of Merit (german: Bayerischer Verdienstorden) is the Order of Merit of the Free State of Bavaria. It is awarded by the Minister-President of Bavaria as a "recognition of outstanding contributions to the Free State of Bavaria ...

Publications

Monographs

*''Aufklärung in Preußen''. 1974 *''Exodus der Kultur. Schriftsteller, Wissenschaftler und Künstler in der Emigration nach 1933''. 1984, engl. 1983 *''Parlamentarismus in Preußen 1919–1932''. 1985 *''Die Weimarer Republik. Eine unvollendete Demokratie''. Dtv, 1985, *''Vernunft und Kritik. Deutsche Aufklärung im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert''. 1986 *''Fürstenstaat oder Bürgernation? Deutschland 1763–1815''. btb Verlag, o. Ort 1989, *''Theodor Heuss. Staatsmann und Schriftsteller''. 1990 *''Europa zwischen den Weltkriegen''. Oldenbourg, o. Ort 1998, *''Der rote Holocaust und die Deutschen. Die Debatte um das 'Schwarzbuch des Kommunismus.

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. . *Wolfgang Neugebauer (ed.): ''Preußen von 1918 bis 1947: Weimarer Republik, Preußen und der Nationalsozialismus'', in: ''Handbuch der preußischen Geschichte'', Bd. 3, 2001 *with Hildegard Möller: ''Saint-Gobain in Deutschland. Von 1853 bis zur Gegenwart. Geschichte eines europäischen Unternehmens''. 2001 *Andreas Wirsching (ed.): ''Aufklärung und Demokratie. Historische Studien zur politischen Vernunft''. 2003

Co-author

*with

Martin Broszat Martin Broszat (14 August 1926 – 14 October 1989) was a German historian specializing in modern German social history. As director of the Institut für Zeitgeschichte (Institute for Contemporary History) in Munich from 1972 until his deat ...

: ''Das Dritte Reich. Herrschaftsstruktur und Geschichte''. C.H. Beck Verlag, 1983, * with Hannah Caplan, Egon Radvany, Dieter M. Schneider, Herbert A. Strauss (ed.), Werner Röder (Hrsg.): ''Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933-1945. Band II. Kunst, Wissenschaft und Literatur''. Saur KG, 1983, * with

Udo Wengst Udo is a masculine given name. It may refer to: People Medieval era *Udo of Neustria, 9th century nobleman *Udo (Obotrite prince) (died 1028) *Udo (archbishop of Trier) (c. 1030 – 1078) * Lothair Udo II, Margrave of the Nordmark (c. 1025 – ...

: ''Einführung in die Zeitgeschichte''. Beck, 2003,

Editor

*'' Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte'' and ''Schriftenreihe der VfZ'' (with K. D. Bracher and H.-P. Schwarz) *with K. Hildebrand and G. Schöllgen: ''Akten zur Auswärtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland''. * with G. Raulet and A. Wirsching: ''Gefährdete Mitte. Mittelschichten und politische Kultur zwischen den Weltkriegen: Italien, Frankreich und Deutschland''. 1993 * with J. Morizet: ''Allemagne - France. Lieux de mémoire d'une histoire commune''. Paris 1995 * with A. Wirsching and W. Ziegler: ''Nationalsozialismus in der Region''. 1996 * with I. Mieck and J. Voss: ''Paris und Berlin in der Revolution 1848''. 1995 * with

Rainer Eppelmann Rainer Eppelmann () (born 12 February 1943 in Berlin), is a German politician. Known for his opposition in the German Democratic Republic, he became Minister for Disarmament and Defense in the last cabinet. He is now a member of the CDU. The ...

, Dorothee Wilms und

Günter Nooke Günter Nooke (born January 21, 1959) is a German CDU politician and a former civil rights activist. Background Nooke was born in Forst (Lausitz), Germany, a small town in Brandenburg. He grew up there only 150 km (90 mi) southeast ...

: ''Lexikon des DDR-Sozialismus''. 1996 * with K. Hildebrand: ''Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Frankreich. Dokumente 1949-1963''. 1997/99 (4 Bde.) * with Udo Wengst: ''50 Jahre Institut für Zeitgeschichte: eine Bilanz''. 1999 * with L. Gall et al.: ''Enzyklopädie deutscher Geschichte''. *''Jahrbuch der historischen Forschung''. 1982-2003 *''Historische Bibliographie''. 1987-2003 * with

Eberhard Jäckel Eberhard Jäckel (; 29 June 1929 – 15 August 2017) was a German historian. In the 1980s he was a principal protagonist in the Historians' Dispute (''Historikerstreit'') over how to incorporate Nazi Germany and the Holocaust into German hist ...

, Hermann Rudolph: ''Von Heuss bis Herzog. Die Bundespräsidenten im politischen System der Bundesrepublik''. 1999 * with Volker Dahm, Hartmut Mehringer: ''Die tödliche Utopie. Bilder, Texte, Dokumente, Daten zum Dritten Reich''. 2002 * with Manfred Kittel: ''Demokratie in Deutschland und Frankreich 1918–1933/40''. Beiträge zu einem historischen Vergleich''. 2002 * with Maurice Vaïsse: ''Willy Brandt und Frankreich''. 2005 * with Manfred Kittel, Jirí Pešek, Oldrich Tuma: ''Deutschsprachige Minderheiten 1945. Ein europäischer Vergleich''. 2006 (tschech. Ausgabe unter dem Titel: Nemecké menšiny v právnich normách 1938-1948. Ceskoslovensko ve srovnáni s vbybranými evropskými zememy) *''Les relations Franco-bavaroises. Textes réunis et publiés par Jacques Bariéty et Horst Möller'', Revue d'Allemagne, tome 38 - no. 3, Juli - September 2006.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moller, Horst 20th-century German historians 1943 births Fellows of St Antony's College, Oxford University of Paris faculty Living people Writers from Wrocław Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Officiers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques German male non-fiction writers Institute of Contemporary History (Munich) personnel 21st-century German historians