Konrad Kwiet (born 1941) is a historian and scholar of the

Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

. He is currently Pratt Foundation Professor at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...

and Resident Historian at the

Sydney Jewish Museum The Sydney Jewish Museum is a history museum located in the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst. It showcases exhibits relating to the Holocaust, the history and achievements of Jewish people in Australia, and issues of social justice, democracy and ...

. He has worked in universities, museums and research centres around the world, including Heidelberg, Israel, Washington DC, Oxford and Berlin.

Career

Konrad Kwiet was born in Swinemünde in 1941 and educated in Amsterdam and Berlin. He studied history at the

Technical University of Berlin The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...

, completing his PhD on Nazi policy in the Netherlands. Kwiet emigrated to Australia in 1976 to take up a lecturing position at the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

. He retired as Emeritus Professor from

Macquarie University Macquarie University ( ) is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of S ...

in 2000 and is currently Pratt Foundation Professor for Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at the University of Sydney. From 1987 to 1994, he was Chief Historical Consultant to the Special Investigations Unit investigating Nazi war criminals in Australia, set up after research by the journalist

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. Kwiet has appeared regularly in the Australian media to comment on historical debates and events, such as the

Daniel Goldhagen Daniel Jonah Goldhagen (born June 30, 1959) is an American author, and former associate professor of government and social studies at Harvard University. Goldhagen reached international attention and broad criticism as the author of two controve ...

debate, the work of

Simon Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal (31 December 190820 September 2005) was a history of the Jews in Austria, Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer. He studied architecture and was living in Lwów at the outbreak of World War II. He surviv ...

, the Holocaust, and

genocide Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Latin ...

. In 2022, Kwiet was put in charge of an investigation into the Nazi connections of Lithuanian-Australian art collector Bob Sredersas.

Books

*''Contemporary Responses to the Holocaust'' (2004, together with J Matthaeus) *''Einsatz im Reichkommissariat Ostland'' (1998, together with W Benz and J Matthaeus) *''Selbstbehauptung und Widerstand'' (1984, together with H Eschwege) *''Reichskommissariat Niederlande'' (1968) *''Ausbildungsziel Judenmord?'' (2003, together with J.Matthaueus,J.Foerster and R. Breitman)

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20130119035000/http://www.jwire.com.au/news/face-to-face-with-professor-konrad-kwiet/24267 * http://sydney.edu.au/research/opportunities/supervisors/824 * http://www.sbs.com.br/9780195389159/APPROACHING-AN-AUSCHWITZ-SURVIVOR/?codigo_produto=101438858 * http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/holocaust-loot-online/2947812 * http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/28/1019441328553.html * http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13531193.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Kwiet, Konrad Living people 1941 births Technical University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of New South Wales Academic staff of Macquarie University Historians of the Holocaust Academic staff of the University of Sydney People from Świnoujście